Medical Office Assistant

Your New Career
Medical Office Assistant is one of the fastest growing careers in health care. Learn administrative duties such as updating medical records, filling out insurance forms, and scheduling appointments. Also, learn clinical responsibilities like taking medical histories and explaining treatments. Get the training you need to begin your career in this exciting profession!

• Earn your Career Diploma at home in as little as 12 months by studying just an hour a day for your new career.
• Learn medical terminology and procedures, so you'll understand clinical duties wherever you work.
• Gain PC and administrative skills to help a medical office run efficiently and effectively.

Your New Salary
The demand for Medical Office Assistants is expected to grow 59% through the year 2012.*

While starting salaries vary by the area of the country and type of medical facility you work in, you may increase your earning potential by passing exams given by national accrediting associations like the American Medical Technologists, or associations in specialized fields such as Ophthalmology or Podiatry.

Your New Skills
You'll get the knowledge you need to begin your career as part of being a Medical Office Assistant.

• Sharpen your administrative skills. Learn all about PC basics and word processing, medical record keeping, math for the office professional, financial management, and medical insurance.
• Get the clinical knowledge you need. Learn all about medical terminology, clinical procedures, and laws and ethics that affect the field.
• Enhance your communications skills. Learning task management, voice and diction, and written communication will help you communicate more effectively with doctors, nurses, coworkers, and, most importantly, patients.

* Growth figures represent a ten-year period ending 2012. Source: "National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix," a publication of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.