Course

Medical Administrative Procedures

Important Notice

This course is not active. Please contact Department Chair for more information.

Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Department
Office Administration
Course code
OADM 1450
Credits
2.00
Semester length
10 Weeks X 6 Hours per Week = 60 Hours
Max class size
24
Method(s) of instruction
Online
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This is a BCCampus on-line provincial course. This course is designed to introduce the student to the administrative duties and procedures required in a medical office/hospital setting. Topics covered include reception skills, appointment scheduling, telephone techniques, interpersonal skills, stress management, inventory control, mail processing, and filing and records management procedures. Medical law and ethics are an integral part of the course.
Course content

The following course content will be covered:

 

  1. Employment opportunities as a health care professional
  2. Qualities of a medical office assistant
  3. Confidentiality and Canadian law
  4. Medical law and ethics
  5. Appointment scheduling
  6. Filing and records management
  7. Telephone techniques
  8. Medical office emergencies
  9. Mail and correspondence
  10. Office problems and prioritizing
  11. Public relations and interpersonal skills
  12. Why patients get angry
  13. Conflict resolution/anger
  14. Stress management
  15. Time management
  16. Ordering supplies
  17. Meeting organization
  18. Lab requisitions
  19. Patient referrals
  20. Grief and loss and the elderly client
  21. Reference resources and community resources
  22. Office ergonomics
Learning activities

Communications between instructor and students will be conducted online using the course email, bulletin board and chat utilities.  The instructor will guide the students through a series of learning objectives using motivation and online instruction.  The assigned readings, together with the reinforcement exercises, are the principal learning activities.  Additional materials and resources are available online.

Means of assessment

There is an online test at the end of each unit of study as well as a comprehensive final exam.

Graded assignments include proofreading exercises and Internet research.

Quizzes  15%
Assignments  20%
Mid-term exam  20%
Research project/teamwork  10%
Final exam  35%
Total 100%

                                                                                                           

Note: The letter grade assigned will be determined by the college at which you are registered.

Learning outcomes

At the completion of this course, you will reliably demonstrate  the ability to:

 

  1. Describe a variety of employment positions in a medical setting including entry-level positions
  2. Identify the legal implications of confidentiality of medical records and discuss medical ethics
  3. Identify the techniques used in maintaining an efficient, professional, and friendly office environment
  4. Maintain an appointment scheduling system and related procedures
  5. Complete forms used to refer patients to hospitals, other physicians, specialists, and medical facilities
  6. Use appropriate telephone techniques
  7. Effectively handle office mail
  8. Describe meeting organization and minute preparation
  9. Maintain and control office inventory
  10. Recognize stressful situations, use stress-management techniques, recognize and process onsite emergencies.
  11. Set up and maintain medical records and filing systems
  12. Identify a variety of community resources, both private and government, available to the patient
Textbook materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students:

 

Plunkett’s Procedures for the Medical Administrative Assistant, latest edition, McCall, Elsbeth, Saunders-Elsevier.

 

Medical Filing, latest edition, Claeys, Delmar, Cengage Learning.

 

Recommended Text / Materials

 

Supplementary material online

Requisites

Prerequisites

(OADM 1104 and OADM 1107) or equivalent

Corequisites

No corequisite courses.

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

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Institution Transfer details for OADM 1450
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025