Medical Administrative Assistant/Transcription/Scribe Certificate (286)

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Prepares students for employment and career advancement in medical office assistant, medical secretary and medical scribe positions in the medical/health professions.

Certification: Students enrolled in the program may apply for the Certified Medical Scribe Apprentice “CMSA” exam (at the student’s expense).

Program Requirements: This program requires students to enter with the following requisite skills:

Demonstrated minimum keyboarding skill of 40 wpm. AST 80 and/or AST 81 may be taken as developmental keyboarding skills classes.

Certificate Curriculum

Fall Semester

BIO 145 - Human Anatomy and Physiology for the Health Sciences 4 cr. ¹
ENG 111 - College Composition I 3 cr.
HIM 111 - Medical Terminology I 3 cr.
SDV 101 - Orientation to Health Professions 1 cr. or
SDV 100 - College Success Skills 1 cr.

Semester Total: 11 Credits

Spring Semester

AST 141 - Word Processing I 3 cr.
HIM 110 - Introduction to Human Pathology 3 cr.
HIM 112 - Medical Terminology II 3 cr. ²
HIM 130 - Healthcare Information Systems 3 cr.

Semester Total: 12 Credits

Summer Semester

AST 142 - Word Processing II 3 cr. ³
AST 245 - Medical Machine Transcription 3 cr. ⁴
HIM 260 - Pharmacology for Health Information Technology 2 cr.
HIM 298 - Seminar and Project 1 cr.

Semester Total: 9 Credits

Program Total: 32 Credits

¹ Equivalent: Completion of BIO 141 and BIO 142 .
² Prerequisite: HIM 111 .
³ Prerequisite: AST 141
⁴ Prerequisite: AST 141, HIM 112 , BIO 145 (or BIO 141 and BIO 142 )