Programs Medical Clinical Assistant
This allied healthcare program is designed to prepare the students for entry into occupations that require employees to have training and skills in “Medical Clinical Assistant”. Not only have physicians become more reliant on clinical assistants, but their services are also being requested by hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, medical supply businesses, home health agencies, and pharmaceutical companies. Prospective students are encouraged to visit the institutions campus to receive a tour and to discuss personal educational and occupational plans with school personnel prior to enrolling or signing enrollment agreements. Theory and laboratory are taught residentially.

Program Objective
The objective of the Medical Clinical Assistant program is to provide students with the skills and knowledge that will enable them as graduates to qualify for entry-level positions as a Medical Clinical Assistants. Our students will be trained in clinical procedures. This training will allow our students the capability of filling a variety of entry-level position. This program is intended for those students who have graduated from high school or have a GED, no experience in the medical field is necessary. At the completion of this course, the student will receive a certificate of completion.

Program Curriculum

List Each Course

Lecture Hours

Lab Hours

Ext/Int Hours

Credit Hours

Contact Hours

Module 5 :
Nutrition & Diet, Terminology, Basic Concepts of asepsis, CPR & 1st Aid

42

8

0

3.0

50

Module 6 :
Microbiology & Infection Control, Intro To pharmacology, Terminology,
CPR & 1st Aid

45

5

0

3.5

50

Module 7 :
Anatomy & Physiology

45

5

0

3.5

50

Module 8 :
Anatomy & Physiology

45

5

0

3.5

50

Module 9 :
Minor Office Surgery, Intro to Lab Specimen, Urinalysis

36

14

0

2.5

50

Module 10 :
Hematology, Electrocardiogram

35

25

0

2.5

160

Module 11 :
Externship

0

0

100

2.0

100

TOTALS

248

62

100

20.5

410


Theory and Laboratory instruction:
310 hours
Externship: 100 hours
Total Hours: 410
Total Weeks: 18
Total Semester Credits: 20.5
Day Class Hours: M-F 9am to 3pm
Evening Class Hours: M-F 4pm to 10pm
15 lecture hours = 1 lecture credit
30 laboratory hours = 1 laboratory credit
45 externship hours = 1 externship credit






   
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