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Prepare for a career as a medical assistant and play an integral part of a physician’s health care team. Learn diverse skills in a hands-on environment and develop the skills needed for this versatile position.
Keiser University’s Associate of Science degree in Medical Assisting prepares students to perform medical assisting duties under the direct supervision of a physician, including preparing examination rooms, taking vital signs, assisting in minor surgical procedures, giving injections, performing venipuncture, assisting in laboratory operations, performing urinalysis, pregnancy testing, blood sugar, and various other waived laboratory tests, taking x-rays and administering electrocardiograms.
Medical assistants also learn to function in an administrative capacity, including patient communications, maintaining patient records, billing, scheduling appointments, ordering supplies and processing insurance claims.
The Keiser University Medical Assisting Program’s mission is to provide high quality and challenging education to prepare medical assistants who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.
The following objectives are designed to meet Keiser University’s mission and its objectives:
To receive an Associate of Science degree in Medical Assisting, students must earn a total of 60.5 credit hours. Program requirements are as follows:
| Medical Assisting Major Courses (36.5 credit hours) | |
|---|---|
| * Clinical Procedures | 3.5 credit hours |
| Medical Terminology | 1.5 credit hours |
| Anatomy and Physiology | 6.0 credit hours |
| Radiography | 6.0 credit hours |
| * Laboratory Procedures I | 4.0 credit hours |
| Medical Office Management | 4.5 credit hours |
| * Laboratory Procedures II | 4.0 credit hours |
| Externship I | 3.5 credit hours |
| Externship II | 3.5 credit hours |
| Behavioral Science (3.0 credit hours) | |
|---|---|
| Strategies for Success | 3.0 credit hours |
| American History Pre 1876 | 3.0 credit hours |
| American History Since 1876 | 3.0 credit hours |
| Introduction to Psychology | 3.0 credit hours |
| Sociology | 3.0 credit hours |
| Communications (3.0 credit hours) | |
|---|---|
| Speech Communications | 3.0 credit hours |
| Computers (3.0 credit hours) | |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Computers | 3.0 credit hours |
| English (3.0 Credit Hours) | |
|---|---|
| English Composition I | 3.0 credit hours |
| English Composition II | 3.0 credit hours |
| Humanities/Fine Arts (3.0 credit hours) | |
|---|---|
| American Literature | 3.0 credit hours |
| English Literature | 3.0 credit hours |
| Mathematics (3.0 credit hours) | |
|---|---|
| Intermediate Algebra | 3.0 credit hours |
| Natural Science (6.0 credit hours) | |
|---|---|
| General Biology | 3.0 credit hours |
| General Biology Laboratory | 1.0 credit hours |
| Environmental Science | 3.0 credit hours |
| Advanced Biology | 3.0 credit hours |
| Advanced Biology Laboratory | 1.0 credit hours |
| General Marine Biology | 3.0 credit hours |
| General Chemistry | 3.0 credit hours |
| General Chemistry Laboratory | 1.0 credit hours |
| Advanced Chemistry | 3.0 credit hours |
| Advanced Chemistry Laboratory | 1.0 credit hours |
* Must be completed with a grade of “C” or better before students are assigned to externship sites.
Keiser University’s Medical Assistant program at Daytona Beach campus is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Educational Programs (CAAHEP), 9355-113th St. N, #7709 Seminole FL 33775, on recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
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