Mar 28, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2019-2020 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HEAL 130 - Medical Administrative Assistant I 3 hours


This course will provide the student with the knowledge, skills and behaviors required of a medical administrative assistant in today’s healthcare arena. The medical administrative assistant’s role related to the scope of practice will be explored. Students will learn how to use therapeutic communication across the life-span. Medical law and ethics will be examined. The student will gain an understanding of how the medical administrative assistant plays a key role in administration functions, technology, handling telephone calls and scheduling in a medical practice.