Our Medical Assisting programs prepare you to work in a clinical and/or administrative setting in various health care areas, 比如医生的办公室, 管理式医疗机构, 门诊护理和医院内的某些功能.
Our department is proud to offer an associate degree and three credit certificates in the following areas:
Electrocardiogram and Intravenous Therapy Technician (credit certificate and lor)
Heidi McLean Frye
410-777-2627
hmmclean@glenviewelectric.com
HLSB 368F
史蒂芬妮·史密斯-贝克，m.s.Ed., CAHI, CPhT,
助理教授，医疗助理
医疗编码项目协调员
410-777-7497
sesmithbaker@glenviewelectric.com
HLSB 364F
Anne Arundel Community College's Medical Assisting Certificate program is accredited by the 联合健康教育计划认证委员会 upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
联合健康教育计划认证委员会
9355 - 113th St. N, #7709
塞米诺尔，佛罗里达州33775
727-210-2350
www.caahep.org
The following information applies to the CAAHEP-accredited Medical Assisting certificate only.
我们的使命是吸引, nurture and prepare market-ready medical assistants through excellence in program curricula, 高质量的教师, 有意义的教学和实验学习, 和临床经验，提高学生的知识, 满足市场需求, 增进和促进社会健康
lifelong learning.
我们的愿景是招聘, 保持和毕业自我导向, self-determined and market-ready citizens of the world who are “change leaders” in their respective field of study.
Goal 1
"准备在认知(知识)方面有能力的医疗助理。, psychomotor (skills) and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.” (CAAHEP.org, 2022)
Goal 2
To, at least annually, assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of program resources (e.g., 资源矩阵)与教师相关, 文书及资源人员, curriculum, finances, offices, classrooms, 实验室及附属设施, 临床关联公司, equipment, supplies, 计算机资源, 教师参考资料, 以及教职员工继续教育.
Goal 3
To ensure a curriculum where students progress through the program in a logical sequence of classroom, 实验室和临床指导，以实现项目目标.
Goal 4
To create shared interdisciplinary learning experiences for students with an emphasis on ethical, 道德和多样性问题.
Goal 5
强调客户/病人护理管理的整体方法.
Goal 6
To form linkages with professional organizations that will accept students as members.
Goal 7
To provide experiences for students that create opportunities for communication among other health care providers, and the community.
Goal 8
To maintain a diverse advisory board by identifying within the community the internal and external stakeholders, 包括学生, graduates, faculty, administration, employers, 医生和公众人士.
Goal 9
维持临床和行政质量审查委员会的工作, 至少一年两次, 节目质量分析, program resources, courses, 课程和成果评估.
Goal 10
To establish, maintain and nurture relationships with clinical sites and preceptors that provide for a variety of quality experiential learning opportunities, 以及入门级就业机会.
Goal 11
确定当前行业和社区在学术上的需求, 临床实践和文化背景.
Goal 12
Ensure the content and competencies included in the program’s curriculum meet or exceed those states in the CAAHEP Curriculum Standards and Guidelines.
Goal 13
为学生提供无薪实习, 在流动医疗保健机构进行160小时的监督实习.
Goal 14
确保学生掌握并展示了所学知识, skills and behaviors of the CAAHEP MAERB Core Curriculum in performing clinical and administrative competencies prior to graduation.
Goal 15
Ensure that the practicum experience and instruction of students is meaningful and parallel in contents and concepts with the material presented in lecture and laboratory sessions.
Goal 16
Ensure practicum sites and affiliates provide a variety of student experiences.
Goal 17
实习将进行, at minimum, 在学生指定的160小时实习时间内进行一次实地考察, but will maintain communication with the student (weekly) and preceptor (as needed) throughout the practicum.
Goal 18
为学生准备国家认证和/或证书.
Goal 19
进行持续的评估和评估以确保公平, 多样性和包容性(EDI)是在所有课程和项目.
The Anne Arundel Community College Medical Assisting certificate program annually publishes and makes accessible to prospective and current students, 毕业生及公众人士的年度检讨报告(ARF). 以下是2022年医疗辅助教育审查委员会批准的结果:
跳级
The granting of credit for general education requirements for students is determined upon the receipt and review of formal transcripts by the records and registration office. 这包括高中AP课程和CLEP考试. The granting of 跳级 does not apply to the following courses: MDA-111, MDA-115, MDA-117, MDA-140, MDA-142, MDA-274, MDA-275和HIT-200.
Transfer Credit
Students who are transferring to AACC and submitting formal transcripts from another accredited institution may receive credit for MDA-113 Medical Terminology (3 credits) and ACA-100 Student Success (1 credit) courses that meet the course descriptions and credit hours required by the AACC medical assisting program. Granting of credit for MDA-113 and ACA-100 is determined by review of formal transcripts by the records and registration office, and if needed, 经医疗辅助部主任咨询后. Therefore, the total number of credits that the certificate program will accept as transfer is 4.
转学分为MDA-111, MDA-115, MDA-117, MDA-140, MDA-142, MDA-274, MDA-275和HIT-200 is not granted due to accreditation requirements and specificity of the Medical Assisting certificate program courses in measuring student achievement of the cognitive, 精神运动和情感能力.
Students in the Anne Arundel Community College continuing education Clinical Medical Assisting program that successfully complete the CMA-300, CMA-301, CMA-302和CMA-303临床课程, 包括所有临床精神运动和情感能力, and provide proof of a current and active National Healthcare Association Medical Assistant Certification (CCMA) can apply and receive credit for the MDA-140 Clinical Medical Assisting 1 and MDA-142 Clinical Medical Assisting 2 courses.
从实践经验中学习
Credit is not given for experiential learning due to programmatic requirements to fully assess the student knowledge and achievement of the required cognitive, 精神运动和情感能力.
医疗辅助是一项报酬丰厚的职业. 从业人员可以执行行政和临床服务, 在各种医疗保健环境中担任多个角色. 美国劳工统计局(Bureau of Labor Statistics)明确指出，这是一个增长领域, 预计从2020年到2030年将增长18%.
医疗助理直接与提供者和病人一起工作, 以提供医疗保健和确保患者安全为目标. 这是一个责任重大的职位.
和任何医疗保健职位一样, there are certain occupational risks that come into play with being a medical assistant. 这些危害包括:
At the same time, there are protections set up with the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), and those protections are particularly important within a health care environment. OSHA has a series of standards that protect the safety of health care workers and patients.
Accredited medical assisting programs are required to teach students about the hazards that they face on the job and the protocols that can be put into place to ensure a workplace culture that prioritizes safety.
