Medical Assisting Services

  What is Medical Assisting Services?

The medical assisting services program is designed to prepare students for a career as a health professional. In order to meet the program objectives, the curriculum provides a rigorous foundation in office administration and medical courses. Administrative courses include study in medical office procedures, microcomputers, machine transcription and oral and written communication. Medical study includes anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, clinical techniques, laboratory procedures and assisting procedures for various types of medical settings and practices.

  Success Factors

The program curriculum stresses professionalism, dependability, flexibility, medical ethics, communication and human relations skills.

  Career Possibilities

Graduates will have completed 320 hours of hands-on clinical practice in a medical setting under the direct supervision of a physician and are qualified to assist physicians in a private office, clinic or other health care facility. Medical assistants are skilled in both administrative and clinical functions, providing considerable flexibility to the physician's office.

  Majoring in Medical Assisting Services

Graduates of the medical assisting services program will have the formal training required to take the certification examination of the American Association of Medical Assistants. Most employers in the health care environment recommend that medical assistants have the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) credential.

The University of Cincinnati Raymond Walters College associate degree in medical assisting program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), www.caahep.org, upon recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment (AAMAE).

  Curriculum

This curriculum information is intended as a general information guide for students considering enrollment in this program. These online tools are designed to assist you, but are not a substitute for planning with an academic or faculty advisor.

If you are currently confirmed or enrolled, you can check your degree requirements online. If you are considering transferring to this major from another school use the Course Applicability System (CAS) to see how credits you have earned will apply to this major at UC. For course descriptions by college, click here.

FRESHMAN YEAR

Course Name	Course Number	Credits
English Composition I, II		6
Social/Behavioral Science, Humanities		3
Fundamentals of Biology I, II, III		15
Anatomical Medical Terminology I, II, III		9
Introduction to Medical Assisting		3
Medical Front Office Procedures		3
Basic Clinical Techniques		3
Microcomputer Office Applications		3
Medical Office Emergency Procedures		3
Administration of Medications		3
Total		51

 

SOPHOMORE YEAR

Course Name	Course Number	Credits
Social/Behavioral Science, Humanities		6
Intermediate Compostion		3
Fundamentals of Word Processing		3
Medical Insurance		3
Microbiology for Medical Assisting		3
Medical Laboratory Procedures		3
Medical Coding		3
Family Practice Assisting Procedures		3
Specialty Assisting Procedures		3
Business English		3
Medical Practicum I, II		6
Business Communications		3
Medical Transcription I		3
Medical Office Ethics		3
Medical Office Computing		3
Total		51

 

  Admission Requirements

Open Admission

Requirements:

Keyboarding of 35 wpm

Pre or corequisite of English 101 for Fundamentals of Biology

The grade of "C" or above is required in all office information technology and medical assisting courses

  Accreditation

The University of Cincinnati is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.