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, 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, career planning and employment. In addition, basic keyboarding skills and 10 key skills are reviewed and competency is required.