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2020-2021 Catalog Archived

MED 158 - Clinical Office Experience


Class: 2 Lab: 18 Credits: 8
This course provides practical experience in selected clinical office settings.

Course Topics:
  • Professionalism
  • Effective Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
  • Administrative Office Duties
  • Clinical Office Duties
  • Clinical Laboratory Duties
  • Legal Concepts
  • Patient Instruction
  • Operational Functions

Textbooks:
Textbook information can be found on the Book Inn Web site
Required Materials:
  • Stethoscope
  • Full Uniform and Uniform Shoes
  • Pens/Pencils/Calculator

Grading System:
An overall grade of B or higher is required for transferability.

A 90 - 100
B 80 - 89
C 70 - 79
D 60 - 69
F 0 - 59


Student Learning Outcomes:
  1. Demonstrate professionalism.
  2. Demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication.
  3. Perform administrative office duties.
  4. Perform clinical office duties.
  5. Perform clinical laboratory duties.
  6. Apply legal concepts.
  7. Provide patient instruction.
  8. Perform operational functions.
  9. Apply medical assisting principles in test taking.
  10. Identify how diagnostic imaging relates to the practice of medical assisting.
  11. Distinguish various techniques used in medical specialty examinations and procedures of the body systems.

For SCC Online Courses:
If the course you are taking is online, please review the SCC Online Policies that include:

  • Required materials for all online courses
  • Mandatory Attendance Requirement
  • Proctored Exams

Face Covering Requirements:
All faculty, staff and students must wear a face mask/covering at all times (absent a medical condition) on all SCC campuses when safe social distancing measures are not possible or difficult to follow. For further details, refer to the Student Guidelines for Face Coverings and Social Distancing on the SCC Coronavirus COVID-19 Information page.
Standard SCC Course Policies:
Please review the Standard SCC Course Polices on the following topics:

  • Academic Integrity
  • Academic Misconduct
  • Add/Drop period
  • Appeals Process
  • Class Attendance
  • Classroom Behavior (traditional and online)
  • Classroom Conduct/Expectations
  • Lab Procedures (general SCC policy regarding this)
  • Online Confidentiality
  • Services For Students with Disabilities
  • Withdrawal Policy


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2020-2021