Administrative Medical Assistant Course Description: Administrative Medical Assistant is a complete course, combining highly interactive content, practice, and assessment into one product that can be used at school, home (or anywhere else with an Internet connection) in conjunction with a traditional classroom or distance education experience. I Administrative Medical Assistant Online teaches students what they need to know to succeed as administrative medical assistants by placing them in online "virtual externships." Learning within a "work environment" puts new skills and information into "context," which makes them easier to understand and remember. In the first online lesson, the "office manager," Anita Anderson, introduces students to a cast of virtual characters (doctors, nurses, other medical assistants, etc.). From then on students work side-by-side with office staff: preparing and filing medical records, taking phone messages, scheduling patients, preparing deposits for the office, and much more -- actually learning on the job. Using lots of interactivity and feedback throughout the course, they learn the skills and best practices needed to become a key member of any medical practice's front office. The course consists of four modules: Module 1: Introduction to Medical Assistant (lessons include the course orientation, interpersonal skills, medical law and ethics, and more) Module 2: Basic Medical Administration (lessons include using computers, telephone techniques, medical record management, and more) Module 3: Insurance & Basic Financial Management (lessons include billing, coding, insurance claim preparation, and more) Module 4: Medical Practice & Health Information Management (lessons include inventory maintenance, employee payroll, health information management, and more) Each module is divided into lessons and each lesson is divided into topics, breaking the learning down into manageable assignments. Each lesson begins with a reading assignment from Kinn's The Administrative Medical Assistant, giving students the proper foundational information before tackling another "day" on their externship. By the end of the course students will understand all the issues and have practiced all the competencies required of a successful administrative medical assistant Click Here to Return Courses Page   Registered with the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (BPPVE).