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Medical Office Receptionist - Certificate - After Graduation

The Medical Office Receptionist certificate at Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) prepares you for entry-level work in a medical-related setting. Here are a few career opportunities available to you after graduation.

Future Careers

MHCC Career Coaches are here to help you explore your career options after graduation. Below are a few common paths graduates can pursue.

Receptionists and Information Clerks

In these roles, your daily tasks will include operating telephone switchboards to answer, screen, or forward calls, providing information, taking messages, or scheduling appointments. You will also schedule appointments and maintain and update appointment calendars.

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

In such roles, you will schedule and confirm patient diagnostic appointments, surgeries, or medical consultations and receive and maintain medical records, technical library, or correspondence files.

Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars

In these roles, you will be responsible for compiling medical care and census data for statistical reports on diseases treated, surgery performed, or use of hospital beds. You will also develop in-service educational materials.

Medical Records Specialists

As a Medical Records Specialist, you will enter data, such as demographic characteristics, history and extent of disease, diagnostic procedures, or treatment, into the computer and identify, compile, abstract, and code patient data using standard classification systems.

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