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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce the various aspects of managing a medical office by introducing topics such as management styles, teamwork concepts, supervising personnel and students, making travel arrangements, time management, marketing, financial management, facility management, and liability coverage. Students will also learn to create a procedure manual and a marketing brochure. The area of human resources is also addressed in topics such as: office policies, recruiting and hiring, orienting and training, employee evaluation and salary review, dismissing an employee, personnel records and laws, conflict resolution.
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1.00 Credits
Students will learn the theory and practice of assisting with typical OB/GYN and pediatric office visits and procedures. Topics covered include prenatal visits, pregnancy complications, parturition and the postpartum period, the GYN exam and related conditions and procedures, measuring an infant or child and taking vital signs, collecting specimens, screening hearing and vision, and common disorders of childhood.
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1.00 Credits
This course presents various disorders and examinations/procedures of the male reproductive system. Also covered is the field of gerontology including biases of society and facts about aging, physiological changes in each body system as well as psychological changes. Also addressed are memory- or visually-impaired elderly patients and the issue of elder abuse.
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2.00 Credits
This course offers theory and practice in various examinations and procedures grouped by body system. Examples are urinary catheterization, spirometry, visual acuity, irrigations, casting and cast removal, sputum collection and oxygen administration. Also presented are signs and symptoms of diseases in each system for an introduction to pathology. Please note: Supply fee required
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1.00 Credits
This course introduces the student to the field of using physical and mechanical agents to aid patients. The principles of body mechanics for the healthcare worker is covered, as well as transferring patients, assisting with ambulation and using assistive devices, therapeutic exercises and modalities. Safety is emphasized.
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1.00 Credits
Intro to diagnostic imaging with an emphasis on radiology. Includes ultrasound, PET and CT scans, as well as MRI, radiation therapy and nuclear medicine. Radiology includes safety, contrast media, patient preparation and positioning.
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2.00 Credits
The student will learn theory and procedures for assisting a physician with minor surgery. Included are asepsis and sterile principles, surgical methods and common procedures, instruments, equipment, supplies, sterile field set-up, and the process. The vital areas of patient education and consent, preparation and post-procedure follow-up care are also a focus. Please note: Supply fee required
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1.00 Credits
This course presents two major responsibilities of a medical assistant: accurate prioritizing of patients and good patient instruction. Effective oral and written communication techniques are vital in both. Prioritizing a patient's needs, both by phone or in-person, includes a variety of algorithms for interviewing patients appropriately. Instruction includes teaching basics and assessing patient learning and adapting techniques to each other's needs. Instruction topics presented here are explaining general office policies and providing general information, instructing patients in health maintenance, and teaching patients about disease prevention. Locating community resources for patients is another part of patient care that is presented here. Prereq: 2.0 GPA and permission.
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2.00 Credits
The student will learn theory and practical procedures in calculating medication dosages and administering medications. Theory includes legal and ethical factors, the medication order or prescription, dosages, drug labels, calculating dosages, the six rights of drug administration, and various routes to deliver medications. These routes include practice in oral medications, various parenteral routes and injections intradermally, subcutaneously and intramuscularly. Please note: Supply fee required
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1.00 Credits
The student will learn theory and practical procedures in performing a standard electrocardiogram. This course includes the equipment, lead placement, basic interpretation of emergency conditions, the cardiac cycle and it's relation to the tracing, and artifacts. The basic theory of a stress EKG and Holter monitor are included although not practiced. Please note: Supply fee required
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