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MEDICAL OFFICE SECRETARY TRAINING PROGRAMS

Train for a new career as a medical office assistant with these online and distance learning courses. Training programs include Medical Insurance Clerk, Medical Secretary, and Medical Office Assistant.

   
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Medical Office Assistant Courses

Medical office secretaries take their basic secretarial skills into medical front offices, where they deal with patients, or back offices, where they deal with records.

What You'll Learn in Medical Office Secretary Training Programs
Whether you want certification in medical office secretary skills through continuing education or online study, or an Associate's Degree in Health Studies, you'll hone both your office skills and your medical knowledge in an online medical office secretary training program. You'll need to become a practiced typist, computer savvy, and adept with basic business writing. On the medical side, you'll learn about health insurance billing, medical coding, and medical terminology. If you add medical office administration courses, you'll have a foot in the door of career advancement. Certification courses in medical office secretary training can often be completed in six months.

Your Medical Office Secretary Career
The better your communication skills, the faster you'll advance in the rapidly-growing field of medical office secretary. Whether you're called a medical records secretary, a medical office receptionist, a clinic clerk, or medical secretary, your salary prospects fall in the $20-30,000 range plus benefits, depending on your proficiency and the prevailing healthcare salaries in your area. Specialize in a specific medical area, and you can make more. Most medical office secretaries find employment in medical practices or healthcare organizations.

Sources
American Health Information Management Association (www.ahima.org)
Occupational Outlook Handbook (www.bls.gov)

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Penn Foster Career School
Penn Foster Career School offers the following programs for medical office training:

  • Medical Office Assistant
    Your program includes details on medical filing, creation and maintenance of medical records, administrative procedures, financial management, medical terms, and much more. You receive hands-on training with professional-quality software from Microsoft® or Corel®, so you can learn by doing.

Penn Foster Career School is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools for high school and vocational-technical programs, and by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). Penn Foster Career School is affiliated with DANTES, which qualifies U.S. military personnel for tuition reimbursement. Many Penn Foster programs are approved for U.S. Armed Forces veterans training benefits.

Penn Foster Career School offers affordable, all-inclusive pricing - among the lowest of all career schools - and 0% interest financing and customized payment plans.

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Allied Schools
Whether you want to train for a new career, advance within your current company, or simply learn new skills to stay competitive in today's job market, Allied's distance education training can help. Students are offered fully-staffed Educational Support and a Student Services Department ready to answer any questions you have. Allied also offers a Career Assistance Center Director who can personally offer helpful advice on resume, cover letter preparation, networking, interviewing skills and more. Allied Schools offers the following online medical coding course:

  • Medical Keyboarding
  • Medical Terminology

All Medical Coding students will automatically, upon passing the course, receive a one-year membership at no extra cost to the Medical Association of Billers (MAB). This course is available online and through distance learning. Allied offers convenient payment plans to fit your budget as well as a match price and "Peace of Mind" refund policy. Allied Schools are Nationally Accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC).

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Ashworth University
Ashworth University is a widely respected, nationally accredited distance education school, and offers the following medical office diploma program:

  • Professional Medical and Dental Office Assisting Program
    This program offers you solid, comprehensive training in medical assisting and dental assisting techniques. You will learn how to schedule appointments, organize charts and records, complete insurance forms, interact with patients, and assist in medical treatments.

Students receive comprehensive texts and study materials by mail, and study in the convenience of home, at their own pace. Exams are open-book. Also available is a home study high school diploma program from

James Madison High School. Monthly tuition is interest free. Students may enroll online, year-round.

CDI is an Accredited Member of the Distance Education and Training Council. The Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency, for distance learning schools. Ashworth University is qualified under the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support, or DANTES program. Ashworth University offers easy, interest-free monthly tuition.

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JER Group, Inc. (onlineworkshops)
A leader in distance education since 1994, JER Group, Inc. (onlineworkshops) offers the following online medical secretary certificate courses:

  • Introduction to the Administration of a Medical Office
  • Medical Office Specialist Training I (No Terminology)
  • Medical Office Specialist Training II (With Terminology)
  • Medical Secretary Certificate Program

Students who complete their online course of study can earn Continuing Education Credit and Certification from any given number of JER's partner educational institutions.

Purchase any JER Group, Inc. course through WorldWideLearn.com and you'll receive a 10% discount!

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Featured Partners

Penn Foster Career School
Medical Office Assistant Program

Allied Schools
Medical Terminology & Keyboarding

Ashworth University
Medical Office Assisting Diploma

JER Group, Inc. (onlineworkshops)
Medical Secretary programs

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