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| School | Vancouver Community College | | |
| Location | Vancouver, BC, Canada | | |
| School Type | College | | |
| School Size | Full-time Undergraduate: 12,694
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| Degree | Certificate | | |
| Honours | | | |
| Co-op | | | |
| Length | 6 Month(s) | | |
| Entry Grade (%)* | | | |
| Prerequisites | | | |
| Prerequisites Notes | Grade 12 graduation, GED or equivalent, OR English 098/099.
Certified five minute keyboarding test with a typing speed of 25 gross words per minute or higher with a maximum of 5 errors.
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| Cost |
Textbooks and supplies: $700 | | |
| Scholarships | | | |
| Description | The complex and detailed nature of working with physicians and allied health care providers in the demanding position of a medical office assistant requires excellent communication and office skills to coordinate quality patient care.
Students acquire skills to use effective oral and written communication techniques; demonstrate office procedures and time management; apply medical terminology in all courses including keyboarding, transcription and word processing; perform bookkeeping, manual and computer medical billing; complete a variety of clinical procedures in accordance with the guidelines and standards of the medical field; and understand and adhere to medical/legal aspects in all courses including pharmacology. The program involves extensive direct medical office work experience (practicums) where additional practical applications of the program skills are performed to health care field standards. | | |
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