MEDA135R: Medical Assistant Clinical Procedures II

Class Program
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3

This second of a two-course sequence is designed as a co-requisite course for the medical assistant student attending clinical affiliation. Skills and competencies learned in Clinical Procedures I will be reinforced for the student to gain a higher level of proficiency and confidence in their abilities as medical assistants. Theory content will cover anatomy and physiology, and place emphasis on specific organs and body systems and their associated illnesses and disease entities. In addition, the physiological aspects of working with special populations will be considered. This course stresses the disease processes, diagnostic studies, treatment protocols, and drug and diet therapies involved in the various systems of the human body.

Prerequisite Courses
Prerequisites

(Note: Human Biology BIOL 103R or A&P I and co-req of A&P II (if A&P I was already taken).)
Matriculation in the Medical Assistant Program