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Medical Assistant Practicum

Credits: 3
Course Number: 31-509-310

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Course Description

31-509-310 MEDICAL ASSISTANT PRACTICUM ...requires medical assistant students to integrate and apply knowledge and skills from all previous medical assistant courses in actual ambulatory health care settings. Learners perform medical assistant administrative, clinical, and laboratory duties under the supervision of trained mentors to effectively transition to the role of a medical assistant. This is a supervised clinical experience. CAAHEP required practicum. (Prerequisite: 31-509-305 Medical Asst Lab Procedures 2; 31-509-306 Medical Asst Clin Procedures 2)

Course Typically Offered

  • Fall
  • Spring

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How can I use this course to achieve my career goals?

This course is associated with the following programs:

What will I learn?

  1. Perform administrative procedures
  2. Process insurance claims
  3. Monitor medical practice finance procedures
  4. Apply principles of medical asepsis and infection control
  5. Perform specimen collection
  6. Perform diagnostic testing
  7. Provide patient care
  8. Communicate effectively in a health care setting
  9. Apply legal and ethical concepts
  10. Instruct patients
  11. Perform medical office operational functions
  12. Demonstrate professionalism in a health care setting

Class Details

Class Number:
21629
Delivery:
In-Person
Term:
Spring 2025
Session:
8W2
Instructors:
Tina Broderick
Date Range:
-
Estimated Cost:
$496.55 *

Meeting Times

Dates Day(s) / Time Location(s)
03/26/25 - 05/20/25 Anytime
Anytime
Green Bay-Clinical Site

* Cost displayed is based on in-state residency. Back to cost