Medical Office Specialist - Unit Secretary
(Associate of Applied Science Degree Program)
Catalog Year 2008-09
MHCC Faculty Advisor:
Carole Wickham: 503-491-7195 - Room AC 2772 Carole.Wickham@mhcc.edu
A Medical Office Specialist as a Unit Secretary functions as the center of the communications hub found in a hospital unit. She/he works in a dynamic medical setting with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Desirable traits of a Unit Secretary include strong communication skills, flexibility, professionalism, and responsibility. Students should have typing competency and basic formatting knowledge before enrolling in classes in this program.
Upon graduation, students may be hired to work in physicians’ offices, public and private hospitals, teaching hospitals, clinics, laboratories, insurance companies, and governmental facilities.
Program Outcomes
At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:
- discuss the roles of the healthcare team members, elements of successful leadership, and problem-solving strategies
- describe medical terminology, including disease processes and pharmacology
- differentiate verbal and nonverbal communication, including gender differences, cultural awareness and sensitivity, and the elements of speaking and listening
- describe the knowledge and skills required of a unit secretary
- compare and contrast the billing and coding elements
- complete a professional resume
- describe job searches and correct interview techniques
Please check the MHCC website for any curricular changes that have
occurred since the catalog was published.
| First Quarter (Fall) |
Cr |
| MO110 |
Powerful Strategies for the Office Team |
4 |
| MO114 |
Medical Terminology I |
3 |
| BA131 |
Introduction to Business Computing1 |
4 |
| BI100 |
Survey of Body Systems |
4 |
| BT116 |
Business Tools and Techniques |
3 |
| 18 |
| Second Quarter (Winter) |
|
| MO115 |
Medical Terminology II |
3 |
| MO116 |
Medical Office Procedures |
4 |
| MO120 |
Introduction to Medical Transcription1 |
3 |
| MO230 |
Medical Coding I - ICD-9-CM (F/W) |
3 |
| WR121 |
English Composition1 |
3 |
| 16 |
| Third Quarter (Spring) |
|
| MO117 |
Hospital Administrative Procedures |
4 |
| MO121 |
Medical Transcription I |
3 |
| MO212 |
Diversity and Healthcare |
3 |
| MO231 |
Medical Coding II - Procedural Coding (W/Sp) |
4 |
| BA205 |
Business Communications |
4 |
| 18 |
| Fourth Quarter (Fall) |
|
| MO122 |
Medical Transcription II |
3 |
| BI121 |
Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology I1,2 |
4 |
| BT110 |
Business Editing |
3 |
| MTH65 |
Beginning Algebra II (or higher)1,3‡ |
3 |
| SP111 |
Fundamentals of Public Speaking |
3 |
| 17 |
| Fifth Quarter (Winter) |
|
| MA224 |
Medical Law and Ethics |
3 |
| BI122 |
Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology II2 |
4 |
| BT118 |
Records and Information Management |
3 |
| BT220 |
Electronic Calculator and 10-Key Operations
|
1 |
| HPE295 |
Health and Fitness for Life |
3 |
| 14 |
| Sixth Quarter (Spring) |
|
| MA123 |
Pharmacology for Medical Office Occupations |
3 |
| MA125 |
Disease Processes |
3 |
| MO214 |
Building a Professional Portfolio |
1 |
| PSY201 |
General Psychology or PSY101 Psychology of Human Relations
|
3 |
| WE280MO |
Cooperative Education Internship |
4 |
| 14 |
Medical Office students are required to have a criminal background
check (http://www.mhcc.edu/docs/docsAlliedHealth/criminalbackgroundcheck.pdf),
and a current Tuberculin skin test (PPD) at the
beginning of the MO110 Powerful Skills for the Office Team class.
Medical Office students must document completion of the three-dose
Hepatitis B vaccine series and complete a Measles Immunization
Clearance Certificate for School Attendance form prior to beginning
the externship placement process. Some externship sites may
require further immunizations. See program director for site specific
requirements.
Note: A minimum grade of C is required in all courses.
1 Prerequisite - See course description in back of catalog.
2 A lternate selections BI231 and BI232 and BI233, or
equivalent Anatomy and Physiology sequence
3 Students may not use demonstrated proficiency on the
College Placement Test (CPT) to satisfy this requirement.
‡See pages 7-10 of the printed catalog.
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