Medical Assistant (Renton Technical College)
The Medical Assistant program prepares students to become multi-skilled professionals to perform a variety of patient-related tasks in physician offices and other health care settings. The curriculum is designed to meet the requirements for Categories A, C & E Health Care Assistant as described in WAC 246-826-170. Students learn to set up clients for examination, draw blood for basic lab studies, administer some medications, do EKG�۪s, assist with minor surgical procedures, and perform front office skills related to medical records and billing. A clinical externship is included. Nationwide criminal background check is required prior to clinical experience. A Certificate of Completion is awarded upon successful completion of core course requirements. To earn an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) or Associate of Applied Science - Transfer (AAS-T) degree, you must complete the certificate program and meet the general education course requirements.
- Date:
- 2014
- Primary Material Type:
- Collection
- Institution:
- Renton Technical College
- Project Name:
- Health eWorkforce
- Funding Source:
- TAACCCT Round 2
- Subjects:
- Health IT
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- Department of Labor
- Industry Sector:
- Health Care and Social Assistance (62)
- Occupation:
- Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (29-0000)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Health-related Knowledge and Skills (34)
- Credential Type:
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- Certificate
- Credential
- Stacked/Latticed Credential Model
- Associate Degree
- Educational Level of Materials:
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- 1st year Community College or equivalent
- 2nd Year Community College or equivalent
- Time Required:
- Variable
- Language:
- English (United States)
- Interactivity Type:
- Presentation only - requires user to navigate through content.
- Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:
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- Participation as an ongoing member of team developing the instructional materials
- Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
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- Expertise of Project's Instructional Designers
Accessibility
- Accessibility Features:
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- Text Access - Text to Speech
- Text Adjust - Compatible
- Text Adjustment - Adjust Font and Colors
- Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
- Reading Layout - Page numbers match printed material
- Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
- Reading Order - Digital resource layout
- Structural Markup - Navigation Text
- Structural Markup - Lists
- Structural Markup - eReader application
- Table Markup
- Hyperlinks Rendered As Active
- Colors Compatible With Assistive Technology
- Contrast Ratio of at Least 4.5:1.
- Language - Markup
- Language - Passage Markup
- Non-Decorative Images Have Alt Text
- Decorative Images Marked With Null Alt Text
- Complex Images, Charts, and Graphs Have Text Descriptions
- Synchronized Text Track
- Transcript Provided With Audio Content
- Audio/Video Delivered Via Media Player
- Non Flickering Content
- STEM Content (e.g. Mathematics, Chemistry) Markup
- STEM - Notation markup
- Interactive - Keyboard
- Interactive - Markup
- Interactive - Text prompts
Copyright / Licensing
- Copyright Owner:
- See notations in document