COURSE CODE: 6730

Medical Administration

SCED Code: 14153
Virginia Extended Description: 36
Suggested Grade Level: 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: FBLA
Non-Traditional?: M

Students wishing to gain employment in the healthcare field may take this course to learn how to use medical terminology and apply administrative procedures necessary to be productive employees in a healthcare environment. Students will learn how to manage office activities, enhance communication and employability skills, identify legal and ethical issues in healthcare practices, and manage financial activities. Work-based learning opportunities are available for this course.

Recommended prerequisite(s): Keyboarding course(s) or teacher-approved demonstration and documentation of touch keyboarding skills

Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Administrative Support
  • Executive Assistant
  • Front Office Assistant
  • Medical Transcriptionist
  • Office Manager
  • Receptionist
  • Records Processing Assistant
Business Information Management
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Communications Equipment Operator
  • Data Entry Specialist
  • Front Office Assistant
  • Medical Transcriptionist
  • Records Processing Assistant

Pathway Occupation
Support Services
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Communications Equipment Operator
  • Data Entry Specialist
  • Front Office Assistant
  • Medical Transcriptionist
  • Records Processing Assistant

Pathway Occupation
Information Support and Services
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Communications Equipment Operator
  • Data Entry Specialist
  • Front Office Assistant
  • Medical Transcriptionist
  • Records Processing Assistant

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