Medical Assistant
10 courses · Santa Ana College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026 · Spring 2027
MA 001 Work Experience - Medical Assistant
- Units
- 0.5-4
- Hours
- 27-216 Lab
- Prerequisite
- Completion with a grade of "C" or better or a Passing grade in: MA 051A and MA 051B and MA 053 and MA 055
This work experience course of supervised employment is designed to facilitate medical assistants to acquire desirable work habits, attitudes and skills of a competent allied healthcare worker. This course also provides students with career awareness, opportunities to practice professionalism and integrate classroom learning and clinical practice in ambulatory medical clinics. Fifty-four hours of work equals one-unit of course credit. Student repetition is allowed per Title 5, Section 55253. MA001 may earn four units each semester and a maximum of fourteen units of college credit for work experience.
MA 020 Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogen Standards
- Units
- 0.5
- Hours
- 9 Lecture
Presentation of California Occupational Safety and Health Act (Cal-OSHA) Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogen Standards for occupational at-risk exposure to Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, HIV-AIDS, and Tuberculosis including compliance requirements, exposure control measures, exposure determination, engineering controls, work practice controls, personal protective equipment, universal precautions and post exposure practices.
MA 030 Phlebotomy
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 13.5 Lecture, 13.5 Lab
This phlebotomy course is designed for health care workers and provides a comprehensive introduction to the practice of phlebotomy, with focus on safety procedures, equipment and point-of-care testing.
MA 051A Beginning Medical Terminology
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
Introduction to medical terms including structural analysis of prefixes, combining form/roots, and suffixes. Emphasis on terms related to anatomy, physiology, diagnostic tests and pathology of the digestive, renal-urinary, and reproductive systems. Also, terms related to pregnancy and the newborn.
MA 051B Advanced Medical Terminology
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Prerequisite
- Completion with a grade of "C" or better or a Passing grade in: MA 051A
Continuation of MA 051A. Includes medical terms related to anatomy, physiology, diagnostic tests and pathology of the nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, circulatory, musculoskeletal, skin, sensory, and the endocrine systems.
MA 053 Medical Assistant - Administrative Front Office
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
Medical front office training including the role, responsibilities, professionalism, medical ethics and laws, medical records, filing, billing and collection, banking, bookkeeping, reception, telephone techniques, oral and written communication, resume, and job seeking skills. Also includes a unit on first aid and life threatening illnesses.
MA 054 Medical Insurance Billing and Coding
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Prerequisite
- Completion with a grade of "C" or better or a Passing grade in: MA 051A
Medical Insurance Billing and Coding includes guidelines, regulations, completion of insurance claims, and program information for Medicare, Medicaid/MediCal, TRICARE, Medi/Medi, State Disability, Workers Compensation, and private commercial insurance. Instruction includes legal and ethical guidelines, and instruction in procedural coding, CPT, HCPCS, and diagnostic coding, ICD-10.
MA 055 Medical Assistant - Clinical Back Office
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
Medical back office with emphasis on asepsis, sterilization, gloving and ungloving, assisting physician with exams and minor office surgical procedures, vital signs, vision testing, wound care, dressings, bandaging, specimen collections, medications, dosage calculations and injection techniques.
MA 056 Computer Applications for the Medical Office
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Prerequisite
- Completion with a grade of "C" or better or a Passing grade in: MA 051A and MA 053
This course is an introduction to computer applications for a medical office setting, including Practice Management with patient registration, scheduling, verifying insurance eligibility, posting charges and payments, computerized billing, and preparing insurance claims. The course also includes documenting components of clinical back-office encounters, ordering procedures and referrals, and preparing lab requisitions and prescriptions in an Electronic Medical Record.
MA 098-00 Topic Course
- Units
- 0.5-3
- Hours
- 9-54 Lecture
Courses on a variety of contemporary topics will be offered to meet the interests and needs of students in Medical Assisting.