Medical Office Clinical Procedures

Course Number:
MA 125
Transcript Title:
Medical Office Clinical Procedures
Created:
May 02, 2023
Updated:
Jun 01, 2023
Total Credits:
6
Lecture Hours:
0
Lecture / Lab Hours:
132
Lab Hours:
0
Satisfies Cultural Literacy requirement:
No
Satisfies General Education requirement:
No
Grading Options
A-F
Default Grading Options
A-F
Repeats available for credit:
0

Course Description

Provides practice and the opportunity to demonstrate proficiency in clinical competencies as required by the accrediting agency in a medical setting. Reviews examination room techniques: assisting the physician with examinations, treatment and minor surgery. Covers methods of asepsis and sterilization and the proper care of equipment and supplies.

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate appropriate techniques of medical and surgical asepsis.
  2. Perform clinical competencies as required by the accrediting agency in a medical setting.
  3. Prepare the patient for examinations and procedures.
  4. Explain the infection cycle.
  5. Apply basic units of measurement.
  6. Apply the rules of medication administration.

Suggested Outcome Assessment Strategies

Students will demonstrate these learning outcomes by these tasks conducted individually and in cooperation with other students. 

  • Develop skills in the actual performance of medical assistant clinical tasks in accordance with the theoretical knowledge taught in the clinical procedures course.
  • Answer theoretical and application questions in modules after viewing demonstrations and reading modules and text.

Individual proficiency testing will take place after modules have been graded and returned; reading has been assigned, lab demonstrations, and supervised lab practice.

Course Activities and Design

The determination of teaching strategies used in the delivery of outcomes is generally left to the discretion of the instructor. Here are some strategies that you might consider when designing your course: lecture, small group/forum discussion, flipped classroom, dyads, oral presentation, role play, simulation scenarios, group projects, service learning projects, hands-on lab, peer review/workshops, cooperative learning (jigsaw, fishbowl), inquiry based instruction, differentiated instruction (learning centers), graphic organizers, etc.

Course Content

Outcome #1: Demonstrate appropriate techniques of medical and surgical asepsis.

  • Sanitization
  • Levels of Disinfection
    • High-Level Disinfection
    • Intermediate-Level Disinfection
    • Low-Level Disinfection
  • Sterilization Methods

Outcome #2: Perform clinical competencies as required by the accrediting agency in a medical setting.

  • Vital signs
  • documentation
  • medication dosage and administration
  • assisting physician
  • coaching patients
  • screening procedures

Outcome #3:  Prepare the patient for examinations and procedures.

  • Physicals
  • annual visits
  • well-child checks
  • surgical and diagnostic procedures
  • assisting the physician

Outcome #4: Explain the infection cycle.

  • Infectious agent
  • Reservoir
  • Susceptible host
  • Means of transmission
  • Portals of entry
  • Portals of exit

Outcome #5: Apply basic units of measurement.

  • Household system
  • Metric system

Outcome #6: Apply the rules of medication administration.

  • Right patient
  • Right medication
  • Right dose
  • Right route
  • Right time
  • Right documentation

Suggested Texts and Materials

Today's Medical Assistant, current edition Published by Elsevier with Evolve Resources