MEDA200 Clinical Procedures I

Department of Business Studies: Medical Assisting

  1. Course Number and Title

    MEDA200 Clinical Procedures I

  2. Number of Credits

    3 credits

  3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

    2250

  4. Prerequisites

    MEDA120 (C or better) or BIOL115 (C or better)

    Corequisites

    None

  5. Other Pertinent Information

    None

  6. Catalog Course Description

    This course is designed to give the medical assistant student knowledge and practice in skills needed in a medical office. Topics include managing the clinical environment, patient teaching, obtaining a medical history and vital signs, assisting with examinations, sterilizing equipment, assisting with minor office surgery, and understanding diet and nutrition.

  7. Required Course Content and Direction

    1. Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. Students will
        1. demonstrate an understanding of best practice in a medical office setting, including:
          1. infection control
          2. risk management
          3. supplies and equipment;
        2. demonstrate and utilize a four-step plan in the teaching process in order to develop and deliver a teaching plan that uses correct medical terminology to meet the patient’s needs;
        3. measure and document all vital signs using a variety of techniques;
        4. prepare patients for examinations, procedures and treatments, including but not limited to, transferring of patients, gowning, draping and positioning while maintaining aseptic techniques; and
        5. teach patients health promotion and disease prevention through proper nutrition meeting the patient’s specific nutritional needs.

      2. Core (if aplicable)
        3. This course is not included in the Core.

    2. Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:

      1. managing the back office
      2. safety and assurance responsibilities for the medical assistant
      3. the examination room
      4. encouraging therapeutic communication
      5. challenges to therapeutic communication
      6. the importance of patient education
      7. a patient-centered teaching approach
      8. the importance of the health history form
      9. components of the health history
      10. the healthcare interview
      11. the chain of infection
      12. body defense mechanisms
      13. infectious disease: new challenges
      14. strategies for infection control
      15. compliance with bloodborne pathogen standard
      16. working with primary practitioners

    3. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. The assessment of course learning goals will be based on classroom discussions, written exams, assignments, papers, and/or performance based tasks and projects.

      2. Core (if aplicable)
        3. This course is not included in the Core.

    4. Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:

      See course format.

  8. Teaching Methods Employed

    Section VIII is not being used in new and revised syllabi as of 12/10/08.

Review/Approval Date - 3/99; Revised 4/05; Revised 12/2009