Medical Office Specialist - Northampton County Area Community College

Medical Office Specialist from Northampton County Area Community College is a Campus Certificate Health Administration degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Program Narrative Your education could give you a competitive edge when pursuing employment in an office setting. Northampton\\\'s Office Administration diploma programs are designed to prepare you to enter a modern office setting in a short time frame. The programs offer career-specific course work for the student wishing to complete their studies within two semesters. Each program provides course offerings that prepare you to work as a team player in a specialized office environment. Your studies will state-of-the-art office equipment and computer software. You will learn the marketable skills required to work effectively with other people in an office environment. We emphasize development of professional attitudes, values, and ethics. As you progress through the program, you\\\'ll gain critical thinking, priority setting, and decision-making skills needed in today\\\'s quality-oriented business environment. Graduates of this diploma program often go on to gain employment and then pursue NCC\\\'s Medical Administrative Assistant associate\\\'s degree. Program Features This program prepares you for the responsibilities and challenges expected of a skilled administrative assistant in a medical work environment. You\\\'ll start by learning key medical terminology. Your training will then include the special administrative skills needed for front office , medical transcription, health services coding, and insurance responsibilities required in the wide range of medical settings. Through our program, you\\\'ll gain proficiency in technology, human relations, time management and organizational skills. You\\\'ll also hone your decision making and creative thinking. Our technology training emphasizes medical, word processing, spreadsheet, database, graphics, and communications software applications. By the time you graduate, you will have grown to be an accurate, resourceful, and productive professional with the skills necessary to be able to comfortably communicate with other medical professionals in a medical environment Placement of graduates from our Medical Office Specialist program has been consistently excellent. Employer surveys indicate a very high degree of satisfaction with graduates of this program. Graduates of this diploma program often go on to pursue the Medical Administrative Assistant degree upon graduation while employed. This program can be completed in the day or evening, on a full- or part-time basis. Program Outcomes Graduates of the program will: Demonstrate an ability to work independently and collaboratively in a medical setting. Possess the necessary technical skills operating state-of-the-art equipment and job-specific knowledge related to working in a medical office environment. Exemplify professionally acceptable attitudes, values, and ethics needed in the medical profession. Procure an appropriate position in a medical setting with a commitment to lifelong learning to achieve professional growth. View more details on Northampton County Area Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Administration courses.