Catalog 2017-2018 
    
    Mar 18, 2024  
Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MEDA 121 Medical Office Skills

5 credits
Medical office procedures including scheduling guidelines and telephone techniques related to the medical office, filing, accounts receivable/payable, payroll, inventory control, billing procedures, collections.

Prerequisites: BTE 101  (or test out), ENGL 093  (or placement into ENGL 099  or higher), MEDA 115 , and MEDA 116  

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring

Global Outcomes:
This course teaches to the global outcome of Information Literacy.

Student Outcomes/Competencies:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Perform medical office procedures
  • Apply safety practices for the medical office
  • Apply scheduling and telephone techniques
  • Maintain medical records and patient confidentiality
  • Communicate with healthcare team members and patients in a medical setting
  • Effectively perform basic operations of medical office equipment and computer programs or software


Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 40 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20