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Meeting Date:
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5/18/2022 - 3:30 PM
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Category:
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Information Items
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Type:
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Info
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Subject:
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15.1 CURRICULUM: Revised Career Technical Education Courses in the RCOE Medical Pathways: Medical Office Operations; Medical Assisting: Administrative; and Medical Assisting: Clinical (meets A-G requirements)
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Strategic Plan:
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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The District's Educational Services Department has made recommendations for updates in our district-wide course catalog. We are submitting three revised Career Technical Education(CTE) courses in the medical pathway titled Medical Office Operations, Medical Assisting: Administrative, and Medical Assisting: Clinical. These three courses meet the UC/CSU A-G requirement “G” Elective.
The Medical Office Operations course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to perform procedural and diagnostic coding. It prepares the student to take the Certified Billing and Coding Specialists (CBCS) exam offered by the National Healthcareer Association (NHA). Students learn the fundamentals of medical billing and coding, major private and public insurance plans, and electronic claims processing.
Medical Assisting: Administrative will prepare students for employment in solo-practitioner, multi-physician, outpatient clinics, managed care facilities, and other medical offices. Training will prepare students to perform basic administrative medical assisting functions; patient appointment scheduling, maintaining medical records, basic procedural and diagnostic coding, utilizing Allied Health technical support services, and working as a healthcare team member.
Medical Assisting: Clinical will prepare students for employment in solo-practitioner, multi-physician, outpatient clinics, and other medical offices. Training prepares students to perform clinical medical assisting functions, including taking patient histories, recording vital signs, preparing patients for examination, assisting with routine and specialty physical exams and minor office surgery, performing basic lab tests, collecting and preparing lab specimens, authorizing prescription refills as directed, administering medication, taking an electrocardiogram, interviewing and documenting patient complaints, and performing CPR and first aid.
The Director of Curriculum and Instruction and the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services has approved the above courses.
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Funding:
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Recommendation:
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It is recommended that the Board of Trustees receive for review and consideration, as part of the first reading the revised Career Technical Education courses in the RCOE Medical Pathways: Medical Office Operations; Medical Assisting: Administrative; and Medical Assisting: Clinical.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Julie Zierold - Director - Curriculum and Instruction
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Signed By:
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Robert Brough - Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services
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Signed By:
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Grant Bennett - Superintendent
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