Medical Office Assistant

Learn the skills you need to become a Medical Office Assistant — at home, at your own pace, with Penn Foster Career School.

As a Medical Office Assistant, you’ll need to know medical terminology, managing and updating patient records, and the basics of anatomy and physiology. The Penn Foster Career School Medical Office Assistant Program can help you learn these skills and many more. Train quickly and conveniently!

You’ll get training in:

• Law and Ethics in Medicine
• Administrative Procedures and Practices
• Medical Terminology and Pharmacology
• Health Information Confidentiality

And you’ll learn it all at home — no classroom needed. You’ll get valuable information about interpersonal communication, task management, and an introduction to the allied health field.

Start a rewarding career in a growing field.
Why take a Medical Office Assistant training course? With the right credentials, you can:

• Work for a hospital in admissions or assist administrators.
• Work for insurance companies processing claims and verifying billing.
• Work for Public Health Organizations for federal, state, or local government.

Demand for Medical Office Assistants will rise 59% by 2012.* Medical Office Assistants enjoy exciting, varied assignments, steady work schedules, respect and prestige. Whether you work for a clinic or doctor’s office, as a Medical Office Assistant you’ll have a career you can be proud of!

Additional Certification Eligibility
Graduates of the Penn Foster Medical Office Assistant Program are eligible to sit for the following certification examinations once the Work Experience Option is successfully completed: RMA (Registered Medical Assistant) through AMT (American Medical Technologies).

Contact Penn Foster Career School Today.
We’ll send you FREE information – with absolutely no obligation! Your Medical Office Assistant training includes:

• All the books and lessons you need
• Access to student services by website, phone, and mail

Get more information today and in as little as 12 months from enrollment, you can be on your way to a career as a Medical Office Assistant.

*Growth figures represent a ten-year period ending 2012. Source:”National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix,” a publication of the U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics.