Santa Ana College: Degrees and Certificates for 2006-2007

Medical Assistant-Administrative/Clinical Degree (SAC 0155) and
Certificate (SAC 0395)

The associate degree and certificate curriculum for medical assistant administrative/clinical is designed to prepare a student for employment in a medical office, a hospital business office, a clinic, or allied health facility. Careers are available as medical assistants, front and back office; insurance secretaries, admitting clerks, medical records clerks and receptionists in all medical facilities.

Course content includes medical terminology; medical typing, computer techniques and skills; medical forms, reports, and charts; medical insurance, billing and collections, bookkeeping; effective human relations as related to a medical office; clinical procedures such as giving injections, sterilizing instruments, monitoring vital signs, assisting with minor surgery, instrument identification; and professional ethics and legal aspects.

Graduates will be qualified to assist doctors in clinical situations or function under the direct supervision of a medical doctor. Graduates will also be qualified to perform all clerical duties normally required in the medical office, hospital business office, clinics, and allied health facilities.

Major requirements for the associate degree in arts or science degree and certificate:

Electives must be selected from the following courses: Business Applications 179, 180, 183, 184; Medical Assistant 020,056.

Recommended electives: Medical Assistant 001, 020, 056,098.

Requirements for the certificate: