# Allied Health (ALH) courses

Shasta College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 8 courses

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"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### ALH-101 — Medical Assisting Core

- **Units:** 4.5
- **Hours:** 81 lecture total (when offered in distance education format, hours will total 243)
- **Corequisite:** ALH 101L, ALH 103, and ALH 103L
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/alh.md)
- Limitation on Enrollment: Students must be enrolled in the Medical Assisting Program.

This course serves as a foundation course for the medical assistant student. In this course students will be oriented to the medical office and the role of the medical assistant, with a focus on the health care team, law and ethics, professional communication, administrative responsibilities, vital signs, and emergency response. This course may be offered in a distance education format.

### ALH-101L — Medical Assisting Core Lab

- **Units:** 1.5
- **Hours:** 81 lab total
- **Corequisite:** ALH 101, ALH 103, and ALH 103L
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/alh.md)
- Limitation on Enrollment: Students must be enrolled in the Medical Assisting Program.

This course serves as the corresponding lab for Medical Assisting Core. In this course students will demonstrate skills relevant to administrative medical assisting, professional communications, vital signs, and emergency response. This course may be offered in distance education format.

### ALH-102 — Administrative Medical Assisting

- **Units:** 6
- **Hours:** 81 lecture/81 lab total (when taught in the distance education format, hours will total 324)
- **Corequisite:** ALH 101, or previous completion of ALH 101 with a grade of C or higher
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

This course will serve as an introduction to administrative medical assisting. This course is one of two corequisite courses that make up the first semester of the Certificate of Achievement in Medical Assisting. Students will demonstrate the knowledge required to perform basic billing and coding and financial management, as well as understand medical terminology. This course may be offered in a distance education format.

### ALH-103 — Clinical Medical Assisting I

- **Units:** 4.5
- **Hours:** 81 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 243)
- **Corequisite:** ALH 101, ALH 101L, and ALH 103L
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/alh.md)
- Limitation on Enrollment: Students must be enrolled in the Medical Assisting Program.

In this course students will learn the principles of infection control, medical asepsis, and regulatory guidelines in the medical lab. Also discussed are exams and procedures from the pediatric to geriatric patient, including gender specific exams. Students will learn their role in minor office surgery, diagnostic imaging, rehabilitation, and therapeutic modalities. This course may be offered in a distance education format.

### ALH-103L — Clinical Medical Assisting I Lab

- **Units:** 1.5
- **Hours:** 81 lab total
- **Corequisite:** ALH 101, ALH 101L, and ALH 103
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/alh.md)
- Limitation on Enrollment: Students must be enrolled in the Medical Assisting Program.

This course serves as the corresponding lab for Clinical Medical Assisting I. In a lab environment, students will develop proficiency in skills related to infection control, medical asepsis, exams and procedures, and minor office surgery. This course may be offered in a distance education format.

### ALH-104 — Clinical Medical Assisting II

- **Units:** 4.5
- **Hours:** 81 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 234)
- **Prerequisite:** ALH 103 and ALH 103L with a grade of C or higher
- **Corequisite:** ALH 104L
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/alh.md)
- Limitation on Enrollment: Students must be enrolled in the medical assisting program.

In this course students will learn the principles of nutrition, basic pharmacology, drug calculations and administration, introduction to the medical lab, phlebotomy, hematology, urinalysis, basic microbiology, electrocardiography, and specialty lab tests. This course may be offered in a distance education format.

### ALH-104L — Clinical Medical Assisting II Lab

- **Units:** 1.5
- **Hours:** 81 lab total
- **Prerequisite:** ALH 103 and ALH 103L with a grade of C or higher
- **Corequisite:** ALH 104
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/alh.md)
- Limitation on Enrollment: Students must be enrolled in the Medical Assisting Program.

This course serves as the corresponding lab for Clinical Medical Assisting II. In a lab environment, students will develop proficiency in skills related to basic pharmacology, drug calculations and administration, phlebotomy, hematology, urinalysis, basic microbiology, electrocardiography, and specialty lab tests. This course may be offered in a distance education format.

### ALH-110 — Medical Assisting Clinical Practicum

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 162 lab total
- **Prerequisite:** ALH 101, ALH 101L, ALH 103, ALH 103L, ALH 104, and ALH 104L with a grade of C or higher
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/alh.md)
- Note: In order to participate in ALH 110, students must have successfully completed all program requirements.

This course is a culmination of the Medical Assisting Program where students are placed in a medical office in order to apply what they have learned in the classroom in the healthcare setting. Students must complete 162 hours of verified, supervised clinical experience in a healthcare setting. The course stresses professional work habits and meeting of required competencies through actual clinical performance with a preceptor. The student will practice skills learned during the course of the program and/or any additional skills that are within the medical assistant's scope of practice.