Introduction to Medical Assisting& Medical Law – Theory

Catalog description

MA110ASYNC is designed to introduce learners to the healthcare industry and the typical responsibilities of a medical assistant. Learners devote time to differentiating between the scope of practice, reviewing the different professional organizations that exist for medical assistants, and summarizing the history of medicine and its significance to the medical assisting profession. Techniques of therapeutic communication and active listening are explored as a prelude to understanding laws impacting the medical office. Issues of medical assistant licensing and malpractice prevention are introduced along with the elements of HIPAA. Learners review the physiological processes of blood pressure assessment and factors of essential hypertension, surface anatomy, and describe body cavities and body planes. Learners discuss elements of human acid-base balance. Learners are instructed on how to make proper career decisions to secure and retain employment and practice documentation in electronic health records (EHR). Lastly, learners define, spell, and pronounce the terms specific to the topics listed.