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Administrative Specialist
Medical Concentration
HEGIS Code 5005

USC’s Medical concentration is designed to prepare graduates for a variety of medical office careers within the diverse and growing health care field.  Positions may be found in private medical practices, clinics, hospitals, public health departments, insurance companies, extended care facilities, and laboratories.

Foundation office skills such as keyboarding, word processing, microcomputer applications, and transcription are mastered along with the additional skills and knowledge unique to the medical environment.  Specialized medical courses such as anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, and medical office procedures provide the medical foundation of this program.

Upon successful completion of the Administrative Specialist/Medical program, the student will demonstrate the ability to analyze medical language using prefixes, suffixes, root words, and combining forms; recognize and practice legal and ethical responsibilities of an administrative medical specialist, including HIPAA mandates, the rules for maintaining privacy of medical records and protected health information, and the types of consents and disclosures that are required in a medical office environment; practice professional interpersonal relations with diverse patient/client customers using knowledge of medical/legal and ethical issues.

Credits = 63