Contact Us
Medical Administrative Assistant - Certificate
Program Requirements:
Admission Type:
General College Admission
Visit Admissions
Locations:
Contact:
Admissions
(843) 347-3186

This certificate program provides training in medical office skills with a special emphasis on medical applications. Graduates gain an understanding of medical office processes and terminology, in addition to keyboarding, word processing, basic insurance coding, and billing.
For more information, contact:
Lou Ann Timmons - (843) 349-5367
Career Outlook
Graduates of the Medical Administrative Assistant program can find employment in the following fields:
- Physicians' offices
- Clinics
- Public health agencies
- Hospitals
- Health insurance offices.
For more information about careers, visit O*Net Online for an overview of South Carolina and National earnings statistics, and Horry-Georgetown Technical College's Office of Career Services for more employment, career, and professional development resources.
Students may be required to pass a Criminal Background Check for certain medical office activities.
Curriculum Sequence |
||
First Semester - Fall | ||
AOT 105 | Keyboarding | 3 |
AOT 134 | Office Communications | 3 |
AOT 165 | Information Processing Software | 3 |
AOT 239 | Computerized Office Accounting | 3 |
HIM 103 | Intro to Health Info & Coding | 3 |
TOTAL | 15 | |
Second Semester - Spring | ||
AOT 110 | Document Formatting | 3 |
AHS 102 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
or | ||
AOT 234 | Administration Office Communications | |
ENG 155 | Communications I | 3 |
AOT 220 | Medical Office Administrative Procedures | 4 |
TOTAL | 13 | |
Third Semester - Summer | ||
AOT 180 | Customer Service | 3 |
AOT 210 | Document Production | 3 |
AOT 261 | Office Spreadsheet Applications | 3 |
HIM 266 | Computers in Healthcare | 3 |
TOTAL | 12 | |
Total Credit Hours |
40 |