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The Medical Assisting curriculum prepares multi-skilled health care professionals qualified to perform administrative, clinical, and laboratory procedures.

Coursework includes instruction in scheduling appointments, coding, and processing insurance accounts, billing, collections, computer operations; assisting with examinations/treatments, performing routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, supervised medication administration; and ethical/legal issues associated with patient care.

Graduates of CAAHEP-accredited medical assisting programs may be eligible to sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants’ Certification Examination to become Certified Medical Assistants.  Employment opportunities include physicians’ offices, health maintenance organizations, health departments, and hospitals.

The Haywood Community College Medical Assisting Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org), upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).

Program Outcomes

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs

25400 US Highway 19 N, Suite 158

Clearwater, FL 33763

(727) 210-2350 phone (727) 210-2354 fax

Admissions Criteria

The criteria for admission to the medical assisting program include:

  1. A completed Application for Admission form;
  2. Evidence of high school graduation or completion of High School Equivalency (HSE) diploma;
  3. Official copies of high school and college transcripts (high school seniors must have a final transcript sent within one month of graduation);
  4. Satisfactory scores on the college placement test or satisfactory remediation of areas not meeting cutoff scores;
  5. A completed medical form including all required immunizations prior to enrolling in MED-150 and MED-260;
  6. An annual TB skin test;
  7. Malpractice insurance prior to taking MED-150 and MED-260; and
  8. A satisfactory urine drug screen and criminal background check required prior to MED-260.

MED-260 MED Clinical Practicum is designed to be a capstone course for the medical assisting professional and must be taken in the final semester of a student's sophomore year.

Note:  All MED and OST prefix courses in the Medical Assisting program required a grade of “C” or better.

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Degrees

Suggested Schedule for 2019-2020 (Updated Jul 15, 2019)

Associate In Applied Science Degree (AAS) A45400

Fall Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
ACA-115 Success & Study Skills 0 2 0 1
CIS-110 Introduction to Computers 2 2 0 3
ENG-111 Writing and Inquiry 3 0 0 3
MED-110 Orientation to Medical Assisting 1 0 0 1
MED-114 Professional Interaction in Health Care 1 0 0 1
MED-116 Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology 3 2 0 4
MED-121 Medical Terminology I 3 0 0 3
Total: 16
Spring Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
BIO-111 General Biology I 3 3 0 4
ENG-112 Writing and Research in the Disciplines 3 0 0 3
MED-122 Medical Terminology II 3 0 0 3
MED-130 Administrative Office Procedures I 1 2 0 2
MED-131 Administrative Office Procedures II 1 2 0 2
OST-136 Word Processing 2 2 0 3
Total: 17
Summer Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
Humanities/Fine Arts 3 0 0 3
MED-118 Medical Law and Ethics 2 0 0 2
MED-140 Examining Room Procedures I 3 4 0 5
Total: 10
Fall Semester 2
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
MED-150 Laboratory Procedures I 3 4 0 5
MED-240 Examining Room Procedures II 3 4 0 5
OST-148 Medical Insurance and Billing 3 0 0 3
OST-280 Electronic Health Records 2 2 0 3
Total: 16
Spring Semester 2
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
MED-260 MED Clinical Practicum 0 0 15 5
MED-264 Medical Assisting Overview 2 0 0 2
MED-274 Diet Therapy/Nutrition 3 0 0 3
MED-276 Patient Education 1 2 0 2
PSY-150 General Psychology 3 0 0 3
Total: 15

Total Credit Hours: 74