Medical Assistant Clinical Procedures Lab I

Catalog description

This course develops skills needed for students to work in a clinical environment. Students will have hands-on practice of the following skills: exam room procedures, medical asepsis, infection control, patient intake, vital signs, assisting with physical examination, specialty exams, electrocardiograph, public health education, assisting physicians with minor surgical procedures, pharmacology, laboratory procedures, nutrition, patient education, diagnostic imaging, and urgent care and emergency procedures. Textbook Required. (Apportionment)