Medical Assistant

Diploma

The one-year Medical Assistant diploma program prepares students to support physicians and other medical staff by providing assistance during patient examinations and treatment administration, by recording patient and related health information, and by performing a wide range of clinical and administrative duties.  Medical assistants play an integral role in ambulatory care setting such as clinics and urgent care facilities, where services are offered on an outpatient basis.  Medical assistants have been described as health care's most flexible, multifaceted professionals.  This program provides clinical instruction, class lectures, and practical experiences through an internship in a medical facility.  Graduates are eligible to take the national certification examination offered through the AMT.

Curriculum: The program curriculum is listed below. The following core courses must be taken before participating in AH 297:  AH 171, AH 134, AH 136, AH 137, PHRM 215.  Students must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher in these core courses to participate in Cooperative Education.  Begin with AH 171 early in your program.

Courses offered by MSU-Bottineau are linked to pages providing additional information about the courses such as prerequisites, course objectives, semesters offered, etc.

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Semester	Campus
*ASC 087	College Writing Preparation	3	Fall, Spring	MSU-B
AH 171	Medical Terminology	3	Fall, Spring, Summer	MSU-B
AH 134	Medical Disorders	3	Fall, Spring, Summer	MSU-B
PHRM 215	Introduction to Pharmacology	3	Fall, Spring, Summer	MSU-B
AH 136	Clinical Procedures	2	Fall, Spring	MSU-B
BOTE 152	Keyboarding II	3	Fall, Spring, Summer	MSU-B
BOTE 209	Office Management	3	Fall, Spring	MSU-B
AH 138	Medical Coding - CPT	2	Fall, Spring, Summer	MSU-B
ENGL 110	College Composition I	3	Fall, Spring, Summer	MSU-B
BIOL 115	Human Structure & Function	4	Fall, Spring	MSU-B
AH 222	Medical Transcription I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer	MSU-B
AH 231	Healthcare Law and Ethics	1	Fall, Spring, Summer	MSU-B
HPER 210	First Aid/CPR	2	Spring, Summer	MSU-B
AH 266	Laboratory & Diagnostic Procedures	2	Fall, Spring, Summer	MSU-B
AH 297	Cooperative Education	1-6	Fall, Spring, Summer	MSU-B

  * Waived by scoring high enough on the ACT

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