Medical Assistant Course Descriptions
MA 1023: BASIC PHARMACOLOGY WITH AN OVERVIEW OF MICROBIOLOGY
Enrollment is limited to medical assistant majors. Topics to be covered in addition to introductory pharmacology will
include basic chemistry as it applies to the medical laboratory and a brief overview of microbiology and immunology. Basic
pharmacology as it relates to the drug interaction with each of the body systems and classifications of drugs will be
covered. Students will utilize the Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) in the course.
Three hours lecture.
MA 2022: MEDICAL LABORATORY ORIENTATION AND INSTRUMENTATION LAB
Topics covered will include laboratory orientation, laboratory procedures/ techniques, introduction to clinical laboratory
instrumentation (both manual and automated), quality control principles, and care of equipment.
Four hours laboratory.
MA 2023: MEDICAL LABORATORY ORIENTATION AND INSTRUMENTATION
This course is concerned with both the theoretical and practical application of a wide range of clinical duties performed by
the medical assistant and medical technologist. Topics covered will include hematology, urinalysis, hematostatic
processes, body chemistry, microbiology, and blood typing.
Three hours lecture.
MA 2032: MEDICAL ASSISTANT CLINICAL PRACTICE LABORATORY
Co-requisite: MA 2034
This course is designed to allow for practice in locale area clinics. Students will complete a two-hour laboratory in the
simulated lab and will be assigned to three hours in area clinics on a weekly basis. While at the medical facility students
will apply the theories and concepts covered in MA 2023 and MA 2034.
Laboratory five hours weekly.
MA 2034: MEDICAL ASSISTANT CLINICAL PRACTICE
Prerequisites: MA 2022 and MA 2023.
Topics covered will include examination room techniques, sterilization procedures, operation and care of
electrocardiograph, assisting with minor surgery, physiotherapy, pharmacology, medications and specialist assisting.
Students must subscribe to malpractice liability insurance.