MEDA 260 - Medical Assisting Externship

Provides the student with a work-based learning experience that utilizes skills learned in program coursework and provides the application of those skills in a physician’s office or other ambulatory setting. Students work 10 hours per week and meet with the instructor one hour per week. Prerequisite(s): C or better in all first through second semester courses, C or better or co-enrollment in MEDA 240, and permission of coordinator.
(PCS 1.2, 4 credit hours - 1 hour lecture, 15 hours lab - 160 hours must be worked)