Medical Assisting - Northwest State Community College

Medical Assisting from Northwest State Community College is a Campus Associate Health Aide degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Medical Assistants are multi-skilled allied, health professionals specifically trained to work in ambulatory settings, such as physicians? offices, clinics, and group practices, performing administrative and clinical procedures. This program will prepare competent entrylevel medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. The following performance standards are necessary to safely and accurately carry out Medical Assisting duties: critical thinking ability sufficient for clinical judgment, physical abilities sufficient to move from room to room and maneuver in small spaces, tactile ability sufficient for physical assessment, ability to prepare and administer medications, ability to transfer patients, ability to read medication labels and patient records, ability to take blood pressure and hear breath sounds through a stethoscope, communicate English clearly enough for most patients to understand and understand the verbal communication of English-speaking patients, clear written communication, and manual dexterity. Program Learning Outcomes 1. Demonstrate knowledge of human structure and function and recognize common disorders of the body. 2. Completely perform clinical duties associated with assisting a physician in the diagnosis and treatment of patients in an ambulatory setting. 3. Understand the legal concepts and ethical responsibilities associated with patient care and the documentation of health information; display professionalism with interpersonal situations and business functions. 4. Understand and apply principles of office management; planning, policy development, supervisory process, personnel training, equipment and facility maintenance, and time management. 5. Apply principles of effective oral and written communication skills with patients, their families and other health care providers; teach patients methods of health promotion. 6. Demonstrate competence in performing administrative clerical duties and managing medical practice finances. 7. Demonstrate proficiency in computer operations and applications relative to patient care and the management of a medical office. 8. Think rationally, systematically, and logically; solve problems though proper means of analysis / synthesis. View more details on Northwest State Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Aide courses.