ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS & FINANCIAL
AID INFORMATION
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Students have the opportunity to obtain multiple skills, certifications and employment opportunities.
Upon passing required exams, students will be certified as a Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) and Registered Phlebotomy Technician (RPT) through American Medical Technologists; and a
State Tested Nurse Aide (STNA) through the Ohio
Department of Health.
SCHEDULE
7/9/15 – 7/28/16
Monday through Thursday (4:30 - 8:30 pm)
FEES
Tuition*
Fees**
TOTAL
$5,880
$1,730
$7,610
GRADUATION
Students completing this program will be invited to participate in the MACC Graduation Ceremony
Friday evening, June 17, 2016.
DISCLOSURES
50 weeks/12 months
CIP Code: 51.0801 SOC Code: 31-0000
2013-14 on-time graduation rate: 100%
2013-14 job placement rate: 86%
2013-14 Median Student Loan Debt: $6,546
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Enrollment/Employment options are limited for persons with felonies and/or recent criminal charges.
If applicable potential students must meet with
MACC; contact the Ohio Department of Health and
AMT regarding barriers to enrollment/certification before class.
Prior to the first day of class students must:
• Complete a background check
• Complete vaccinations (1st of 3 Hepatitis B vaccines; MMR vaccine; flu vaccine (
• A negative drug screen and tuberculin skin testing after 6/30/15 are required prior to
Phlebotomy/EKG section, Spring, 2016.
• Students must maintain attendance requirements specific to each section of the program and a 2.0 overall (C or better) Grade Point Average.
• Students must complete ALL hours of clinical/externship time and act in a respectful, professional manner in all classroom, clinical or externship hours.
• Scrubs are required beginning with STNA clinicals and worn from that point forward throughout the program. Lab coats are also required at
Phlebotomy externship.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Anatomy and Physiology
Learn the structure and function of the human body. Students gain understanding of the tissues and organs that make up body systems. Body systems, functions, and diseases, including symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatments, and disorders, diseases, medications and wellness are discussed.
Healthcare Provider CPR
Learn how a healthcare provider performs basic life support (adult/child/infant) and AED in a variety of healthcare settings.
Medical Terminology
Learn prefixes, suffixes, word roots, common abbreviations and pharmaceuticals used in the language of medicine. Topics include medical vocabulary and terms that relate to the anatomy, physiology, pathological conditions, and treatment of selected systems. Students should be able to pronounce, spell, and define medical terms as related to body systems and their pathological disorders.
Nurse Aide Theory/Lab
Mandatory Ohio Department of Health (NATCEP) curriculum includes: safety; infection control; personal care; mental health care; impaired residents’ rights; communication; data collection; basic nursing skills; role and responsibility; disease process; and older adult growth. In addition students gain valuable skills through hands-on lab experience taking vital signs/ blood pressure; dressing/feeding dependent residents; catheter care; abdominal thrusts; basic activity planning/dosage calculation/medical terminology; safe transfers using walkers, gait belts and mechanical lifts.
Students must obtain 80% to pass.
Nurse Aide Clinical Experience
Gain hands-on experience in a long term care facility putting into practice skills successfully demonstrated in
Nurse Aide Theory/Lab. Students must obtain 80% on skills clinical check-off in order to pass.
First Aid
Manage illness and injuries within the first few minutes of their occurrence. Students will receive a Pass or Fail grade and a course completion card upon passing.
Introduction to Medical Assisting Law & Ethics
Students learn the history of medicine, the role/duties of the medical assistant, professionalism, human relations, communication, attitude, and behaviors expected in the healthcare environment and types of facilities that employ medical assistants; legal relationships of physicians and patients, contractual agreements, professional liability, malpractice, medical practice acts, informed consent, and ethical issues.
Emphasis is placed on scope of practice, legal terms, patient’s rights, confidentiality, liability, HIPAA, documentation, consent, release of information and standard of care as they apply to medical assisting.

Clinical Medical Assisting
This course instructs students in hands-on patient care through nutrition, patient education, patient history, interviews and documentation, vital signs and measurements, basic physical exams/ assisting, sterilization/reprocessing, instruments, minor office surgery preparation, emergencies, and basic clinical assessment. Students gain instruction in medical asepsis, infection control, disease control, health promotion, rehabilitative medicine and therapeutic modalities. Clinical skills required for a variety of physician specialty offices will be identified.
Pharmacology for Medical Assisting
Course focuses on preparation, dosage calculation and various methods of administration of medications. Students also learn proper spelling, documentation, identifying, and recognizing adverse reactions/interactions of the most commonly used medications in a physician’s office.
Administrative Medical Assisting
Introduces the medical office administrative procedures and the office environment in an ambulatory clinic. Topics include patient reception, appointment processing, telephone procedures, documentation and reporting, medical records management, HIPAA regulations, written and oral communications, screening/processing mail, patient orientation, office equipment and supply inventory; safety; medical insurance terminology and programs.
Students should be able to successfully complete patient registration, insurance forms, and simulate the processing of various types of claims and have an understanding of HIPAA.
Medical Assisting Externship
Students apply clinical, laboratory, and administrative skills in a medical facility under the supervision of facility personnel or the instructor.
Emphasis is placed on enhancing competence in clinical and administrative skills necessary for comprehensive patient care and strengthening professional communications and interactions.
Students complete a total of 180 hours of externship between STNA clinical experiences, Phlebotomy and
Medical Assisting externship.
Phlebotomy
An intense course in which students study: documentation, specimen handling and transportation; phlebotomy/venipuncture procedures; collecting capillary blood specimens, arterial, intravenous and special collection procedures; elderly/home/long-term care collections; urinalysis, body fluids/other specimens forensic, toxicology, and workplace testing; infection control; safety; blood collection equipment/complications; and pediatric procedures. Students complete 100 hours of externship through OhioHealth MedCentral
Mansfield Hospital and OhioHealth Shelby Hospital.
EKG
Students are introduced to and practice EKG terminology, lead application and procedures on an
EKG MAC/5000 Machine. Learn functions of this particular machine and EKG Resulting/
Interpretation and the cardiovascular system.
MACC CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Administrative Medical Office -
Automotive Technology -
Clinical Care Technologies -
Managing Cosmetology -
Cosmetology -
Dental Assisting -
Industrial Electrical Maintenance -
Precision Machining/CNC Technology -
Phlebotomy/EKG -
State Tested Nurse Aide
Welding Technology -
In addition to the Career Development programs above MACC offers short-term
Career/Personal Enrichment courses that do not fall under the scope of our accreditation; but offer a wide variety of skill and personal interest updates!