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Medical Administrative Assistant

For more information:
Shirley Gehrke
Assoc. Prof/Office Systems Coordinator/Adviser
Phone: (815) 280-2383
Ram Raghuraman
Department Chair
Phone: (815) 280-2334
Fax: (815) 280-6655
Office: T-2037
E-mail: sgehrke@jjc.edu

There is an A.A.S. degree and two certificates (medical administrative assistant and medical transcriptionist) offered in this curriculum.

CO500
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE
Career Program

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

			Semester Hours
General education requirements				22
Including:
	BIO 125		Human Biology
	ECON 103		Principles of Economics I (Macroeconomics)
or	ECON 107		Consumer Economics
	ENG 101		Rhetoric
	SPCH 101		Principles of Speech
Core Requirements:				39
	BIO 100		Medical Terminology
	HIM 101		Medical Records
	HIM 110		Basic ICD-9-CM Coding
	HIM 111		Basic CPT Coding
	OFS 103		Advanced Document Formatting
	OFS 104		Administrative Documents
	OFS 110		Voice Recognition
	OFS 166		Microsoft Word for Windows I
	OFS 167		Microsoft Word for Windows II
	OFS 114		Microsoft Office Suite
	OFS 115		Advanced Microsoft Office
	OFS 143		Medical Machine Transcription
	OFS 201		Office Procedures
Electives selected from the following:				5
	ACCY 100		Introduction to Accounting
	ACCY 101		Accounting I
	CIS 152		Database Management Systems for Microcomputers
	CIS 156		Electronic Spreadsheet Software
	HIM 115		Principles of Disease
	OFS 102		Document Formatting
	OFS 106		Keyboarding Speed and Accuracy
	OFS 121		Shorthand I Theory
	OFS 122		Shorthand II Speed Building
	OFS 123		Shorthand III Transcription
	OFS 290		OFS Internship
	MGMT 101		Principles of Management
Total Hours				66
* OFS 101 or one semester of previous keyboarding instruction and CIS 105 or basic knowledge of the Windows environment are additional requirements of this program. A suggested** guide for the student planning employment as a medical administrative assistant after two years of college.
FIRST YEAR
	First Semester		Second Semester
	BIO 125	4	BIO 100	3
	ENG 101	3	HIM 101	3
	General Ed. Elective	3	OFS 167	3
	OFS 103	3	OFS 114	4
	OFS 166	3	SPCH 101	3
			OFS 110	1
		16		17
SECOND YEAR
	First Semester		Second Semester
	ECON 103 or 107	3	General Ed. Elective	3
	Elective	2	HIM 111	3
	HIM 110	3	OFS 104	3
	Humanities Elective	3	OFS 143	3
	OFS 115	4	OFS 201	3
	General Ed. Elective	3
		18		15
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CO510
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT

		Semester Hours
Required Courses			38
	BIO 100	Medical Terminology
	BIO 125	Human Biology
	ENG 101	Rhetoric
	HIM 101	Medical Records
	HIM 110	Basic ICD-9-CM Coding
	HIM 111	Basic CPT Coding
	OFS 103	Advanced Document Formatting
	OFS 166	Microsoft Word for Windows I
	OFS 167	Microsoft Word for Windows II
	OFS 114	Microsoft Office Suite
	OFS 143	Medical Machine Transcription
	OFS 201	Office Procedures
Total Required Hours			38

CO820
MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONIST
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT

		Semester Hours
Required Courses			30
	BIO 100	Medical Terminology
	BIO 125	Human Biology
	BUS 111	Principles of Business Communications
	ENG 101	Rhetoric
	HIM 115	Principles of Disease
	OFS 102	Document Formatting
	OFS 110	Voice Recognition
	OFS 166	Microsoft Word for Windows I
	OFS 114	Microsoft Office Suite
	OFS 143	Medical Machine Transcription
Electives selected from the following:			5
	OFS 167	Microsoft Word for Windows II
	OFS 201	Office Procedures
	OFS 290	Internship
Total Required Hours			35
For a stronger science foundation, you may substitute BIO 151, BIO 250 and BIO 251 for BIO 125. CIS 105 or basic knowledge of the Windows environment is an additional requirement of this program.

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