Medical Assisting Externship

Catalog description

Provides the student with a work-based learning experience that utilizes skills learned in program coursework and provides the application of those skills in a physician's office or other ambulatory setting. Students work 10 hours per week and meet with the instructor one hour per week. <BR>Prerequisite: C or better in all first through second semester courses, C or better or co-enrollment in MEDA 240, and permission of coordinator. <BR>(PCS 1.2, 4 credit hours: 1 hour lecture, 15 hours lab - 240 hours must be worked)