ABED 068 Communication Skills Medical Assisting Applications II

3 credits

This course is exclusively for students who are enrolled in the second term of the I-BEST Medical Assisting, Office Administration certificate program. It addresses specific vocabulary and language skills covered in the second term technical courses (BTE 105 and 112 and MEDA 121).

Prerequisites: ABED 067

Corequisites: BTE 112 and MEDA 121

Quarters Offered: Winter

Student Outcomes/Competencies:
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

Pronounce, spell, and use correctly specialized vocabulary relating to worksheets, accounts receivable/payable statements, billing procedures and record collections
Role-play telephone techniques necessary to function in a medical office
Produce common medical office written reports using a variety of sentence structures.
Read and interpret data from pie, column, bar, and 3-D charts
Transfer information from graphs and charts to written summaries