MAST 1301 - Medical Administrative for Medical Assistants

4 Credit(s) 4 credits lecture/0 credits lab

This course will introduce the student to the administrative duties performed by a Medical Assistant. Emphasis will be on front office duties: telecommunications, appointment scheduling, mail processing, banking, medical records, insurance, bookkeeping, oral and written communications, and medical coding. Other topics included in the course will be office and human resource management as they apply to the Medical Assistant. The medical assistant student will be introduced to a computerized Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and will complete exercises and simulations of tasks that are seen in a medical practice setting.

Course Prerequisite(s): ADSC 1003 or 25 words per-minute (wpm) keyboarding ablility

Course Corequisite(s): HLTH 1005 , HLTH 1040 , MATH 1010 or prior completion, MAST 1402 , and MAST 1603

Registration Requirement(s): Restricted to the following majors: Medical Assistant AAS and diploma.