Medical Assisting Advanced Skills

Catalog description

Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Medical Assisting program. Course uses advanced concepts for a more in-depth experience in clinical, laboratory and administrative procedures. This course examines pathophysiology, patient care coordination and education, transition of care, complex billing, allergy testing, specialty examination, sterile field procedures/minor surgery, and phlebotomy. The students complete the course by taking NHA’s Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) credentialing exam. Students may need additional time to meet the required number of successful phlebotomy blood draws. Students must maintain a B or higher to successfully pass this class. In addition to the overall grade, students must achieve 100% of the MAERB.