Medical Office Assistant Certificate Program (MOA)

Medical Office Assistant Certificate (ABT*)

(*Applied Business Technology)

• Full-time and Part-time • Start

• ABTC 066 Keyboarding II or a

Computer/technical requirements

date varies • Fees: Contact campus

keyboarding speed of 45 net

• Pentium 233 or higher processor, at

words per minute

for details • Duration varies •

least 65 MB memory, 1.5 GB hard

Online through CNC Mackenzie

• ABTC 070 Word Processing I

disk space

and ABTC 071 Word Processing

• Sound Blaster 16 with compatible

II or ABTW 043 Word Process-

sound card

Careers

ing/Document Production Levels

• USB or serial port for foot pedal

Medical office assistants are in demand

I, II, III

by physicians and other allied health

• Headset jack or port to connect

• ABTC 080 Business Math and

care providers. The complex and

headset

Calculator Skills, or equivalent

detailed nature of working in the

• Standard audio headset

• ABTC 085 Business English or

demanding position of a medical office

ABTE 074 Business Communica-

• High-speed Internet access

assistant requires excellent communica-

tions 1, or equivalent

tion and office skills to co-ordinate

• Windows XP or newer (Macintosh

quality patient care.

3. Applicants with Applied Business

compatibility is possible)

Technology, Office or Admini -

In this program, you will acquire skills

• Microsoft Word 2007

strative Assistant certificates from

to manage the medical office, to use

• Adobe Acrobat Reader (free down-

an institution other than CNC must

effective oral and written communica-

load from www.adobe.com)

submit transcripts with their appli-

tion techniques and demonstrate general

cation to enable potential admission

• Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher or

office procedures, and administrative

exemptions.

Firefox (with cookies enabled)

and time management skills. You will

learn how to assess and prioritize patient

4. Applicants with current, relevant

• Sun Java Runtime JRE 1.5.x or

appointment requests and update

office experience within the last two

higher, with JavaScript enabled

patient records. You will learn basic

years may contact the Mackenzie

• Digital Wav pedal (available for pur-

medical terminology, and understand

campus to discuss potential admis-

chase from www.cost-plus.com; see

and adhere to medical/legal aspects,

sion exemptions.

details in online classroom) or wav

perform medical billing (both manual

5. Applicants without an online

pedal with Start/Stop software (avail-

and computerized) and learn how to

certificate will need to complete

able with Medical Transcription, 3rd

complete a variety of clinical procedures

ABTC 050 prior to entrance or as

ed., discounted package); needed

in accordance with the guidelines and

part of the program.

prior to starting ABTM 036

standards of the medical field.

• Express Scribe (free download from

Program outline

www.nch.com/au/scribe/ — see details

Admission requirements

in online classroom) or Start/Stop

ABTC 050

Online Learner Success

1. Applicants who have completed

transcription software (available with

ABTM 010

Medical Administrative

CNC’s Administrative Assistant or

Medical Transcription, 3rd ed., dis-

Procedures

Office Assistant Certificate within

counted package); needed prior to

ABTM 020

Medical Billing —

the past five years meet the program

starting ABTM 036

Manual

admission requirements. Those

ABTM 025

Medical Billing —

• Smart Series Professional Regent

applicants with older certificates

Computerized

Health Care Systems (available at

should contact the Mackenzie

ABTM 030

Medical Terminology I

web.regenthealthcare.ca); only to be

campus to discuss potential admis-

ABTM 035

Medical Terminology II

accessed/purchased once ABTM 025

sion exemptions.

— Related Anatomy

is started

2. Applicants without CNC certificates

and Physiology

will need the following:

ABTM 036

Medical Transcription

Important dates

ABTM 037

Medical Terminology

• ABTC 060 Computers and the

III — Pharmacology

TBA — please contact the Mackenzie

Internet or ABTW 073 Micro -

and Specialties

campus for details.

computer Applications I or

ABTM 040

Medical Clinical

equivalent

Procedures and

Revised: 11.08.02

Practices

2011-12 CNC program guide and course calendar

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www.cnc.bc.ca

StudentAid BC eligibility

StudentAid BC is for British Columbians who need help to pay for their post-secondary education. Not everyone qualifies for student loans or other forms of assistance. Please make sure you understand all the eligibility criteria.

How to apply  

 See Applying to CNC

 The College of New Caledonia reserves the right to limit, cancel, or adjust programs without notice. 

*Approximate tuition fees for 2008-09 -- subject to change. Includes fees such as Students' Union fee, technology fee, etc. Does not include books, tools, and supplies. Fees for international students are higher.