Medical Assisting
This area is designed to prepare individuals to work in ambulatory health care facilities in both the administrative and clinical areas. Administrative skills are developed in the areas of medical office procedures, written communications, financial management, insurance billing, International Classification of Diseases - 9th (ICD-9) and 10th (ICD-10) Edition , and Physicians Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding. Clinical skills include assisting with physical examinations, diagnostic tests, and treatment procedures.
The Medical Assistant Program at Front Range Community College, Medical Office Technology department, working with all communities of interest, will provide quality outcomes based education and training in a secure environment conducive to learning in the cognitive (knowledge), affective (behavior), and psychomotor (skills) learning domains.
The Front Range Community College Medical Assisting program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
Commission of Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
1361 Park Street
Clearwater, FL 33756
727-210-2350
www.caahep.org
Requirements
Required Courses
| CIS 118 | Introduction to PC Applications | 3 |
| HPR 106 | Law and Ethics for Health Professions | 2 |
| HPR 137 | Human Diseases | 4 |
| MOT 110 | Medical Office Administration | 4 |
| MOT 120 | Medical Office Financial Management | 3 |
| MOT 130 | Insurance, Billing and Coding | 3 |
| MOT 136 | Introduction to Clinical Skills | 2 |
| MOT 138 | Medical Assisting Laboratory Skills | 4 |
| MOT 140 | Medical Assisting Clinical Skills | 4 |
| MOT 150 | Pharmacology for Medical Assistants | 3 |
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| MOT 183 | Medical Assistant Internship | 5 |
MOT 183 may be taken for 4 credits if the student completed the career readiness component in a prior MOT internship (MOT 180-183). Students may apply 1 credit of their completed career readiness component to
MOT 183 taken for 4 credits to satisfy the 5 credit requirement.
Choose 2 credits from the following
| HPR 208 | Medical Terminology For Health Professionals | 2 |
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| HPR 178 | Medical Terminology | 1 |
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| HPR 285 | Independent Case Study | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 39 |
HPR 178 may also be taken for 2 credit hours to fulfill this requirement.
Required General Education Courses
| BIO 106 | Basic Anatomy and Physiology | 4 |
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| BIO 201 | Human Anatomy and Physiology I with Lab | 4 |
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| BIO 202 | Human Anatomy and Physiology II with Lab | 4 |
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| ENG 121 | English Composition I | 3 |
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| MAT 107 | Career Mathematics | 3 |
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| higher MAT course | |
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| PSY 101 | General Psychology I | 3 |
| Arts and Humanities Elective (Spanish recommended) | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Electives
6 additional credits of electives must be selected from the Approved General Education Electives List for an A.A.S Degree or from the following additional list:
| ACC 121 | Accounting Principles I | 4 |
| ACC 122 | Accounting Principles II | 4 |
| BUS 115 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| BUS 216 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BUS 217 | Business Communication and Report Writing | 3 |
| BUS 226 | Business Statistics | 3 |
| CIS 115 | Introduction to Computer Information Systems | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Total Credit Hours: 61