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2013 - 2014 CNM Catalog April 2013, Volume 46

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2013 - 2014 CNM Catalog April 2013, Volume 46 [The CNM Academic Year includes Fall, Spring, Summer Terms]

Medical Office Assistant, Certificate of Completion

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Description

The Medical Office Assistant program offers entry-level office-related skills for students who prefer to begin a career quickly in a medical office. Students acquire basic English, computer, word processing, telephone and interpersonal skills as well as medical terminology.

Career and Educational Opportunities

Educational Opportunities

The courses in this program may be applied toward an Office Technology certificate or an associate of applied science degree.

Many of our courses are transferable to universities and CNM currently has transfer agreements with many colleges in New Mexico.

Employment Information

Graduates are employed in physicians’ offices and health organizations as medical office receptionists or medical office assistants. The New Mexico Department of Labor indicates that offices and clinics of medical doctors is one industry subsector with the largest projected number of jobs in Albuquerque.

Gainful Employment information is available from Job Connection Services.

Recommended Sequence of Courses

Program Proficiencies and/or Prerequisites

Students must demonstrate proficiency in these areas either by placement exam, scores or specific course work.

Term 1

BA 1121 - Business English 3 credit hour(s)
BA 1131 - Business Interpersonal Skills 3 credit hour(s)
CIS 1130 - Windows 1 credit hour(s)
IT 1010 - Introduction to Computers 3 credit hour(s)
OTEC 1101 - Beginning Keyboarding 3 credit hour(s)
OTEC 1161 - Records and Information Management 2 credit hour(s)
OTEC 1170 - Business Telephone Techniques 1 credit hour(s)

Term 2

CIS 1120 - Microsoft Word 3 credit hour(s)
HIT 1020 - Medical Terminology and Anatomy 3 credit hour(s)
OTEC 1125 - Proofreading and Editing 3 credit hour(s)
OTEC 1175 - Computers in the Medical Office 2 credit hour(s)
OTEC 1192 - Keyboard Skillbuilding 2 credit hour(s)
Program Approved Elective 2-3 credit hour(s)

Certificate of Completion in Medical Office Assistant 31-32 credit hour(s)

Program Approved Electives

BA 1122 - Business Writing 3 credit hour(s)
CIS 1150 - MS Outlook 1 credit hour(s)
Foreign Language Elective 3-4 credit hour(s)
OTEC 1096-1996 - Special Topics 1-3 credit hour(s)
OTEC 2201 - Document Production and Integration 3 credit hour(s)
OTEC 2270 - Medical Transcription 3 credit hour(s)
OTEC 2095 - Cooperative Education 3 credit hour(s)
OTEC 2097 - Independent Study 1-6 credit hour(s)
OTEC 2098 - Internship 3 credit hour(s)

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