Academy of Health Professions - CCMA
Program Highlights
This program uses projects and problem based learning, classroom and lab instruction to teach students about the field of healthcare. There will be some clinical and/or internship experience within the program. Students will learn both administrative and clinical duties such as how to perform basic lab tests; medical office management; prepare patients for physical examinations; take readings of patients’ vitals: temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure; emergency procedures; chart procedures; sterilization techniques; perform EKGs, and veni-punctures. Career opportunities are found in doctors’ offices, clinics, hospitals, health maintenance organizations, and adult care. Students can earn CPR/AED/FirstAid certifications. Students will take the CCMA Certification Exam. Upon successful completion of the exam, students receive a provisional certificate.
Program Course Sequence
Foundations of Medicine and Health Science
Junior Year - First Semester
Provides students with an overview of the therapeutic, diagnostic, environmental and information systems of the healthcare industry. Students learn about ethical and legal responsibilities, as well as the history and economics of healthcare. Students will engage in processes and procedures that are used in the delivery of essential healthcare services.
Structure and Function of the Human Body
Junior Year - Second Semester
Students will study and learn anatomy and physiology. The eleven body systems will be introduced (Nervous, endocrine, immune, lymphatic, respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, renal, reproductive, skeletal, and muscular systems). Both the anatomy and physiology will be explained as a function of each other in order to permit the body to maintain homeostasis or a state of equilibrium. Students will investigate the body’s responses to the external environment, maintenance of homeostasis, electrical interactions, transport systems, and energy processes. Students will conduct laboratory investigations
Certified Clinical Medical Assistant
Senior Year - All Year
Focus will cover all areas that students need to prepare for the certification exam. Topics covered are patient care, communication, office administration, medical law and ethics, phlebotomy and EKG monitoring. Students will also participate in a clinical and/or an internship setting to further skills they are learning in preparation for the certification exam.
Allied Health Internship Course
Senior Year - All Year
This course is designed to give students supervised practical application of previously studied theory. Students will participate in some clinical and/or internship experience within the program. Career opportunities are found in doctors; offices, clinics, hospitals, health maintenance organizations, and adult care centers
Entry-Level Salaries Estimates by Field
Phlebotomy Technician - $38,490
Certified Clinical Medical Assistant - $46,884
General Medical Assistant - $47,222
EKG Technician - $55,599
