The Clinical Medical Assistant: Pediatric Specialization program, offered by our accredited school partners, is designed to prepare students to function as professionals in multiple healthcare settings both general and pediatric. Medical assistants with a clinical background perform various clinical tasks including assisting with the administration of medications and with minor procedures, performing an EKG electrocardiogram, obtaining laboratory specimens for testing, educating patients, and phlebotomy. Job opportunities are prevalent with physician’s offices, clinics, chiropractor’s offices, hospitals and outpatient facilities.
This program also includes the voucher to pursue the National Healthcareer Associations (NHA) Certified Clinical Medical Assistant.
The program also includes an optional clinical externship at a local healthcare provider! Additional fees may apply for a background check, drug test and other externship site testing requirements. Fees will be paid by the student at the time of placement in the optional externship.
The purpose of the Clinical Medical Assistant program is to prepare students to assist physicians and nurses by performing functions related to the clinical aspects of a medical office, included but not limited to phlebotomy and EKG duties. This program covers the following key areas and topics:
Process and procedures for collecting blood specimens for laboratory analysis
All aspects of blood collection and related procedures
The order of draw
Universal precautions
Skills to perform venipunctures completely and safely
Terminology and related anatomy and physiology
Clinical responsibilities of the medical office – assisting the physician with patient related care
Preparing patients for examination and treatment, routine procedures and diagnostic testing
HIPAA, patient confidentiality, legal aspects of healthcare and regulatory patient care issues Recording and taking of vital signs, blood pressure, and other patient care items related to the physician office visit
Review and administration of medications, allergies and other pharmacology related items
Laboratory procedures, phlebotomy and the proper techniques required to collect specimens for laboratory analysis
Cardiology and the proper placement of leads when taking a 12 lead EKG
Detailed anatomy and physiology of the heart
Medical disease processes and terminology
Medical ethics and legal aspects of patient contact
Electrocardiography and echocardiography
An introduction to the components, function, and proper use of the EKG machine
The normal anatomy of the chest wall for proper lead placement
12-lead placement and other practices
Enroll through one of our accredited university or college partners today!
Módulo 1 - Enfermedades crónicas comunes en la población pediátrica
• Fibrosis quística
• Diabetes
• asma
• Células falciformes
• Parálisis cerebral
Módulo 2 - Comunicación con el paciente pediátrico
• Hablando con pacientes pediátricos
• Hablando con los padres
• Barreras en la comunicación.
Módulo 3 - Factores físicos y de desarrollo relacionados con la edad en niños
• Nacimiento-12 meses
• 12-24 meses
• 3-5 años
• 11-14 años
• 15-18 años
Todos los materiales de referencia requeridos se proporcionan con este programa. Requisitos técnicos:
Conexión a Internet
• Banda ancha o alta velocidad (DSL, cable, inalámbrico)
Requisitos de hardware
• Procesador: procesador de 2 GHz o superior
• Memoria - Se recomienda un mínimo de 1 GB de RAM
Requisitos de software
• Sistemas operativos - Windows 7, 8 o 10; Mac OS x 10 o superior
• Microsoft Office 2007, 2010 o 2013 o una aplicación de procesamiento de textos para guardar y abrir formatos de Microsoft Office (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt .pptx)
• Navegadores de Internet - Google Chrome es muy recomendable
• Las cookies DEBEN estar habilitadas
• Las ventanas emergentes DEBEN estar permitidas (Bloqueador de ventanas emergentes deshabilitado)
• Adobe PDF Reader"
This class is an independent-study course. Students will have all the resources needed to successfully complete the course within the online material. A student helpdesk is available for technical support during the course enrollment.
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