Office Administration-Medical Office Assistant Certificate

NIC is not currently accepting applications for the Medical Office Assistant certificate due to changes in the province-wide delivery of this credential, but Medical Terminology courses are available.

Learn more about the new Medical Terminology Skills for Office Administration Micro-Credential, or contact an advisor to learn more about other Office Administration programs and courses.

To view program start dates, locations, delivery methods and other important information, visit the program page.

Admission Requirements

1. Successful completion of the Office Administration-Office Assistant 1 Certificate . Applicants with significant previous office experience may be admitted with the department member approval.

2. Keyboarding speed requirement is 40 w.p.m. The timing speed is based on the average of three 3-minute timings with three errors or less.

Course Requirements

First 10 Months:

Complete the Office Administration-Office Assistant 1 Certificate

Next 10 Months:

OAD - 102 Keyboarding II
OAD - 120 Job Search
OAD - 182 Medical Terminology I
OAD - 183 Medical Terminology II
OAD - 186 Medical Terminology III - Pharmacology and Specialties
OAD-184 Medical Transcription
OAD-185 Medical Administrative Procedures
OAD-187 Medical Billing Procedures - Manual
OAD-188 Medical Billing Procedures - Computerized
OAD-189 Clinical Procedures and Practice

Completion Requirements

To be eligible to receive a certificate, you must achieve a minimum of a B- in each course listed for the certificate; except OAD 102 requires exit speed of 50 wpm.