Medical Secretary - Lake Superior College

Medical Secretary from Lake Superior College is a Campus Certificate Health Administration degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Program Description: The Medical Secretary transcribes dictation, prepares correspondence, records, and charts. Persons in this position need to know medical office terminology; be familiar with hospital, clinic, and laboratory procedures; and understand medical laws and ethics. In addition, the Medical Secretary may interact with patients, schedule appointments and meetings, work with patient files and records, and prepare insurance forms and billings. A strong background in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and vocabulary is necessary to succeed in this program. Medical Secretaries must have fast and accurate keyboarding skills, a good personal and professional working attitude, be detail oriented, organized, eager to learn, willing and able to assume responsibility, and must exercise initiative and good judgment. Students planning a Medical Secretarial career should complete as many high school business courses as possible or plan to spend the beginning term in general secretary and core courses, particularly keyboarding and communications classes as needed. Program outcomes include: Plan and produce professional written business correspondence and medical correspondence using correct English and proofreading skills Plan and deliver verbal presentations using correct English skills Demonstrate keyboarding production proficiency Apply ARMA indexing and filing procedures and rules appropriate in a medical setting Transcribe mailable dictated medical reports and documents using correct medical transcription skills Demonstrate ability to correctly spell, define, and pronounce medical office terminology and/or abbreviations Demonstrate proficiency with drug reference books Utilize computer productivity software for business applications Integrate medical office tasks such as insurance, coding, banking, telephone techniques, billing, and scheduling of appointments Apply learned skills and knowledge from the Medical Secretary program in an actual or simulated medical setting Exhibit ethical behavior, a positive self-image, and professional conduct Develop a job search plan, prepare appropriate documents, and exhibit appropriate interview skills View more details on Lake Superior College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Administration courses.