MEDA 233 Clinical Procedures 1
Students will learn to assist physicians with patient care including preparing patients for exams and assisting with a variety of clinical medical assisting skills. These skills include infection control, recording vital signs, preparing patients for various general and specialty examinations, performing EKG’s, performing pulmonary testing, obtaining visual and auditory testing, sterilizing instruments, setting up for minor office surgery, as well as assisting with specialty examinations and treatments.
Prerequisite
Must be majoring in Medical Assisting
MEDA 233Clinical Procedures 1
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I. General Information
II. Course Specification
Credit Hours Narrative
5 Credits
Semester Contact Hours Lecture
75
Semester Contact Hours Lab
0
Semester Contact Hours Clinical
0
Prerequisite Narrative
Must be majoring in Medical Assisting
Corequisite Narrative
MEDA 233L
III. Catalog Course Description
Students will learn to assist physicians with patient care including preparing patients for exams and assisting with a variety of clinical medical assisting skills. These skills include infection control, recording vital signs, preparing patients for various general and specialty examinations, performing EKG’s, performing pulmonary testing, obtaining visual and auditory testing, sterilizing instruments, setting up for minor office surgery, as well as assisting with specialty examinations and treatments.
IV. Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- Show competence in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession." As outlined for accredited programs by the Medical Assisting Education Review Board.
- Assist physicians with patient care including preparing patients for exams and assisting with a variety of clinical medical assisting skills.
- Develop skills of infection control, recording vital signs, preparing patients for various general and specialty examinations, performing EKG’s, performing pulmonary testing, obtaining visual and auditory testing, sterilizing instruments, setting up for minor office surgery, as well as assisting with specialty examinations and treatments.
V. Topical Outline (Course Content)
VI. Delivery Methodologies