MEDA 130 - Clinical Procedures for Medical Assistant

Credits: 3
This course familiarizes the student with the essential principles of infection control and various procedures for assisting with medical exams in the clinical setting. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to perform diagnostic procedures, and tests found in the medical office. In the lab setting, students will practice the application of medical asepsis and infection control, how to obtain, record, and properly chart a patient’s history and vital signs and learn how to prepare the patient for various specialty examinations such as pediatrics, geriatrics, obstetrics, eye and ear exam. Lab fee required.