Program: Medical Office Administration

The Medical Office Administration program prepares you to work in many different businesses in the Health Care industry including doctors’ offices, clinics, and hospitals. Medical office administrative assistants help with many business functions, such as storing, retrieving, and integrating information for staff and patients, assisting with patient intakes, basic accounting and insurance filing, general record keeping and file maintenance, and other front-office tasks. Medical office administrative assistants also may directly assist physicians with reports, speeches, and conference proceedings.

Certification:
Utah College of Applied Technology (UCAT) Certificate of Completion:
Medical Office Administration

Length:
Open-entry/Open-exit: Approximately 1,500 hours

Locations & Hours of Availability:
Salt Lake Campus
3760 S. Highland Drive, Suite 200
Salt Lake City
9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday - Thursday
Closed Fridays
Rose Park Campus
1400 W. Goodwin Ave. (1145 North)
Salt Lake City
8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Monday - Thursday
8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Fridays
   

Tooele Campus
66 W. Vine Street, Tooele
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday & Thursday
11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Tuesday & Wednesday
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Fridays
Closed for lunch 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. daily

Horizonte Instruction & Training Center
1234 S. Main Street
Salt Lake City
Monday - Friday, normal school hours

Math and English levels:
Adult students will be assessed using the Test of Adult Basic English (TABE) Locator and Survey or through high school or college transcripts. High School students will be assessed by their counselor.

Admission Requirements:
• At least 16 years old at time of training
• Must be 18 prior to the clinical/externship
• Current TB test and/or X-ray
• Immunizations: MMR/Titer, Varicella, TDaP, Hepatitis B series

Occupation & Licensure Requirements:
• Must be 18 years old to fulfill most employers' requirements
• Employers may have additional requirements or restrictions

Skills You Will Learn :
• General medical office administrative skills
• General business support skills
• Medical terminology
• Basic computer skills

Program Disclosure Documents
The College has a detailed disclosure document which discusses important information about being a student in Health Care Technologies programs. Access the program disclosure documents here.

Courses in this Program
Required Courses in Required Order:
Course name
Hours
Keyboarding I 60
Computer Literacy
90
Word Processing Applications I 90
Business English 90
Business Correspondence 90
Math I 60
Spreadsheet Applications I 60
Database Applications I 60
Medical Law & Ethics 60
Psychology for the Healthcare Professional 30
Medical Terminology 60
Anatomy and Physiology for the Med. Prof. 120
Medical Office Admin. Procedures I 90
Medical Office Admin. Procedures II 60
Medical Office Admin. Procedures III 120
Computerized Medical Office 60
First Aid/CPR 30
Workplace Relations 60
   
Elective Courses: (choose at least 210 hours)
Course name
Hours
Administrative Medical Office Externship I
90
Basic Vital Signs
30
Database Applications II
60
Fundamentals of Human Disease
30
Keyboarding II
30
Keyboarding III
30
Medical Terminology II
30
Spreadsheet Applications II
60
Word Processing Applications II
90
Job Seeking Skills
30
Medical Transcription Beginning
90
Special Applications
1-180
   

Tuition and Fees Calculator

Tuition   Fees
    Registration Fee: $40
    Lab/Supply Fee: $10 per month
    Textbooks & Materials:**
        Required textbooks, $907.25
        Optional textbooks, $312.75
        CPR Cert.(required), $16.00
        First Aid (required), $12.00
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months


General College Tuition & Fees
Amount
Tuition: 1-6 hours per week $ 3 per hour
Tuition: 7-11 hours per week $ 1.35 per hour
Tuition: 12-20 hours per week $ 1.75 per hour
Tuition: 21-40 hours per week $ 1.35 per hour
Late Payment $ 5.00
Registration - Program $ 40.00
Registration - Single Class $ 5.00
Re-enrollment $ 20.00
Schedule Change $ 5.00
Transcript $ 3.00
UCAT Graduation $ 15.00

Prices as of July 1, 2008. Subject to change without notice.

*All costs are ESTIMATIONS based on 100% progress, for in-state students. Actual training time and costs are based on the student’s schedule and progress. Public High School students attend TUITION FREE but must pay all fee and textbook costs. Tuition and fee information is published on the College web site. This publication is not a contractual agreement. While all costs are good faith estimates, many costs are variable and outside of the control of the College

**See bookstore for texts required by course and current pricing.

Tuition rates are established and approved by the Utah State Board of Regents and the Utah College of Applied Technology Board of Trustees. In accordance with State law, the public will be notified in advance and will be able to comment regarding any proposed changes in tuition.