rasmussen.edu | 888-5-RASMUSSEN SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES Medical Assisting | DIPLOMA 11-Week Quarters (5.5-Week Terms) CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Medical Assistant • Medical Office Administrative Assistant OBJECTIVE The objectives of this program are to prepare students to become valuable members of a healthcare team by supporting and assisting providers in delivering effective and efficient quality healthcare services, and to prepare students who are proficient in cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavioral) learning behaviors for entry-level medical assistant positions. Graduates of the program will value the critical thinking, effective communication, diversity-awareness skills, and medical ethics as they pertain to the medical assisting career. ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS Applicants to the Medical Assisting Diploma program must successfully complete at least 8 credits or more of designated coursework in a School of Health Sciences program prior to acceptance to the Medical Assisting Diploma program. The courses must be completed at Rasmussen College. At the end of the quarter in which the students successfully completes 8 credits or more of designated coursework and meets all of the requirements of Satisfactory Academic Progress in the program of enrollment, the student may request to transfer to the Medical Assisting Diploma program. All Medical Assisting Diploma entrance requirements must be met in order to transfer. The student’s advisor will assist the student in completing the program transfer. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION COURSES B080 B087 Reading and Writing Strategies Practical Math Note: Illinois students take B095 Combined Basic and Intermediate Algebra instead of B087 Practical Math. GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES Lower Division Communication (Required course) COM 1002 Social Sciences (Required course) PSY 1012 General Psychology 4 4 CORE COURSES Lower Division E242 Career Development HSA 2264 Administrative Medical Assistant Practices HSC 1531 Medical Terminology HSC 2641 Medical Law and Ethics MEA 1350 Fundamentals in Clinical Techniques MEA 2820 Medical Assisting Capstone Core Credits Total Diploma Credits MEA 2895 Medical Assistant Experiential Externship1 General Education Credits 2 3 4 4 6 MEA 1460 Clinical Laboratory Applications and Diagnostic Procedures I 6 MEA 1570 Clinical Laboratory Applications and Diagnostic Procedures II 6 2 6 12 39 51 The Medical Assisting Diploma is not available for enrollment at the Mokena / Tinley Park, IL; Fargo, ND; Moorhead, MN; or Topeka, KS campuses. Students must be concurrently enrolled in one of Rasmussen College’s Medical Assisting Diploma programs or have successfully completed a diploma program at an accredited institution within the past five years in order to enroll in this program. Students concurrently enrolled must successfully complete the diploma program coursework in order to obtain a Healthcare / Health Sciences Associate’s Degree with Medical Assisting Specialization. ¹ Minnesota students must take MEA 2976 Medical Assistant Professional Externship (6 credits) instead of MEA 2895 Medical Assistant Experiential Externship. The Medical Assisting Diploma program at the Overland Park campus in Kansas; the Aurora/Naperville, Rockford, and Romeoville/Joliet campuses in Illinois; the Fort Myers, Ocala, New Port Richey/West Pasco and Tampa/Brandon campuses in Florida; the Green Bay and Wausau campuses in Wisconsin; and the Blaine, Bloomington, Brooklyn Park / Maple Grove, Eagan, Lake Elmo / Woodbury, Mankato, and St. Cloud campuses in Minnesota are accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES). Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools, 7777 Leesburg Pike, Suite 314, North Falls Church, VA 22043, 703-917-9503 4 Introduction to Communication Math/Natural Sciences (Required course) PHA 1500 4 Structure and Function of the Human Body 4 Graduates of the Medical Assisting Diploma program offered at campuses listed in the ABHES accreditation statement above meet the educational requirements to sit for the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) certification through the Certifying Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). Graduates of the Medical Assisting Diploma meet the educational requirements to sit for the Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) certification awarded by the American Medical Technologists (AMT). The Medical Assisting Diploma is not intended to prepare graduates for any other professional certifications; students interested in other certifications are responsible for independently verifying their own eligibility against the appropriate standards. All Medical Assisting students are required to attend the Medical Assisting Programmatic Orientation within the first quarter of the program. All Medical Assisting students are required to attend the Rasmussen Externship meeting conducted by the Program Coordinator as well as a site orientation (if required by the site) prior to being eligible to begin the externship. This program requires specific immunizations prior to professional practice experience. Medical Assisting students must receive the first injection of the Hepatitis B immunization series by the end of week two in the Fundamentals in Clinical Techniques course. Prior to the student beginning their externship, the full three-injection series of the Hepatitis B immunization and all other program- required immunizations must be completed. Medical Assisting students must successfully complete all Medical Assisting competencies before they will be eligible for graduation. Developmental Education courses do not count toward total program credits, and are not calculated in GPA. Students must demonstrate mastery of the subject matter in Developmental Education courses through a Rasmussen College entrance placement exam, approved exemption based on previously completed coursework, or by successful completion of Developmental Education courses. In addition to meeting all other admissions requirements, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, and Wisconsin applicants must successfully pass a background check through Rasmussen College’s chosen third- party vendor. In addition to meeting all other admissions requirements, Minnesota applicants must successfully pass a background check through the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Please note that an addendum is located at the end of the digital catalog. 30 For important information about the educational debt, earnings and completion rates of students who attended this program, please visit www.rasmussen.edu/doe_sid/medical_assisting_dip.html
