Sep 02, 2025  
2025-2026 CNM Catalog, Volume 57 
    
2025-2026 CNM Catalog, Volume 57

MA 1010 - Medical Assistant Professional Overview

1 credit hour(s)
Prerequisite: Reading and Writing Skills 2  +   
Pre- or corequisite: COMM 2120  + HIT 1020  + HLTH 1010  
Provides an overview of the role of the medical assistant in the healthcare setting. Covers medical assistant scope of practice, legal principles, ethics, standard of care, duties, and roles. Emphasis is placed on professional and therapeutic communication, affective competencies of empathy and respecting diversity, and demonstration of legal and ethical behaviors specific to medical assisting.

Theory Hours: 15