Description
This course provides students with a supervised clinical experience in an affiliated medical office facility or qualifying outpatient setting to give students practical skills. This unpaid clinical practicum will be at various medical offices and hours and shifts are set by the facility. A minimum of 160 hours is required. This course is graded on a pass/fail basis. Prerequisite: CMAC 104, CMAC 106, CMAC 108, CMAC 110, and officially accepted into the Certified Medical Assistant Certificate program and following the required sequence of courses, E, M, and R. Must have clinical clearance from Allied Health demonstrating student meets criteria for same as indicated in the Student Handbook prior to participation in any externship hours. Students are required to pass this course to graduate from the program. Corequisite: To graduate from the program, students must maintain a grade of "C" or better in Certified Medical Assistant program courses and demonstrate a minimum of 100% attainment o