Purpose: The career studies certificate in Medical Office Assisting: Office Management is designed to prepare personnel to perform office management functions in physicians' offices and clinics. Some examples of these functions include scheduling appointments, maintaining health records, responding to requests for information, coding clinical data and completing health insurance forms. The curriculum includes learning experiences in on-campus laboratories and clinical affiliates.
Credits 1st Semester 2nd Semester ________________________________________________________________________________ BIO 100 Basic Human Biology ..................... 3 ENG 111 College Composition I or SPD 110 Intro. to Speech Comm. .............. 3 HLT 141 Intro. to Medical Terminology ........... 2 HLT 198 Consumer Pharmacology ................... 1 MDA 100 Intro. to Medical Assisting ............. 2 OFT 117 Keyboarding/Computer Usage .............. 1 HIT 190 Coordinated Practice .................... 2 HIT 195 Topics In: Admin. Procedures I .......... 3 HIT 195 Topics In: Admin. Procedures II ......... 3 _________________________ Total Credits 12 8
Total minimum credits for the Medical Office Assisting: Office Management career studies certificate = 20.