MAST 101 - Introduction to Medical Assisting (3)

This course is a foundation course for all medical assisting programs (clinical and/or administrative). Topics include medical assisting and other allied health disciplines as a profession, health care settings, the history of medicine, communication skills, coping skills, topics in psychology, and medical law and ethics. Emphasis is also placed on professionalism topics including personal traits of the health care professional, work place dynamics and career planning and employment.

Prerequisite(s): OFTC 100, ACFN 010, and ACFN 085 or placement testing or concurrent registration.