Medical Office Administrative Assistant - MOAA.AS

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This program prepares students for employment for front office careers in a medical office (physician, clinic, or hospital). The curriculum reflects changes taking place in medical offices today. The medical administrative professional uses advanced technologies for office communications, word processing, medical office management, and electronic health records.

Upon successful completion of the program students are prepared to take the Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) examination.

Upon the successful completion of requirements for this program, the degree of Associate in Science in Office Information Technologies will be awarded.

Program Goals

Demonstrate keyboarding speed and accuracy with a minimum touch keyboarding rate of 40 words per minute on a three-minute timed writing with 95% accuracy.
Master the skills necessary to produce professional looking medical documents utilizing software application (word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation software).
Meet the challenging role of the administrative medical professional by adapting to the technological changes in the global economy and the diverse workplace.
Demonstrate a general overview of medical health insurance and reimbursement, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and human diseases.
Communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
Conduct research from a variety of sources.
Demonstrate computer literacy.

(MOAA.AS) Curriculum

Semester 1

CMP-121 - Word Processing 3 credits
CMP-101 - Basic Technology 3 credits
OIT-101 - Keyboarding 3 credits
ENG-101 - English Composition 1 3 credits
HIT-110 - Health Office Basics 3 credits

Total: 15 credits

Semester 2

OIT-102 - Document Formatting 3 credits
ENG-102 - Composition 2 3 credits
MED-100 - Medical Terminology 1 3 credits
HIT-111 - Health Office Advanced 3 credits
OIT-110 - Communications/Editing 3 credits

Total: 15 credits

Semester 3

BIO-104 - Human Biology 1 3 credits
HIT-130 - Electronic Health Record 2 credits
OIT-111 - Communications/Editing 2 3 credits
EL-MATH - General Math Elective-100 Level or Higher 3-4 credits

Select one:

PSY-101 - General Psychology 3 credits
SOC-101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 credits

Total: 15 credits

Semester 4

BIO-105 - Human Biology 2 3 credits
BUS-101 - Office Accounting 1 3 credits
CMP-120 - Intro to Google Apps 1 credits
OIT-140 - Career Preparation/Soft Skills 1 credits
OIT-200 - Keyboard Skillbuilding 1 credits
OIT-220 - Medical Computer Applications 2 credits
EL-HUM - General Humanities Elective 3 credits

Total: 15 credits

Total (MOAA.AS) Curriculum Program Credits: 60

Department Personnel

Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Linda Belton	Professor/Chair	2/214A	413-755-4105	belton@stcc.edu
Eileen Cusick	Assistant Professor	02/228	413-755-5702	cusick@stcc.edu
Reneé Tetrault	Assistant Professor	2/224	413-755-4099	rgtetrault@stcc.edu