UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus
UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus

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UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley
Derek DeMarco
3175 Bowers Ave.
Santa Clara, CA. 95054
408.861.3747
ddemarco@ucsc.edu

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About Our Courses

These courses are highly interactive and provide students with an enriched learning experience.  Each course was developed to ensure that students gain the necessary skills to excel in a professional healthcare environment. Additionally, these programs include access to an online community with interactive content and robust student services.  Each course includes:

Note: The student tuition amount below includes all textbooks, workbooks, and related course material.

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Online Course Offering

Clinical Medical Assistant

This program prepares students to assist physicians by performing functions related to the clinical aspects of a medical office. Instruction includes preparing patients for examination and treatment, routine laboratory procedures, pharmacology, taking and documenting vital signs, technical aspects of phlebotomy, the 12-lead EKG and the cardiac life cycle. The program also includes an optional clinical externship at a local healthcare provider!  

Dental Assisting Program

The program prepares students for entry-level positions as a chair-side dental assistant. This course covers the history of dentistry, introduction to the dental office, the legal aspects of dentistry, introduction to oral anatomy, dental operatory, introduction to tooth structure (primary and permanent teeth), the oral cavity; and other areas. The program also includes an optional clinical externship at a local healthcare provider!

Medical Administrative Assistant Program

This program covers information on the medical assisting profession, interpersonal skills, medical ethics and law, medical terminology, basics of insurance billing and coding, telephone techniques, scheduling appointments, medical records management and management of practice finances. A great course for physicians medical office professionals! The program also includes an optional clinical externship at a local healthcare provider!