Medical Assisting (MDACE)

Award: Certificate of achievement

Pathway to associate degree: Professional Health Studies - Medical Assisting (PHSMO)

Program location: South Omaha Campus

One of the fastest growing healthcare occupations today is the medical assistant. Medical Assisting is a one-year certificate of achievement designed to give students the knowledge and skills to provide administrative and clinical support to healthcare employers, including hospitals, nursing and residential care facilities, and physicians’ offices.

This program has special admission requirements. Contact Student Services for more information and to obtain a current admission information packet.

Graduation Requirements

General education	13.5
Additional requirements	6.0
Major requirements	70.0
Total credit hours required	89.5

General education requirements (13.5 credit hrs.)

Communication

Select one course from the following:

ENGL 1010	English Composition IONLINEHYBRID	4.5
ENGL 1210	Applied Communications	4.5

ENGL 1010 should be taken by students seeking the Professional Health Studies option.

Social sciences/natural science

	Social sciences	4.5
	Natural science elective	6.0

See social sciences course options.

See natural sciences course options.

Quantitative/numeracy skills

Select one course from the following:

MATH 1240	Applied Mathematics	4.5
MATH 1310	Intermediate AlgebraONLINE	4.5

MATH 1240 does not count toward nursing admission or Professional Health Studies degree.

Those students should take MATH 1310 or higher level MATH course.

Additional requirements (6.0 credit hrs.)

BIOS 1310	Survey of Human Anatomy and Physiology	5.0
BIOS 1310L	Survey of Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab	0.0
EMSP 1000	Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Healthcare Providers	1.0

Major requirements for Medical Assisting (70.0 credit hrs.)

HIMS 1150	Introduction to Medical Law and EthicsONLINEHYBRID	4.5
MDST 1010	Clinical Procedures I	6.0
MDST 1020	Administrative Procedures I	4.5
MDST 1030	Medical Disorders	3.5
MDST 1040	Clinical Terminology I	4.5
MDST 1050	Clinical Terminology II	4.5
MDST 2010	Clinical Procedures II	6.0
MDST 2020	Administrative Procedures II	4.5
MDST 2030	Laboratory Techniques	3.5
MDST 2110	Pharmacology for Medical Assistants and Allied Health Professionals I	4.5
MDST 2120	Pharmacology for Medical Assistants and Allied Health Professionals II	4.5
MDST 2980	MDST Externship	18.5
WORK 1400	Employability Skills	1.0

The Medical Assisting Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB), Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, 727-210-2350.

Students who successfully complete the Medical Assisting program can earn the Professional Health Studies degree by fulfilling the additional 19.5 credit hours in general education requirements.