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• Personal Care Worker Undergraduate | 1 Credit

  CATALOG #30510308

  This course emphasizes aspects of providing personal and supportive/rehabilitative healthcare to clients needing assistance in their home or other care facilities. Basic knowledge and skills acquired through this course include clients' rights, communication, rehabilitation, positioning and transfer skills, infection control, and safety. Personal Care Worker is a 32-hour course that combines online coursework with a laboratory practice time and a final written exam and skills competency testing assessed under the guidance of a registered nurse.

  Online

  Fall 2025

• Human Body in Health and Disease Undergraduate | 3 Credits

  CATALOG #31509302

  Students learn to recognize human body structure and function in health and disease states. Students explore the causes, signs, and symptoms of diseases of the major body systems as well as the diagnostic procedures, usual treatment, prognosis, and prevention of diseases commonly diagnosed and treated in the medical office setting. COREQUISITE: 10501101 Medical Terminology.

  Online

  Fall 2025, Spring 2026

• Medical Assistant Laboratory Procedures 1 Undergraduate | 2 Credits

  CATALOG #31509303

  Introduces medical assistant students to laboratory procedures commonly performed by medical assistants in a medical office setting. Students perform Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) waived routine laboratory procedures commonly performed in the ambulatory care setting. Students follow laboratory safety requirements and federal regulations while performing specimen collection and processing, microbiology and urinalysis testing. PREREQUISITE: Admission to Medical Assistant program and COREQUISITE: 31501307 Digital Literacy for Healthcare, 10501101 Medical Terminology, 31509302 Human Body in Health and Disease, 31509301 Medical Assistant Administrative Procedures, and 31509304 Medical Assistant Clinical Procedures 1.

  Offered Collegewide

  Fall 2025, Spring 2026

• Medical Assistant Clinical Procedures 1 Undergraduate | 4 Credits

  CATALOG #31509304

  Introduces medical assistant students to the clinical procedures performed in the medical office setting. Students perform basic examining room skills including screening, vital signs, patient history, minor surgery and patient preparation for routine and specialty exams in the ambulatory care setting. Learner explores communication principles and psychology theories related to patient care. PREREQUISITE: Admission into the Medical Assistant program and COREQUISITES: 31501307 Digital Literacy for Healthcare, 10501101 Medical Terminology, 31509302 Human Body in Health and Disease, 31509301 Medical Assistant Administrative Procedures, 31509303 Medical Assistant Laboratory Procedures 1.

  Offered Collegewide

  Fall 2025, Spring 2026

• Medical Assistant Laboratory Procedures 2 Undergraduate | 2 Credits

  CATALOG #31509305

  Prepares students to perform phlebotomy and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) waived hematology, chemistry, immunology and laboratory procedures commonly performed by medical assistants in the ambulatory care setting. PREREQUISITES: 10501101 Medical Terminology, 31509302 Human Body in Health & Disease, 31509303 Medical Assistant Laboratory Procedures 1, and 31509304 Medical Assistant Clinical Procedures 1 and COREQUISITE: 31509306 Medical Assistant Clinical Procedures 2, 31509307 Medical Office Insurance and Finance, and 31509308 Pharmacology for Allied Health.

  Offered Collegewide

  Fall 2025, Spring 2026

• Medical Assistant Clinical Procedures 2 Undergraduate | 3 Credits

  CATALOG #31509306

  Prepares medical assistant students to perform patient care skills in the medical office setting. Students perform clinical procedures including administering medications, performing an electrocardiogram, assisting with respiratory testing, coaching patients, and assisting with emergency preparedness in an ambulatory care setting. Students learn preventive care and principles of nutrition. PREREQUISITES: 10501101 Medical Terminology, 31509302 Human Body in Health & Disease, 31509303 Medical Assistant Laboratory Procedures 1, and 31509304 Medical Assistant Clinical Procedures 1 and COREQUISITES: 31509305 Medical Assistant Laboratory Procedures 2, 31509307 Medical Office Insurance and Finance, and 31509308 Pharmacology for Allied Health.

  Offered Collegewide

  Fall 2025, Spring 2026

• Medical Law, Ethics and Professionalism Undergraduate | 2 Credits

  CATALOG #31509309

  Prepares students to display professionalism and perform within ethical and legal boundaries in the health care setting. Students maintain confidentiality, examine legal aspects of ambulatory healthcare, perform quality improvement procedures, examine legal and bioethical issues, and demonstrate awareness of diversity.

  Online, Rice Lake

  Fall 2025, Spring 2026

• Medical Assistant Practicum Undergraduate | 3 Credits

  CATALOG #31509310

  Requires medical assistant students to integrate and apply knowledge and skills from all previous medical assistant courses in actual ambulatory health care settings. Learners perform medical assistant administrative, clinical, and laboratory duties under the supervision of trained mentors to effectively transition to the role of a medical assistant. This is a supervised, unpaid, clinical experience. MAERB required Practicum - 160 minimum hours up to 216 hours. PREREQUISITES: Current BLS Basic Life Support and first aid, successful completion or standing in all other program courses, approval of program faculty, compliance with Wisconsin Caregiver Law, and program Health Requirements are met.

  Offered Collegewide

  Fall 2025, Spring 2026

• Medical Assistant Administrative Procedures Undergraduate | 2 Credits

  CATALOG #31509301

  Introduces medical assistant students to office management, business administration, and the electronic medical record (EMR) in the medical office. Students learn to schedule appointments, perform filing, record keeping, telephone and reception duties, communicate effectively with patients and other medical office staff, and keep an inventory of supplies. PREREQUISITE: Declared Medical Assistant program (315091) and COREQUISITES: 31501307 Digital Literacy for Healthcare, 10501101 Medical Terminology, 31509302 Human Body in Health and Disease, 31509303 Medical Assistant Laboratory Procedures 1, and 31509304 Medical Assistant Clinical Procedures 1.

  Offered Collegewide

  Fall 2025, Spring 2026

• Medical Office Insurance and Finance Undergraduate | 2 Credits

  CATALOG #31509307

  Introduces medical assistant students to health insurance and finance in the medical office. Students perform bookkeeping procedures, apply managed care guidelines, and complete insurance claim forms. Students use medical coding and managed care terminology to perform insurance-related duties. PREREQUISITES: 10501101 Medical Terminology, and 31509302 Human Body in Health and Disease, 31509303 Medical Assistant Laboratory Procedures 1, and 31509304 Medical Assistant Clinical Procedures 1 and COREQUISITES: 31501307 Digital Literacy for Healthcare, 31509305 Medical Assistant Laboratory Procedures 2, 31509306 Medical Assistant Clinical Procedures 2, 31509308 Pharmacology for Allied Health.

  Offered Collegewide

  Fall 2025, Spring 2026