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| Study mode | Duration | Tuition fees | Start date | Venue |
| Full Time | Variable | $ 5,940 (US$ 5,940) a year | Contact provider |
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Course summary
This program provides a balanced blend of administrative and clinical courses to prepare the student for medical assisting. This allied health care profession offers work primarily in ambulatory settings such as medical offices and clinics. A medical assistant's duties range from handling correspondence and scheduling patients to medical transcription and maintaining medical records, and from taking vital signs and sterilizing instruments to performing routine office laboratory procedures and electrocardiograms. They must also demonstrate professionalism and effective communication skills.
Program modules
Modules include: BIS 101 Keyboard Skill building, BIS 160 Medical Terminology, BIS 163 Medical Office Coding, BIS 165 Medical Office Procedures, BIS 167 Medical Ethics and Law for Health Professionals, BIO 110 Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology, BIS 147 Medical Office Transcription, BIS 162 Medical Office Computer Applications, BIS 164 Medical Office Insurance Billing, BIS 170 Electronic Health Record, CIS 120 Introduction to Microcomputers, BIS 220 Medical Assistant Administrative Practicum, ENG 111 English, HEA 223 Medication Administration, HEA 224 Medical Assistant Clinical Lab, ENG 112 English, HEA 222 Medical Assistant Clinical Practice, PSY 101 General Psychology.
Entry requirement for international students
The College grants admission to all students who have earned a high school diploma or GED, or who are 18 years of age or older, and who demonstrate the ability to benefit from a particular program of study. They should have satisfactory skills as measured by a COMPASS placement test for reading, language, and numerical skills or they have enrolled in specialized training programs not leading to a degree or certificate. The age requirement is waived for a high school student who: is a dually enrolled high school student as provided for by the State School Aid Act, as amended, or is certified as having attained junior status toward graduation as determined by the high school or the home schooling association issuing the diploma.
Qualification
Associate degree
Awarding body
Alpena Community College
Department name
Alpena Community College
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