740 Clock Hours, 37 Weeks
The Medical Office Assistant Diploma program prepares students to gain entry-level employment in the exciting and growing field of front-office medical assisting. Students acquire the needed skills of a front office medical assistant in a variety of healthcare environments.
The program includes a core curriculum in medical terminology, accounting applications, administrative skills, and clinical skills and procedures.
Following the completion of the program, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate basic administrative and accounting skills.
- Demonstrate computer skills for applications and healthcare information technologies and systems.
- Demonstrate skills to translate services, and procedures into medical language using a variety of standard formats.
- Effectively communicate, query, and collaborate with healthcare stakeholders such as billers, physicians, and other healthcare staff.
- Work in a variety of medical environments.
The following is a list of occupations and organizations that one could pursue for employment:
- Medical Office Assistant
- Hospitals
- Hospice
- Insurance Companies
- Physician Offices
- Public Health
- Long Term Care Facilities
- Behavioral Health Settings
Include, but are not limited to, the following:
- 20-2071.00 – Medical Records and Health Information Technicians
- 43-6013.00 – Medical Secretaries
Detailed information surrounding these classifications can be found at the following website: www.onetonline.org.
In order to graduate and receive a Medical Office Assistant Diploma, a student must complete 740 clock hours of coursework in the curriculum and have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better.