Medical Assisting, A.A.S.

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Purpose

The Medical Assisting Program strives to meet the needs of the community by educating students in this health care field. The student will be prepared for the workforce in the ambulatory care setting. The medical assisting student will perform administrative and clinical procedures.

The full Medical Assisting Program is available on the Boone/Lincoln and Williamson campuses. The Logan and Wyoming/McDowell campuses offer the general education/program support courses only.

Program Level Outcomes:

Students will be able to skillfully perform and document routine clinical procedures.
Students will perform and document routine administrative procedures
Students will Communicate effectively, uphold legal, and ethical standards, and confidentiality for patient privacy.
Students will use critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Students will evaluate the importance of professional growth and development
Students will collect, process and test diagnostic specimens
Students will maintain industry standards of quality control and safety principles in the workplace.

First Semester

AH 124 - CPR 1 Credit Hours (E)
BS 115 - Essentials of Human Systems for Healthcare Professionals 3 Credit Hours
and
BS 116 - Essentials of Human Systems for Healthcare Professionals Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
or
BS 118 - Essentials of Human Systems for Allied Health 4 Credit Hours
MA 100 - Introduction to Medical Assisting 3 Credit Hours
MA 101 - Medical Assisting I 3 Credit Hours
MA 105 - Medical Office Billing and Coding I 3 Credit Hours
MA 106 - Medical Office Billing and Coding II 3 Credit Hours

Credit Hours: 17

Second Semester

AH 132 - Advanced Medical Terminology 3 Credit Hours
MA 201 - Medical Assisting II 5 Credit Hours
MA 210 - Medical Assisting III 7 Credit Hours
MA 225 - Medical Assisting Capstone 3 Credit Hours

Credit Hours: 18

Third Semester

BU 115 - Business Mathematical Applications 3 Credit Hours
EN 101 - ~English Composition I 3 Credit Hours
PY 218 - ~Life-Span Developmental Psychology 3 Credit Hours
SP 103 - ~Speech Fundamentals 3 Credit Hours

Credit Hours: 12

Fourth Semester

AH 200 - Health Care Ethics and Law 1 Credit Hours (E)
AH 203 - Communication Skills for the Health Care Professional 1 Credit Hours
AH 210 - Nutrition 3 Credit Hours
AH 215 - Basic Pharmacology 3 Credit Hours
AH 225 - Electronic Health Care Record Systems 2 Credit Hours
CS 103 - Introduction to Applications 1 Credit Hours (E)
HI 212 - Healthcare Reimbursement 2 Credit Hours

Credit Hours: 13

Total Credit Hours: 60

~ Designates courses on the statewide Core Coursework Transfer Agreement.

This degree program provides students the opportunity to receive credit for their high school EDGE courses (http://careertech.k12.wv.us/edge/edgeCollege.html) as designated by the (E) within the program sequence.

Clinicals are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday scheduled both day and evening hours, therefore, no additional courses may be taken on those days unless the course is an online course.