College News
HIT Program Welcomes a New Director
Beal College is please to welcome its newest faculty member, Connie Elliott, RHIA, CHP.
Beal Students Raise Money for Shaw House
On Tuesday June 23rd Beal College’s Office Procedures class held a lunch fundraiser to benefit Shaw House.
Adult Education Courses
Beal College to offer low-cost Bangor Adult Education courses on campus
Health Information Technology
We just received approval for another new academic program: HIT (Health Information Technology).
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Medical Assisting
The associate degree program in Medical Assisting prepares competent entry-level medical assistants for technical, clinical and administrative positions in physicians’ offices, hospitals and clinics. Medical Assistants are involved in both patient care and administrative areas of a medical practice.
Graduates from this Medical Assisting program are eligible to sit for national certifying exams, provided they meet all eligibility criteria.
Medical Assisting students are requried to submit a Student Health Profile form and documentation of tuberculosis testing, completed by a health care provider, as part of the admissions process.
For this program, minimum academic requirements are a cumulative grade point average of 2.22 or better and a 66.66% completion rate. Please refer to academic standards on page 23 and 34 of the course catalog for more information.
Major Courses of Study
Requiring a Grade of C or Better
| HI211 | P |
Electronic Health Records | 3 |
| MA101 | Introduction to Medical Assisting | 3 |
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| MA111 | P |
Medical Assisting I | 3 |
| MA112 | P |
Medical Assisting II | 3 |
| MA211 | P |
Medical Assisting III | 3 |
| MA212 | P |
Medical Assisting IV | 3 |
| MA220 | P |
Medical Assisting Externship | 3 |
| MO202 | P |
Medical Insurance, Billing and Coding |
3 |
| MO203 | Medical Ethics and Law | 3 |
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| MO210 | P |
Medical Office Procedures | 3 |
| SS101 | Elementary Keyboarding | 3 |
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| ZO101 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
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| ZO111 | P |
Human Anatomy and Physiology I |
3 |
| ZO112 | P |
Human Anatomy and Physiology II |
3 |
| ZO201 | P |
Pharmacology | 3 |
General Education Courses
Requiring a Grade of C or Better
| CT111 | Critical Thinking in the Twenty-First Century | 3 |
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| EH111 | College Composition | 3 |
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| EH113 | Narrative & Descriptive Writing | 3 |
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| HY103 | U.S. History 1865 to the Present | 3 |
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| PY202 | Lifespan Development | 3 |
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| SC101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
Related Courses of Study
| BC101 | College Success | 3 |
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| MO102 | Medical Mathematics | 3 |
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Total Credits |
72 |
P – Please refer to course description for all required prerequisites for this course.
**The Hepatitis B vaccine series is recommended for students participating in Medical Assisting classes. The vaccine is available through clinics coordinated by the program director. For cost and information contact the program director.
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