Associate Degree in
Medical Staff Services Science

A Medical Staff Services Professional is a professional administrative assistant who coordinates the activities of the organized medical staff and serves as liaison between the Medical Staff, Nursing Staff, and Administration within parameters established by the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital. This exciting position offers top management interfacing with Board of Directors, Medical Staff Officers and other leaders in the medical field. Upon completion of 60 semester units and three years experience, the student is eligible to write the examination offered by the National Association of Medical Staff Services to become a Certified Medical Staff Coordinator. To earn an associate degree, a student must complete:

  1. all major course requirements with a minimum grade of "C"
  2. 25 units of General Education Graduation requirements
  3. any elective courses to complete a minimum of 60 units
  4. with an overall Grade Point Average of 2.0

At least 50% of all major course work must be completed at Cypress College. A total of 25 general education units is required for the degree in addition to the required professional curriculum listed in the table below. Please see the Graduation Requirements for Associate Degree section of the College Catalog. Students must attain a minimum grade of "C" in all required courses and complete at least 50% of the major coursework at Cypress College.



Required Curriculum for
Medical Staff Services Science Degree

Course # and Name Units
It is recommended that the following required courses be taken prior to enrolling in the Medical Staff Services Science Program --
HS 145 Survey of Medical Terminology 3.0
CIS 102 Intermediate Computer Keyboarding or Typing Speed of 35 wpm 3.0
CIS 111 Computer Literarcy--Intro to Information Systems 3.0
Total Units 9.0
Semester 1 --
HI 101 Health Information Science 3.0
HI 102 Legal Aspects of Healthcare 2.0
HI 100 Trends in Healthcare Delivery Systems 2.0
ENGL 100 College Writing 3.0
Total Units For This Semester 10.0
Semester 2 --
HI 115 Medical Staff Services Science 3.0
BIOL 210 Anatomy & Physiology 5.0
MGT 266 Human Relations in Business 3.0
Total Units For This Semester 11.0
Semester 3 --
CIS 250 Word Processing 2.0
HI 203 Medical Quality Management 2.0
MGT 262/267 Principles of Supervision/Management 3.0
HI 147 Survey of Disease 3.0
Total Units For This Semester 10.0
Semester 4 --
HI 215 Medical Staff Services Science 2.0
HI 299 Independent Study 2.0
HI 225 Information Technology 3.0
Total Units For This Semester 7.0
Total Units 47.0

Interested?

Contact Rosalie Majid, Program Directer at rmajid@cypresscollege.edu or call:

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