Medical Office Certificate of Achievement

State Control Number: 07546
Program Code: BET.MEOF.CA
Program Length: 12 months
Approved for Federal Financial Aid: Yes

This curriculum is designed to prepare students to effectively carry out front medical office functions. Administrative duties include scheduling and receiving patients, maintaining medical records, office accounts, insurance forms, and transcription. See Medical Assistant for a program which includes both front and back office preparation and a clinical component.

Course List

Code	Title	Units
Required Courses
ALDH 80	Pharmacology	3.0
ALDH 81	Medical Insurance	3.0
ALDH 82	Medical Office Procedures	4.0
ALDH 139	Medical Terminology	3.0
BET 68	Proofreading	3.0
or BET 143	Business English
BET 104	Beginning Word Processing/Typing for Windows ABC	3.0
BET 123M	Machine Transcription-Medical	3.0
BET 124	Records Management	3.0
BET 136	Career Applications for Word Processing	3.0
BET 142	Office Technologies & Procedures	3.0
Complete one course from the following:		3.0
BET 100	Introduction to Computers
BET 112	Spreadsheet: Excel for Windows A/B/C
BET 118	Microsoft Access
BET 131	Presentation Software: Powerpoint A/B/C
BET 141	OS: Windows A/B/C
Total Units		34

Suggested Plan of Study

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Plan of Study Grid

First Year
Fall		Units
ALDH 139	Medical Terminology	3.0
BET 104	Beginning Word Processing/Typing for Windows ABC	3.0
BET 123M	Machine Transcription-Medical	3.0
BET 124	Records Management	3.0
BET 142	Office Technologies & Procedures	3.0
	Units	15
Winter
ALDH 81	Medical Insurance	3.0
	Units	3
Spring
ALDH 80	Pharmacology	3.0
ALDH 82	Medical Office Procedures	4.0
BET 68	Proofreading	3.0
BET 136	Career Applications for Word Processing	3.0
	Units	13
Summer
BET 112	Spreadsheet: Excel for Windows A/B/C	3.0
	Units	3
	Total Units	34