GC Catalog 2011 2012 - Gaston College

Course DescriptionsCourse Descriptionstests/skills based on course topics. Students willdemonstrate proficiency in the use of medical officelaboratory equipment necessary to perform basiclaboratory tests, and EKG's.MED 230 Administrative Office Procedures III(1-2-0-2)Prerequisites: MED 131Corequisites: NoneThis course provides advanced medical officeadministrative procedures. Emphasis is placed onmanagement skills including personnel supervision,practice management, public relations, and insurancecoding. Upon completion, students shouldbe able to exhibit advanced managerial medicalassisting skills. Additional studies will be devotedto hands-on practice sessions in insurance codingand development of assigned sections of an officeprocedure manual.MED 240 Exam Room Procedures II (3-4-0-5)Prerequisites: MED 140Corequisites: NoneThis course is designed to expand and build uponskills presented in MED 140. Emphasis is placed onadvanced exam room procedures. Upon completion,students should be able to demonstrate enhancedcompetency in selected exam room procedures.Additional studies will concentrate on basic principlesof diet therapy.MED 250 Laboratory Procedures II (3-4-0-5)Prerequisites: MED 150Corequisites: NoneThis course is designed to expand and build onskills presented in MED 150. Emphasis is placed onincreasing proficiency in laboratory skills used in themedical setting. Upon completion, students shouldbe able to demonstrate enhanced competency inselected medical laboratory procedures. Additionalstudies will concentrate on first aid and cardiopulmonaryresuscitation (CPR).MED 260 Clinical Externship (0-0-15-5)Prerequisites: MED 240, MED 250, MED 272Corequisites: MED 118, MED 230, MED 262,MED 264This course provides the opportunity to apply clinical,laboratory, and administrative skills in a medicalfacility. Emphasis is placed on enhancing competencyin clinical and administrative skills necessaryfor comprehensive patient care, and strengtheningprofessional and communication interactions. Uponcompletion, students should be able to function asan entry-level health care professional. The clinicalexternship rotation will be condensed into an 8week session, with medical facility staff supervisingstudents assigned to their facility for 30 hoursper week.MED 262 Clinical Perspectives (1-0-0-1)Prerequisites: Enrollment in the Medical AssistingProgramCorequisites: MED 260, MED 264This course is designed to explore personal andoccupational responsibilities of the practicing medicalassistant. Emphasis is placed on problemsencountered during externships and developmentof problem solving skills. Upon completion, studentsshould be able to act in a courteous and diplomaticmanner when solving problems in the medicalfacility. Students will continue the development ofassigned sections of a medical office proceduremanual.MED 264 Medical Assisting Overview (2-0-0-0-2)Prerequisites: Enrollment in the Medical AssistingProgramCorequisites: MED 260, MED 262This course provides an overview of the completemedical assisting curriculum. Emphasis is placedon all facets of medical assisting pertinent to administrative,laboratory, and clinical procedures performedin the medical environment. Upon completion,students should be prepared for the nationalcertification examination for medical assistants.Students will participate in practice test sessionsthroughout the course that will culminate in a mockcertification examination at the end of the course.MED 270 Symptomatology (2-2-0-3)Prerequisites: Enrollment in the Medical AssistingProgram or enrollment in the MedicalTranscription Program, MED 121 orOST 141.Corequisites: NoneThis course covers the study of disease symptomsand the appropriate actions taken by medicalassistants in a medical facility in relation to thesesymptoms. Emphasis is placed on interviewing skillsand appropriate triage, preparing patients for procedures,and screening the test results. Upon completion,students should be able to recognize how certainsymptoms relate to specific diseases, recognizeemergency situations, and take appropriate actions.Students will participate in class projects designedto meet the competencies of the course.MED 272 Drug Therapy (3-0-0-3)Prerequisites: Enrollment in the Medical AssistingProgram, MED 140, MED 270, (orenrollment in the Medical TranscriptionProgram, MED 270).Corequisites: NoneThis course focuses on major drug groups, includingtheir side effects, interactions, methods of administration,and proper documentation. Emphasis isplaced on the theory of drug administration. Uponcompletion, students should be able to identify,223