As a Medical Office Assistant, you’ll need to know how to manage the medical office, schedule appointments and update patient records. The Penn Foster Career School Medical Office Assistant Program can help you learn these skills and many more. Train quickly and conveniently!

You’ll get training in:

• Law, Ethics, and Medicine
• Administrative Procedures and Practices
• Medical Terminology and Pharmacology
• Word Processing

Why take a Medical Office Assistant training course? With the right credentials, you can:

• Work for a hospital in admissions or assist administrators.
• Work for insurance companies processing claims and verifying billing.
• Work for Public Health Organizations for federal, state, or local government.

Demand for Medical Office Assistants will rise 59% by 2012.¹ Medical Office Assistants enjoy exciting, varied assignments, steady work schedules, respect and prestige. Whether you work for a clinic or doctor’s office, as a Medical Office Assistant you’ll have a career you can be proud of!

Graduates of the Penn Foster Medical Office Assistant Program are eligible to sit for the following certification examinations with one year of work experience: RMA (Registered Medical Assistant) through AMT (American Medical Technologies).

¹Growth figures represent a ten-year period ending 2012. Source:”National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix,” a publication of the U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics.