MAP102 – Patient Care Concepts

3.25 Quarter Credit Hours

Instructor

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Course Description

This course introduces the medical assistant’s role in caring for patients. Course discussion and projects concentrate on body structure and function; assisting with physical examinations, including preparation and maintenance of exam rooms and positioning of patients for an examination; assisting in life span specialties, including pediatrics and geriatrics; and the role of the clinical laboratory in patient care. This course includes clinical lab work.

Prerequisite

MED100 Medical Terminology Essentials

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

  • List the systems of the body and identify the organs located in each system.
  • Explain anatomical locations and positions.
  • Pronounce, define, and spell medical terms relating to direction, planes, and cavities of the body.
  • Explain the difference between passive and active transport.
  • Identify common genetic and congenital disorders.
  • Discuss the steps to take in preparing a patient for a physical examination.
  • List and describe nine patient examination positions that are used during a physical examination.
  • Explain concepts of properly draping patients.
  • Recognize six pieces of equipment commonly used during a physical examination.
  • List laboratory and diagnostic tests that may be ordered as part of a complete physical examination.
  • Discuss the problem-oriented medical record and the four components of the SOAP charting method.
  • Explain procedures to irrigation and instillation of medications of the eyes and ears.
  • Explain the procedure to evaluate vision impairments and hearing acuity.
  • Identify and explain childhood growth and development patterns.
  • Accurately measure a child’s height, weight, and head circumference.
  • Summarize guidelines for effective communication with the elderly.
  • Describe the aging process and its effects on each system of the body.
  • Explain the role of the clinical laboratory in patient care.
  • List patient information necessary to complete a laboratory request form.
  • Summarize OSHA laboratory safety.

Instructional Materials and Resources

Comprehensive medical assisting: Administrative and clinical competencies, (2nd ed.). Pearson

Comprehensive medical assisting: Administrative and clinical competencies - Workbook, (2nd ed.). Pearson

Dorland’s Pocket Medical Dictionary, (28th ed.).

Dorland’s Gray’s Pocket Atlas of Anatomy

Instructional Methods

The course is an instructor led learning experience. The length of the course is 40 hours; 8 hours a week for 5 weeks.

Topics

  1. Body Structure and Function
  2. Anatomical Locations and Positions
  3. Genetics and Hereditary
  4. Preparing the Exam Room
  5. Assisting the Physician with a Physical Exam
  6. Sequence of Exam Procedures
  7. Documentation of Patient Medical Information
  8. Study of the Eye and the Ear
  9. Irrigation and Instillation of Medication in the Eye and in the Ear
  10. Visual and Hearing Acuity and Assessment
  11. Assisting with Pediatrics
  12. Assisting with the Elderly
  13. The Aging Process and Aging Body
  14. Role of the Clinical Laboratory in Patient Care
  15. OSHA Laboratory Safety Guidelines and Quality Assurance

Assessment Criteria

The following criteria will be used to determine the student’s grade for the course:

Tests (midterm and final) 25%

Quizzes 20%

Assignments (homework, Information Literacy, lab work, etc.) 40%

Professionalism 5%
Participation 10%

Total100%

Participation and Professionalism

Students who miss one (1) day (or tardy time adding up to one (1) day) will lose one-half of their participation points. Students who miss two (2) days (or tardy time adding up to two (2) days) will lose all of their participation points and all of their professionalism points.

Lost participation points cannot be made up. Additionally, students who lose participation points are no longer eligible for Charter College attendance-based awards.

Professionalism is based on professional dress, attitude, accountability, and leadership.

‘Attendance’ in an online course is based on activity performed in the course instead of time spent in a classroom.

Revised: June 2012 – jk1 of 2