Medical Assisting One Year Certificate
Students who successfully complete all Medical Assisting, One-year Certificate program requirements will be able to:
- Demonstrate proficiency in modeling professional and ethical behaviors, including confidentiality, positive interpersonal interactions, and diplomacy.
- Demonstrate proficiency in efficient management of multiple tasks, both clinical and administrative.
- Demonstrate effective use of current technology, as well as written and oral communication, in completing medical assisting tasks.
- Successfully complete all 345 competencies required by the Medical Assistant Education Review Board and the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Professionals.
Program Course Requirements
See the graduation requirements for the One-Year Certificate. For information on the advised sequence of program courses, see the Medical Assisting, One-Year Certificate Program Map.
Communication
| CMA 151 | Communication for the Medical Assistant | 3 |
Human Relations
| CMA 152 | Human Relations for Medical Assistants | 2 |
| CMA 144 | Law and Ethics for the Medical Assistant | 3 |
CMA 144: One credit applies toward the Human Relations requirement, two credits apply toward program requirements.
Computation
| CMA 149 | Reimbursement in Healthcare | 3 |
Core Courses
| CMA 137 | Administrative Office for the Medical Assistant | 3 |
| CMA 139 | Finance in the Medical Office | 3 |
| CMA 141 | Medical Terminology for Medical Assistants | 4 |
| CMA 145 | Pathology for the Medical Office | 3 |
| CMA 146 | Pharmacology for the Medical Assistant | 3 |
| CMA 148 | Practicum Seminar and Exam Coaching | 3 |
| CMA 150 | Coding for Medical Assistants | 2 |
| CMA 250 | Administrative Practicum | 3 |
| CMA 260 | Clinical Practicum | 6 |
| CMA 240 | Medical Assistant Clinical Block 1 | 4 |
| CMA 244 | Medical Assisting Clinical Block II | 4 |
| CMA 243 | Medical Assistant Lab Block I | 4 |
| CMA 246 | Medical Assistant Lab Block 2 | 4 |
Total Credit Hours: 57