Medical Administration - Associate's

You can learn how to successfully manage a medical office with an Associate's degree in medical administration from Rasmussen College. The Medical administration degree prepares you for multiple challenges you will encounter in the office including coding, understanding medical terminology, recognizing medical law and ethics, learning proper medical insurance and billing procedures and success strategies in the office.

In the medical administration program, students will study core courses to develop communication, critical thinking and decision making skills. Students will also have the opportunity to take specialty courses including:

• Medical transcription
• Anatomy and physiology
• Medical office procedures
• Other computer courses

Medical Assisting - Associate's

As a medical assistant, you'll help care for patients, carry out routine treatments, conduct lab tests, and maintain office records. Medical assistants also have clerical duties. They answer telephones, greet patients and update medical records. Assistants complete insurance forms and schedule appointments. They also arrange for hospital admission and lab services. You'll work with doctors, nurses, specialists and other medical professionals caring for and treating patients.

Medical Coding - Diploma

A career in medical coding places you right where the expanding arena of health care meets the cutting edge of information technology. This is the perfect career choice for anyone who wants to work in a hospital, clinic or doctor's office setting while completing detailed, important work.

Medical Laboratory Technician - Associate's

Rasmussen College can help you become a part of a lifesaving medical team with a medical lab technician Associate's Degree. Our innovative and focused curriculum will teach you everything you need to know to gain a great career in the exciting and respected health care field.

As a medical lab technician, you will conduct tests to help detect, diagnose and treat diseases, and work with doctors, nurses, specialists, and other medical professionals in a hospital or clinical setting. The career outlook for those who have attained medical lab technician training has never been more encouraging. Make a difference in the lives of others everyday with a medical lab technician degree from Rasmussen College!

Medical Office Management - Associate's

If you would like to be the go-to person in an office, then this is the program for you! You will learn strong medical vocabulary, solid communication skills and medical office procedures in order to apply them in a medical setting such as a hospital records room, physician's office, medical laboratory or allied health organization.

Medical Transcriptionist - Associate's or Diploma

As a medical transcriptionist you will listen to dictated recordings made by health care professionals and generate medical reports and other administrative material. You will then return the documents to the health care professionals who dictated them for review and signature. These documents become part of patients' permanent files.

You may also have other duties such as receiving patients, scheduling appointments, answering the telephone, and handling incoming and outgoing mail.