This Medical Administrative Assistant program is designed to provide students with the medical, business, technology and communications skills needed to work in a private physician’s office, single or multi-specialty clinic, or hospital setting. Emphasis is placed on medical terminology, body systems, medical transcription and medical office procedures. In addition, the program fosters the development of interpersonal skills, organizational effectiveness, and communication skills necessary to function in a medical environment.

Graduates of this Medical Administrative Assistant program may expect to find employment in a variety of settings including private medical clinics; Community Health Units; hospital departments such as Admissions, Out-Patient Clinics, Emergency, Radiology, or as a ward clerk or surgical booking clerk; nursing homes, palliative care facilities, or senior citizens’ residences; medical transcription departments/facilities; private veterinary clinics; medical specialty offices; midwifery clinics; medical supply companies; Chiropractic or Physiotherapy clinics; and insurance companies dealing with private medical insurance.