Offered at the following campuses:
Get started on a medical career with your Clinical Assistant diploma.
This program focuses on the thorough training of clinical skills required by medical professionals, including preparing patients, performing CPR and first aid, obtaining and analyzing specimen, performing EKG procedures and sterilizing instruments. Upon graduation, you will be prepared to assist in laboratories, physician's offices, clinics and hospitals.
Degrees Offered:
Diploma
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CLINICAL ASSISTANT DIPLOMA
Time length for program completion will vary depending upon the number of courses taken per term, developmental courses when required, transfer credit accepted, lack of continuous enrollment, etc.
| Course | Titles | Credit Hours |
| BUS 224 | Professional Development | 4 |
| COM 214 | Public Speaking | 4 |
| ENG 101 | Composition I | 4 |
| ENG 102 | Composition II | 4 |
| FYE 101 | Information Literacy | 4 |
| AOM 105 | Keyboarding Essentials | 4 |
| MSS 104 | Medical Terminology | 4 |
| MSS 115 | Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 |
| MSS 124 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 |
| MSS 134 | Anatomy and Physiology III | 4 |
| MSS 144 | Medical Laboratory Procedures I | 4 |
| MSS 154 | Health and Safety Techniques | 4 |
| MSS 204 | Medical Ethics | 4 |
| MSS 234 | Medical Laboratory Procedures II | 4 |
| MSS 244 | Medical Laboratory Procedures III | 4 |
| MSS 254 | Pharmacology | 4 |
| MSS 275 | Clinical Assisting Externship | 4 |
| Psychology Elective | 4 | |
| AOM 214 | Administrative Systems and Procedures | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours | 76 |
*Courses subject to change.