MA Course Descriptions
What the Program Teaches
The Medical Assistant program is designed to teach you basic administrative and clinical skills that you can use to perform front- and back-office duties in healthcare institutions. That in mind, most of the courses in this program are structured to bring your attention to both the administrative and clinical aspects of a Medical Assistant career.
Courses
C300 – Vital Signs & CPE/Skeletal System
C300 – Your duties as a Medical Assistant will vary depending on where you work, but chances are you’ll prepare patients for exams by recording their medical histories and vital signs, after which you’ll help the doctor perform the exams. All of these tasks require a thorough understanding, and this course teaches you all parts of a complete physical exam (CPE) including how to obtain vitals. You’ll also become familiar with gerontology as well as therapeutic and rehab modalities. The class also covers the skeletal system.
C130 – Documentation/Emergency Procedures/Respiratory System
People will always require healthcare, therefore job security in the industry is a given; but your day-to-day tasks will vary based on a patient’s needs, so Medical Assistants need to be able to handle multiple responsibilities. And that’s why we teach you a myriad of administrative and clinical skills. You’ll learn proper charting, documentation, and telephone techniques for managing a front office as well as the functions and structures of the respiratory system. You’ll also obtain CPR certification through the American Heart Association.
C320 – Financial Practices/Cardiovascular & Reproductive System
Part of your front-office duties will include patient financial management, so we’ll bring you up to speed with best practices in billing and coding so you’re equipped to offer patients and insurance agencies premium services on a day-to-day basis. In the clinical side of this class, you will receive instruction in infection control and we teach you about the cardiovascular and reproductive systems. You’ll also be introduced to electrocardiograms.
C330 – Accounting/Immune & Lymphatic System
Accounting means one thing: keeping track of the money. And as a Medical Assistant, it’s an extremely important skill to have so you bring added value to the institution you join. This class will increase your understanding of accounting principles and skills, including bookkeeping, entering data, tracking income and expenses, and preparing financial statements. In addition to this administrative skill, you’ll focus on the clinical aspects of assisting with minor surgery. Microbiology will be introduced along with pediatric skills and the immune and lymphatic systems. And you’ll also research commonly prescribed medications using Physician Desk Reference.
C340 – Legality & Ethics/Hematology & Phlebotomy
There’s a great amount of liability and ethical responsibility inherent to any medical profession, and this class will equip you with the skills and knowledge to address legal and ethical considerations and to communicate with patients and maintain their confidentiality, especially with respect to The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA). You’ll also learn about hematology, phlebotomy, and specialty laboratory tests.
C350 – Medisoft/Muscular & Integumentary System
This class will introduce you to Medisoft, the industry’s leading software that helps healthcare institutions manage physician schedules in tandem with patient appointments, health records, and financial information. You’ll learn also learn about human biological systems, including the muscular system, integumentary system, and special senses.
C360 – Medisoft/Pharmacology/Nervous System
Your familiarity with Medisoft is a must in the medical industry, and this course picks up where C350 left off. By the time you complete the class, you’ll have the skills to process claims and create statements using Medisoft. You’ll also learn about more in-depth medical terminology, the nervous system, basic pharmacology, medication dosage and calculations, and diagnostic test imaging.
C370 – Therapeutic/Endocrine, Urinary, Digestive System
Unlike most of the courses in the Medical Assistant Program, this class focuses entirely on clinical skills. We teach you the latest therapeutic skills and approaches, safe clinical practices, and basic first aid. You’ll discuss nutrition as it relates to health and disease, and you’ll cover the endocrine, urinary, and digestive systems.
C380 – Medical Insurance and Billing & Coding
This course helps you develop a full understanding of the concepts and procedures required to perform tasks involved in health insurance billing, the formal process of requesting payment from health insurance companies for services rendered. This includes learning the healthcare system’s special codes to manage insurance and billing, completing standard insurance claim forms, managing electronic billing using industry standard software, and tracking money through accounts receivables and collections for medical companies. You’ll also practice proper charting and patient scheduling.
C390 – Medical Assistant as a Profession
This is the capstone course of the Medical Assistant program—it combines everything you will have learned within the program so you’ll understand how your new skills translate into a regular workday as a Medical Assistant who may be tasked with managing an office and team.
C810 & C900 – Career Development & Externship
At the end of this program, you will work in close partnership with our Career Services team to practice the strategies and tactics that make up a sophisticated, systematic job search. They will help you identify the best job opportunities for you, taking into account your personal background, work history, skills, and preferences—and then together you will tailor your approach to each opportunity to maximize your chances of success. They will help you prepare a powerful, dynamic resume that is customized to each opportunity, and they will guide you through practice in proven techniques for an outstanding job interview. Before you meet with a prospective employer, you will know who you are meeting, what the job entails, and how to sell yourself in a way that will make you the obvious choice for the job.
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