Medical Office

Computer Programs:

  • MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Medical Books:

  • Medical Insurance Made Easy
  • Brown Current ICD-9 and CPT coding books
  • Standard Medical Dictionary
  • General clerical skills
  • Ten-key/keyboarding (35-40 wpm/120­130 spm)
Week 1

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

15 wpm/60 spm

Intro to MS Word

opening documents, editing, saving, printing, tabs and indents

Intro to medical terminology

Roots quizzes

Week 2

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

15 wpm/60 spm

MS Word

Complete workbook (tabs, indents, and tables)

Medical Terminology

Roots final

Week 3

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

20 wpm/75 spm

MS Excel

Basic formatting and formulas

Medical Terminology

Suffixes quizzes

Week 4

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

25 wpm/80 spm

MS Excel

Basic formatting and formulas

Medical Terminology

Suffixes final

Week 5

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

25 wpm/90 spm

MS Excel

Complete program

Medical Terminology

Prefixes quizzes

Week 6

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

30 wpm/100 spm

MS Access

Begin workbook

Medical Terminology

Prefixes final

Week 7

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

30 wpm/110 spm

MS Access

Complete workbook - queries, forms, and reports

Medical Terminology

Combining words - Final

Week 8

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

35 wpm/120 spm

MS Outlook

Scheduling, e-mail

Medical Coding

CPT coding

Week 9

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

35 wpm/130 spm

MS Outlook

Complete scheduling

Medical Coding

CPT Coding

Week 10

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

40 wpm/130 spm

MS PowerPoint

Student workbook

Medical Coding

CPT Coding

Week 11

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

40 wpm/140 spm

MS PowerPoint

Complete PowerPoint

Medical Coding

ICD-9 coding

Week 12

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

40 wpm/140 spm

Job Search

Resume/cover letter

QuickBooks

College coursework

MS Outlook

Best practice for employment activities

Medical billing

ICD-9 coding

Week 13

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

35 wpm/130 spm

MS Outlook

Complete scheduling

Medical Billing

HCVA-1500 forms

Week 14

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

40 wpm/130 spm

MS PowerPoint

Intro to PowerPoint

Medical Billing

HCVA-1500 forms

Week 15

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

40 wpm/140 spm

MS PowerPoint

Complete PowerPoint

Medical Filing

Medical filing methods and practice

Week 16

Skill

Goal/Instruction

Keyboarding/Ten-key

40 wpm/140 spm

Job Search

Resume/cover letter

MS Office Review

Word, Excel, Access