I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Medical Assistant Internship

2. Course Prefix & Number:
MEDA 2150

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 5

Internship Hours: 225

4. Course Description:

This course will provide on-the-job experience to students. The students will be assigned to work in a physician's office for a total of 225 clock hours. The students will work under the supervision of clinic and clinic office personnel doing tasks related to the student's program curriculum. The students will be required to attend an eight hour in class review day in July to review what they learned on their internships and to prepare for either the CMA or RMA National Certification Exams.

5. Placement Tests Required:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

7. Other Prerequisites
Instructor’s consent

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

Dakota County Technical College, MDAS 2970 Externship, 6 credits
Anoka Technical College, MAST 2050 Externship, 7 credits

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

Medical Assistant Diploma

Medical Assistant AAS

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate written communication skills	Compose a required detailed weekly report of their observations and the duties they performed in the clinical setting.
Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills	Effectively demonstrate professional, job-related interactions with colleagues in the workplace.
Apply ethical principles in decision-making	Verbalize an example of a problem(s) that arose and how they solved the problem(s) during the clinical internship experience.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Demonstrate appropriate soft skills; i.e., punctuality, cooperation, time management, team player;
• Demonstrate ethical decision-making as it relates to the workplace;
• Demonstrate application of theoretical information from multiple courses to the workplace environment;
• Demonstrate entry level administrative and clinical skills in the clinical setting with guidance from a mentor;
• Prepare a ten to fifteen minute oral presentation to be presented at the face-to-face meeting in July;
• Demonstrate and abide by appropriate HIPAA guidelines for confidentiality as it relates to patients;
• Prepare for and pass the National Certification Exam of their choice.

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

Internship agreement/contract will be created to guide the content/expectations for each individual internship.