Career Programs Building, Room 170B
Award: Associate of Applied Science degree, A.A.S.
Total Credit Hours: 60 credit hours
This is a career-oriented program that prepares students to work primarily in ambulatory care settings under the direction of a physician. The program is comprised of clinical and non-clinical components, with lecture as well as competency-based experiences in performing administrative and clinical procedures. General education and program requirements are designed for students interested in pursuing management positions within physician offices. There is also a non-compensated externship experience in which students work in an actual ambulatory care setting. Externship hours are scheduled during the day, Monday through Friday. Externship sites may have their own requirements that students must meet prior to their externship experience. Medical assistant degree students must maintain a grade of “C” or better in all program courses. Students may be required to repeat MAP and/or PLB courses, based upon the time sequence when these program courses were completed. Prior to externships, students must provide appropriate health examination record(s) and all required tests and immunizations, along with a urine drug screen and criminal background checks. Prior criminal records may prohibit students from program externship and employment opportunities. Students who do not academically pass their externship course or who are asked to leave their externship site, may be dismissed from the course and/or program.
Students must also have a current American Heart Association BLS Provider CPR certification. Students who successfully complete the program are eligible to sit for the American Medical Technologists, Registered Medical Assistant, or the Registered Phlebotomy Technician national certification exams in medical assisting.*
Technical Standards
There are technical standards and skill requirements which students are expected to possess and demonstrate in order to be successful in this program. More information on these standards can be found on the Web page for this program.
Phlebotomy Pre-Externship Review
Students who do not complete the phlebotomy externship (PLB 106 ) in the semester immediately following completion of the Phlebotomy course (PLB 105 ), will be required to enroll in the phlebotomy pre-externship review course (PLB 107 ). This one-credit hybrid course will be a review of both didactic and clinical material to ensure that the student has not lost skills from lack of practice prior to being sent to an externship site.
Fact Sheet
Program Pathway
| First Year Fall |
|
First Year Spring |
| Course Number |
Course Name |
Credits |
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credits |
| ENG 101 |
English Composition |
3 |
|
MAT 101 or MAT 114 |
College Algebra or Introduction to Applied Algebra |
3 |
| BIO 110 |
Human Biology |
3 |
|
ENG 102 or SPD 108 |
Composition and Literature or Introduction Human Communication |
3 |
| IST 102 |
Introduction to Information Technology |
3 |
|
MAP 105 |
Medical Office Management |
4 |
| MAP 110 |
Introduction to Health Science Professions and Technology |
3 |
|
MAP 108 |
Medical Records Analysis and Coding |
3 |
| MAP 102 |
Medical Terminology |
3 |
|
PLB 105 |
Phlebotomy |
3 |
| TOTAL |
|
15 |
|
TOTAL |
|
16 |
| Second Year Fall |
|
Second Year Spring |
| Course Number |
Course Name |
Credits |
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credits |
| SOC 101 |
Introduction to Sociology |
3 |
|
Gen Ed |
Diversity |
3 |
| PLB 106 |
Phlebotomy Clinical Externship |
3 |
|
Gen Ed |
Arts/Humanities |
3 |
| MGT 103 |
Principles of Management |
3 |
|
PSY 101 |
General Psychology |
3 |
| MAP 210 |
Clinical Medical Assistant |
4 |
|
MAP 217 |
Medical Assistant Externship |
4 |
| MAP 205 |
Diagnostic Laboratory Procedures for the Medical Assistant |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
|
16 |
|
TOTAL |
|
13 |
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