As a Medical Office Administration graduate, you will be proficient in office practices and software, enabling you to manage a medical office, receive visitors, and build applications. There is a strong emphasis placed on learning medical terminology & transcription throughout the program.

Students learn how to transcribe medical reports quickly and easily with the knowledge gained from the terminology component of the course.

Duration: 64 weeks, 1280 hours (Based on a 20-hour work week)

Week	Hours	Assignments	Exams	Subject
1-3	60	4	1	Computer Concepts
4-5	40	5	1	Windows
6-7	40	8	1	Internet Basics
8-10	60	3	1	Word Processing: Microsoft Word
11-14	68	3	1	Databases: Microsoft Access
15-21	119	4	2	Business Communications
22	17	7	1	Filing
23-32	170	15	1	Medical Terminology
33-48	272	16	2	Medical Office Procedures
49-64	272	45	1	Medical Transcription
11-64	162	4	-	Keyboarding runs concurrently

Computer Concepts 60 hours Computer Concepts introduces key terminology and technology associated with computers.

Windows 40 hours We'll teach you the workings of the latest Windows operating system, including using the desktop, managing files and folders, and using the Windows Help & Support.

Word Processing: Microsoft Word 200 hours You will learn how to create and format a variety of documents such as business letters, memos and reports.

Database: Microsoft Access 68 hours The fundamentals of creating a database, including defining a table structure, entering records and navigating a database, previewing tables and creating queries.

Medical Terminology 272 hours You will learn the root words of each body system, as well as prefixes and suffixes. You will know how the body and its related terminology is organized, including the skin, the skeletal system, the muscular system, and countless other specialized areas.

Medical Office Procedures 170 hours You will learn how to work effectively within a medical environment and amongst medical staff. We will help you become acquainted with medical ethics and law, and how to interact with patients. You will study telecommunications, medical record management, and accounts management. You will also learn about scheduling appointments, making travel arrangements, managing medical records, and postal services.

Medical Transcription 272 hours You will learn the fundamentals of pronouncing and deciphering the medical terminology covered in earlier modules. You will be shown how to recognize by ear the terminology for all the major specialty areas, and how to quickly and easily transcribe these into a medical report.

Business Communications 119 hours Learn the essentials of business communication demanded in the modern office environment. Focuses on training necessary to develop competence in each of the communication skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. Develop flexible attitudes and special sensitivity to the effects of culture while learning to think critically.

 

Keyboarding 162 hours This is an instructional program designed to give you a high degree of flexibility and success in meeting your goals for effective typing skills. The solid theoretical basis you will obtain with this course enables you to transfer your skills to any computerized business environment. Exercises are designed to help you achieve a speed of 50wpm by the end of the program.

Filing 17 hours You will learn the fundamentals of filing through a series of instructions, exercises, and quizzes using a mini filing system which simulates business documents that would be found in a professional office.

 

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