MDCA

Students in this course will perform clinical and administrative medical assistant functions in a healthcare facility. Students will be supervised and evaluated on skills acquired in the program content courses. Students may perform phlebotomy, injections, patient record maintenance, vital sign measurement, patient exam preparation, and/or other medical assistant duties as assigned by the physician, on-site supervisor, or externship coordinator.

Students in this course will develop a more thorough understanding of the role of a medical assistant in a healthcare facility. Clinical and administrative medical assistant functions are expected to be performed with greater skill, professionalism and understanding. Students will continue to be supervised and evaluated on skills acquired in the program content courses and should have a better awareness of why, how, and when the skills are performed. Students may perform phlebotomy, injections, patient record maintenance, vital sign measurement, patient exam preparation, and/or other medical assistant duties as assigned by the physician, on-site supervisor, or externship coordinator.

Students in this course will practice various administrative skills including scheduling appointments. They will learn medical terms, anatomy & physiology, and common diseases and disorders of the skeletal, integumentary and muscular body systems. They will practice keyboarding, apply positive communication skills, practice diagnostic procedures and perform vital sign procedures. They will learn first aid, rehabilitative procedures, the role of the medical assistant in the health community, and team member responsibilities.

Students in this course will practice various administrative skills. They will learn medical terms, anatomy & physiology, and common diseases and disorders of the nervous, senses and respiratory body systems. They will practice keyboarding, apply positive communication skills, practice diagnostic procedures and perform vital sign procedures.

Students perform medical assistant functions in a medical facility. They are supervised and evaluated on skills acquired in the program content courses. Students perform phlebotomy, injections, patient record maintenance, vital sign measurement, patient exam preparation, and other medical assistant duties as assigned by the physician, on-site supervisor, or extern coordinator.