Your Guide to Becoming a Medical Office Administrator

As a medical office administrator (MOA) or medical office assistant, you are the face and operational epicentre of a successful medical facility or office. Your abilities to manage schedules and appointments, organize and maintain documents and files with efficiency and confidentiality, and navigate reports, billing and maybe even insurance rules and lab procedures, are key to a positive experience for patients and your team.

This unique time for the healthcare industry, with its evolving need for professionals to support patients, presents an opportunity. If you’re looking to explore a career in medical office administration, at a medical assistant college or pursuing your medical office administration certificate online, there’s never been a better time.

We thought a Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming a MOA may help you decide if this path is for you.

Step 1 – Training for Success

The place you decide to train is essential for your success. As you look to medical administration courses, and a medical assistant training program, ensure your program includes:

• Specific skills necessary to effectively manage office procedures and operate a medical office environment
• Theoretical concepts from team roles, patient care and communication to basic human anatomy, medical terminology and computer fundamentals and business correspondence
• Industry-expert instructors offering a blend of classroom, technical, learning (in-person or online), and hands-on experience to ensure you can apply your training in a practical environment. *In our shifting-times, you may even consider the replacement of a practicum with a Capstone Project like the one we offer at Anderson College*

Take the “Medical Professional Career Discovery Quiz”

Step 2 – Know the Timeline and Potential

From start to finish, you can obtain your medical administrative assistant diploma in approximately one year. At Anderson, our program in medical office administration lasts 40 to 42 weeks with either an 8-week practicum with on-the-job training, offsite with potential employers or a major, practical assignment called a Capstone Project to complete.

With the surge in need for healthcare professionals and support for those professionals, as well as patients in need, the prospects for graduates are solid with good salary and hourly pay.

Step 3 – Set Your Sights on the Possibilities

If you’re looking to contribute to a thrilling field and for a variety of opportunities to choose from, MOA is a terrific career option. Once you’ve graduated, you can apply for positions in the following places:

• Hospitals
• Physician’s offices
• Long-term care facilities
• Dental offices
• Surgical centers
• Behavioral health settings
• College or university health settings

Step 4 – (Although #1 on the Essential Scale) … Trust Your Fellow Students

Reviews and student stories are the way to get invaluable insight into whether a program or a college is for you. So rather than us share more of why Anderson may be the community and educational fit for you, we’re going to let our students speak for themselves. Explore and enjoy, you’ll find many that were right where you are, and now are living their dreams.

• From Homemaker to Professional at 50 – France-Anne’s Story
• Starting an MOA Career in Canada – Catherine’s Story
• Positivity & Perseverance from COVID to Realizing a Dream – Kanneth’s Story
• Changing Careers After 28 Years – Ilona’s Story

If you’re often caught organizing details or your friends, if you’re passionate about people and caring for others, if you’re seeking connection with a team of professionals making a difference, then the time for you to take the steps to becoming a medical office administrator is now.

We can help. Contact one of our Admissions Advisors so we can talk about your future as a MOA or find the perfect fit with one of our other 30+ leading-edge programs. Book your express appointment today!

Quick Links to Fuel Your Success!

We want to make sure you have what you need to succeed! Check out these reference links:

• Medical Office Administrator Courses & Programs at Anderson College
• Learn About Being a Medical Office Assistant | Indeed.com