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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.
Admission Requirements: Students must be admitted to NVCC and have designated Annandale as their home campus; have a high school diploma or GED including one unit of high school biology and chemistry; have obtained a score of 81 or better on the reading section of the English placement test; have obtained a score of 85 or better on the writing section of the English placement test; and hold CPR-A certification.
| Credits | ||||||
| One Year | 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
| AST | 117 | Keyboarding for Computer Usage | 1 | |||
| 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 | |||
| NAS | 150 | Human Biology | 4 | |||
| HIT | 190 | Coordinated Practice | 2 | |||
| HIT | 195 | Topics In: Admin. Procedures I | 3 | |||
| HIT | 195 | Topics In: Admin. Procedures II | 3 | |||
| Total Credits/Semester | 13 | 8 | ||||
Total credits for the Medical Office Assisting: Office Management Career Studies Certificate = 21.
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