Medical Assisting, AAS

GENERAL EDUCATION CORE

• APHY 101 - Anatomy and Physiology I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3 #
• APHY 102 - Anatomy and Physiology II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• ENGL 111 - English Composition CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MATH 123 - Quantitative Reasoning CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3

OTHER INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• IVYT 1XX - Student Success Elective CREDIT HOURS MIN: 1
• MEAS 260 - Medical Assisting Externship CREDIT HOURS MIN: 5 ^

PROGRAM SPECIFIC CORE

• HLHS 101 - Medical Terminology CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3 #
• MEAS 109 - The Professional Medical Assistant CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MEAS 110 - Introduction to Clinical Practice CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MEAS 137 - Outpatient Insurance and Basic Coding CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MEAS 209 - Electronic Administrative Practices CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MEAS 218 - Pharmacology CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MEAS 219 - Medical Assisting Laboratory Technique CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MEAS 238 - Clinical I CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MEAS 239 - Clinical II CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
• MEAS 242 - Disease Conditions CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3

STATEWIDE ELECTIVE

• XXXX XXX - Statewide Medical Assisting Electives CREDIT HOURS: 6

TOTAL CREDITS: 60

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^Capstone Course

# Courses must be successfully completed before admittance to the program

DEGREE OUTCOMES

• Demonstrate understanding of anatomy & physiology.
• Demonstrate understanding of applied mathematics.
• Demonstrate understanding of infection control.
• Demonstrate understanding of nutrition.
• Demonstrate understanding of applied communications.
• Demonstrate understanding of administrative functions.
• Demonstrate understanding of basic practice finances.
• Demonstrate understanding of third-party reimbursement.
• Demonstrate understanding of procedural and diagnostic coding.
• Demonstrate knowledge of legal implications.
• Demonstrate knowledge of ethical considerations.
• Demonstrate knowledge of safety and emergency practices.
• Demonstrate competency in crafting, organizing, and expressing ideas clearly through the written language, and understanding of use of critical thinking and reading in the writing process.
• Demonstrate competency in appropriate organization to deliver oral messages using logical reasoning, credible, and relevant evidence, and to adapt messages for diverse audiences, contexts, and communication channels.
• Demonstrate competency in the interpretation and representation of mathematical forms, and skills to carry out mathematical procedures to solve problems.
• Demonstrate knowledge of major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical patterns, or historical contexts within a given social or behavioral domain.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the comprehensive relationship between anatomy and physiology in the human organism, including, not limited to, the structure and function of the human organ systems, medical terminology, and the structural hierarchy and levels of organization of the human body.