Description
This is a lab course which explores the clinical functions of the medical assistant and is designed to prepare students for the externship in the clinical/outpatient medical environment. Prior content will be reinforced such as clinical safety, First Aid BLS, and infection control, etc. Additionally, concurrent content in didactic courses will be reinforced, such as safe administration of medication. New skills and concepts used in obtaining physiological data and performing tasks in the clinical and outpatient setting will be gained, including: electrocardiography, assisting with minor surgery, and a variety of ambulatory and outpatient clinical treatments. Prerequisite: CMAC 100, CMAC 102 and officially accepted into the Certified Medical Assistant Certificate program and following the required sequence of courses, E, M, and R. Corequisite: To progress in the program, the student must maintain a grade of "C" or better in Certified Medical Assistant program courses and demonstrate a m