Program Description
This technical certificate will provide the skills needed by
workers who will assist nurses in hospitals and medical offices.
Graduates will be competent in medical office skills such as
keyboarding, using the computer for common document processing,
answering the telephone, scheduling, triaging, charting, setting
priorities, and other similar multi-tasking roles. In addition,
they will be proficient in clinical skills such as taking blood
pressures, temperatures, pulses, and respirations; bed-making;
performing CPR and first aid; controlling infection through
sterile procedures; lifting; operating and caring for equipment;
catheterizing; and giving personal patient care.
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Length of Program
A total of 30 credit hours is required for completion of
this technical certificate. A full-time student could
complete course requirements in two quarters; a part-time
student in four.
Campus Location
The Multi-Skilled Medical Care
Specialist Technical Certificate is offered on the
Coffee and Ben Hill-Irwin campuses.
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Entrance Requirements
Required Age: 16 years of age or older
Signed health documents documenting:
Student can lift or position 100 pounds
Students test negative on TB test
Drug screening required prior to clinicals
Placement exam required.
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Curriculum
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| Course No. |
Title |
Credit
Hours |
| AHS 101 |
Anatomy and Physiology |
5 |
| BUS 211 |
Medical Terminology |
4 |
| CNA 100 |
Patient Care Fundamentals |
8 |
| BUS 101 |
Beginning Document
Processing |
5 |
| SCT 100 |
Intro. to Microcomputers |
3 |
| MAS 106 |
Medical Office Procedures |
5 |
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credit hours required: |
30 |
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Would you like to know
more?
For more information about the Multi-Skilled Medical Care
Specialist
technical certificate program at ECTC, please let us know! You
can contact the admissions office by phone or by email.
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