Courses designated MD13 and above restricted to students in the Medical Assisting curriculum. The principal method of building medical vocabulary is to identify prefixes, suffices and roots.
Students learn to recognize Greek and Latin derivatives.
Skills taught include vital signs, medical asepsis, sterilization and assisting with office surgery. Students are prepared to perform general diagnostic tests and operate and maintain basic laboratory equipment. Tests include urinalysis, vision acuity, audiometry, spirometry and microscopic analysis. Students also study electrical conduction of the heart, identify components on an EKG, and state what each represents. Students identify artifacts, cardiac arrhythmias and their causes.