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Course Listings 2019-2020 337 (MCP) MEAT CUTTING MCP100 170 Clock Hours Basics of Meat Cutting Shop safety and sanitation, proper use of power and hand tools, equipment setup, breakdown, and cleanup, safe lifting techniques, and customer service. Prerequisites: None. MCP101 184 Clock Hours Intro to Meat Helper Introduction to the retail meat environment, weight conversions, meat processing, inventory control, basic knife skills, packaging, stocking, and merchandising skills. Emphasis on accuracy, quality, and productivity. Prerequisites: None. MCP103 225 Clock Hours Meat Fabrication Identification and processing cuts of meat, basic anatomy, with emphasis on accuracy, quality, productivity, sales, and customer relationships. Mastery of skills in processing cuts of meat, including specialized cuts of meats, with emphasis on accuracy, quality, productivity, retail, sales, and customer service. Prerequisites: None. MCP104 225 Clock Hours Merchandising Learn to identify, cut, wrap, weigh, and display all retail cuts for meat case. Topics include organization, sanitation, meat labels/tags and customer service. Prerequisites: None. (MDC) MEDICAL ASSISTING MDC100 105 Clock Hours Medical Assisting Fundamentals Overview of current health care professions Health care delivery systems, third party payers, and facility ownership. Health organization structure, patient rights and quality care. Health care and life values. Definition and importance of values, ethics, and essential behaviors in the workplace. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard precautions and facility safety. Basic communication skills which facilitate teamwork in the health care setting. Focus on development of personal communication skills and an understanding of how effective communication skills promote teamwork. Focus on intercultural communication strategies. Medical terminology used in health care, with special care populations and in special services. Body systems approach to terms related to structures, functions, diseases, procedures, and diagnostic tests. Building and analyzing terms using word parts. Spelling of medical abbreviations, symbols, and terminology. Prerequisites: Admission into the Medical Assistant program. MDC102 215 Clock Hours Medical Assisting Front Office Application of basic pathophysiology and psychology of body systems as they relate to an entry-level health care professional's role. Principles and procedures for front office administrative skills. Application of insurance, coding and billing. Introduction to the electronic health record in the physician's office. Principles and procedures in using an office automated computerized system for entering patient information and tracking patient billing. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations, and security measures for electronic health records (EHR). Students must successfully pass ALL of the psychomotor and affective competencies in order to pass the course and/or progress in the program. Prerequisites: MDC100.

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