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For more information on a career as a Medical Assistant, contact Peggy Hughes, Director, at 301-784-5319 or email phughes@allegany.edu.

MEDICAL ASSISTANT CURRICULUM

The Medical Assistant Program at Allegany is a two-year program that qualifies a student to apply for an Associate in Applied Science degree. The program is designed to enable students to seek employment at the program's completion.

 

FIRST SEMESTER

Biological Science 100 or 101
(Principles of Biology or
General Biology I) ...................................4
English 101 (Freshman English I) .........3
Medical Assistant 101
(Introduction to Medical Assistant) .........3
Medical Assistant 102
(Introduction to Health Records).............3
Office Technologies 110
(Medical Terminology I) .........................3
Physical Education 153
(Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
and First Aid)..........................................2

Total: 18                   

SECOND SEMESTER

Biological Science 201 or 207
(Human Anatomy and Physiology
or Anatomy and Physiology of
the Human I) .......................................4
Computer Technology 101
(Computer Literacy) ............................3
Mathematics Elective ..........................3
Office Technologies 118
(Introduction to Medical Coding)...........3
Office Technologies 220
(Medical Terminology II) ......................3



Total: 16         

   

SUMMER SESSION
(following second semester)
Medical Assistant 201
(Clinical Medical Assistant I) ..............2
Total: 2

   
THIRD SEMESTER

Allied Health 113 (Phlebotomy
for Allied Health Professionals)..............1
Medical Assistant 203
(Pharmacology for the
Medical Assistant) .................................3
Medical Assistant 205
(Clinical Medical Assistant II) ................3
Medical Assistant 207
(Laboratory Procedures for
the Medical Assistant) ...........................3
Medical Assistant 209
(Administrative Medical Assistant) ........3
Office Technologies 213
(Principles of Medical Insurance) ..........3

Total: 16                  

FOURTH SEMESTER

Medical Assistant 206
(Medical Assistant Externship) ..............4
Medical Assistant 210
(Clinical Medical Assistant III) ................2
Office Technologies 200
(Administrative Medical Software) .........3
Psychology 101
(General Psychology) ...........................3
Speech 101
(Speech Communications I) .................3

 

 

Total: 15    

Total Credit Hours: 67   

 

 

 



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