Subject code
HCE
Course Number
170
Course Title
Medical Assisting: Externship
Semester Offered
Summer, Fall
Prerequisite
Activity
No
Course Fee(s)
Yes
Fee Amount
200.00
Description
Designed to provide students a clinical setting environment in which they build on their clinical skills and front office competencies by being precepted by an experienced Medical Assistant. Each Medical Assistant student must complete an externship of a minimum of 160 hours in an ambulatory/clinical health care setting. In the actual working environment, students will perform both administrative and clinical competencies. Administrative competencies include performing clerical functions, bookkeeping procedures, and special accounting entries. Clinical competencies include fundamental principles, specimen collection, diagnostic testing, and patient care. Transdisciplinary competencies are integrated in both clinical and administrative areas. These include communication, legal concepts, patient instruction, and operational functions. Student must provide proof of current TB skin test, or a clear chest X-ray, or a statement from a healthcare provider indicating student is free from symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis, and a current CPR card.