Office Administration - Medical

SHERIDAN CERTIFICATE

The Office Administration – Medical Certificate Program has been developed to give you the most up-to-date medical office skills and knowledge to improve your employment and promotional opportunities within private practice, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, medical supply industries and other health care related facilities. This program is well known and respected within our medical community, offering employers graduates that are prepared to meet the challenges of a changing and dynamic Canadian health-care system.

To assist you in completing your program faster, the Office Administration - Medical courses are also offered in an intensive format at Sheridan’s Skills Training Centre in Oakville.  Courses will be scheduled weekday afternoons, enabling you to finish the program in one year (pending sufficient enrolment).

Curriculum

You must successfully complete the following 10 courses which are listed in a recommended sequence:

Note: Course substitutions can be made only with the program coordinator’s approval.

COMM12423	Business Communications*
APPL70051	Word 2007, Introduction
APPL70052	Word 2007, Advanced
OADM70006	Medical Terminology 1
OADM70007	Medical Terminology 2
ANAT70001	Anatomy and Physiology
OADM70004	Medical Office Billing Procedures
OADM70005	Medical Office Procedures
OADM70008	Medical Documents and Techniques
OADM70009	Medical Machine Transcription**

* must be taken first 

** must be taken last

Admission Requirements

If your English language skills are not at a Grade 12 level, you should take COMM19997 Basic Communications Skills and/or COMM19999 Essential Communication Skills before starting the program.

Note: If your keyboarding speed is less than 30 nwpm, and you have little or no experience using Windows, you should take OADM70000 Computer Basics and Keyboarding before APPL70051 Word 2007, Introduction.

For course and program guidance, contact Program Coordinator Sharon Tiraborrelli, at 905-845-9430, ext. 33009 (Halton), or 905-459-7533, ext. 33009 (Peel), or email: sharon.tiraborrelli@sheridaninstitute.ca (email preferred)