CERTIFICATE IN TECHNICAL/PROFESSIONAL STUDIES2012 - 2013

HEALTH WORKFORCE SHORTAGE PROGRAM
MEDICAL OFFICE ASSISTANT CERTIFICATE
Award: Certificate in Technical/Professional Studies
No. of credits required: 
19
For more information: Contact Prof. Sherry Massoni, 443-412-2645, smassoni@harford.edu; or Advising, Career, and Transfer Services, 443-412-2301.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Students in this program acquire knowledge of medical terminology and office skills for administrative support in hospitals, physicians' offices, medical labs and clinics. The medical office assistant engages in activities such as greeting patients, answering the telephone, scheduling appointments, operating office equipment, issuing medical bills, and processing medical documentation.

PROGRAM GOALS
Students who successfully complete the Medical Office Assistant Certificate will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate effective and professional communication skills used by a medical office assistant.
  2. Demonstrate problem-solving skills used by medical office assistant professionals in business decision making.
  3. Use information technology applications required by medical office professionals to develop business solutions.
  4. Prepare for a career in a medical office environment.

REQUIRED COURSES
 NumberTitleCredits
 AHS 101Medical Terminology and Ethics 3
 BA 210Business Computer Applications 3
 OS 100Keyboarding Basics 1
 OS 113Intermediate Keyboarding and Document Processing 3
 OS 135Medical Office Systems 3
 OS 214Advanced Keyboarding & Document Processing 3
 OS 235Medical Transcription 3
 Total Credits19

GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT

Medical Office Assistant, 19 credits
CIP: 51.0716
SOC: 43.6013
Occupations: Medical Administrative Assistant, Medical Executive Assistant, Medical Secretary
Link to O*Net: http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/43-6013.00
Tuition and Fees: $2,600.00
Time to Completion: 1 year

Note: The 2011-2012 Catalog was used to define credits to completion, and program cost.
Program length is calculated based on average 9 credits per semester, assumed the student was college ready and not required to take developmental course(s).
These figures are based on estimations, and do not include any increases that may occur in course materials or credit fees.
For additional information go to: http://www.harford.edu/catalog/pdf/gainful-employment.pdf

EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION
 Medical, legal and executive secretaries account for almost half of all secretaries and administrative assistants in the U.S. Locations for employment opportunities include hospitals, nursing homes, medical group practices, clinics, and home health agencies. Employment growth in the health services industries should lead to average growth for medical office assistants.

  

CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS
 Students earning a certificate from HCC must complete or demonstrate exemption from the following courses: ENG 003 and ENG 012, or ENG 018; and MATH 001 or MATH 010. See graduation requirement details in this catalog for further information.

ADMISSION INFORMATION
 To be successful in this program students must complete Basic Writing (ENG 012) and Reading and Understanding College Textbooks (ENG 003) or have a qualifying score on the writing and reading assessment tests.

Note: The following codes identify courses which satisfy the General Education Degree Requirements:
          Behavioral/Social Science
          English Composition
          Arts/Humanities
          Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues
          Biological/Physical Laboratory Science
          Mathematics
          Biological/Physical Science