Medical Assistant classes consist of front office (Administrative) and back office (Clinical). Administrative Medical Secretaries must have knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic or lab procedures. Duties include scheduling appointments, billing patients and maintaining medical charts, reports and correspondence using proofreading, editing and transcription skills. Students will learn the use of MOSS (Medical Office Software Simulator), basic office and bookkeeping procedures and Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. Available as a stand-alone certificate or part of the Medical Assistant certificate. (Accounting 1 is recommended but not required.)
Spring 2013 registration fee: $300 (plus books $233)
Completion of the following courses required for certificate: Medical Terminology, 40wpm and assessment requirement. (Medical Assistant/Clinical and externship also required if student wishes to take the CMA exam.)
Books: (1) Medical Office Practice MOSS 8th Ed. ISBN 978-1435-481435 and (2) Microsoft Office 2010 for Medical Professionals ISBN 978-1-111-82099-2 - (Cengage Publisher both titles)
