CMA 1260 Medical Assistant Externship
This course requires the student, in the controlled environment of an approved externship site to experience the hands-on application of administrative, clinical and professional procedures required. The experience allows the student to apply knowledge from the classroom and college medical laboratory environment to the ambulatory healthcare environment. The overall goal of the experience is to provide the student the appropriate environments and opportunities that will assist the student in perfecting learned medical assisting competencies. The student will gain hands-on experience and be an active member of a health care team. This is on-the-job training with each individual's experience being unique but related to the course outcomes/competencies. Students are required to complete a minimum of 200 clock hours of supervised (unpaid) practical experience in a program approved site (25 contact hours x 8 weeks).
Prerequisite
This course is part of a Limited Admissions Program; registration in this course requires admission to the program and CMA-1200, CMA-1240, CMA-1210, CMA-1250, BIO-1200, ALH-1001 with a C or better -Must be completed prior to taking this course.
Corequisite
CMA-1270 -Must be taken at the same time as this course.