Medical Office Assistant
Description
CREDENTIAL: Confederation College Recognition of Achievement
PROGRAM CODE: 5030
AREA OF INTEREST: Health
LOCATION: Continuing Education
DURATION: Up to 5 years
Overview
The Medical Office Assistant program helps you develop strong administrative and clerical skills with an emphasis on interpersonal, organizational, computer, and communication skills. This program also features course content that is specific to the healthcare sector.
What you will learn
You obtain relevant skills including medical terminology, pharmacology, information on medical and surgical procedures and tests, as well as a solid understanding of software commonly used in healthcare offices. Training in this program makes you highly valuable to employers looking for skilled medical administrative and support staff.
Please review the Courses, Admissions Requirements and Getting Started tabs for more information on this program.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Program Requirements (for domestic students)
- 1. 19 years of age or older or
- 2. Ontario Secondary School Diploma (or equivalent) with courses from the College (C), University (U), University/College (U/C), or Open (O) preparation levels with Grade 12 English (E/C/U) Level.
- 3. or successful completion of the Mature Student Assessment.
- 4. or successful completion of the General Education Development Test (GED).
- 5. or appropriate credits from the Academic and Career Entrance (ACE) program - LBS level 5 Communications and LBS level 4 Mathematics.
Program of Study:
- OL120 Office Technology and Procedures
- OL155 Building and Maintaining Customer Relationships
- OL335 Organizational Business Communications
- OL402 Medical Terminology
- OL406 Medical Terminology II
- OL424 Medical Conditions for Medical Office Professionals
- OL425 Pharmacology for Medical Office Professionals
- OL441 Working and Communicating in a Medical Setting
- OL702 Excel - Core
Select ONE computer course:
OL 700 Computers 1 - An Intro ...
OL 370 Word Core ...
Select TWO of the following:
OL 420 Understanding Medical Tests for Medical Office Staff ...
OL 428 Understanding Surgical Procedures Medical Office Staff ...
OL 459 Medical OHIP Billing ...
Note: Check with the institution regarding start/ end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to the program, section, and/or semester.
Related Courses
- Building and Maintaining Customer Relationships
- Introduction to Computers 1
- Medical Conditions for Medical Office Professionals
- Medical OHIP Billing
- Medical Terminology
- Medical Terminology II
- Office Technology and Procedures
- Organizational Business Communications (Communications for Business)
- Pharmacology for Medical Office Professionals
- Understanding Medical Tests for Medical Office Staff
- Understanding Surgical Procedures Medical Office Staff
- Word Core
- Working and Communicating in a Medical Setting
- Microsoft Excel (Excel - Core)
Overview

- Institution: Confederation College
- Program type: Recognition of Achievement
- Language: English
- Program Code: 5030
- Delivery Method: Fully Online/Distance
Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.