MAP 348 - Medical Office Procedures II

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech

Students will use critical thinking skills to incorporate cognitive knowledge in the performance of psychomotor and affective domains during practice of giving patient instructions according to their needs, including instruction for health maintenance and disease prevention, patient education, preparing and maintaining treatment areas, assisting with minor surgical procedures, wound care, hemoccult testing, Holter monitor, scheduling procedures, using insurance referral information, administering oral and parenteral (excluding IV) medications and vaccines. Procedures for emergency preparedness.
Prerequisite: Grade “C” or better in MAP 347
Corequisite: MAP 228