Medical Administrative Assistant Diploma
Penn Foster

Program Details

Students interested in pursuing Penn Foster’s Medical Administrate Assistant Diploma program will need to complete a total of nine courses. Students begin their learning with Penn Foster by taking an Introduction to Allied Health course. This provides the student with a discussion of strategies for completing the allied health programs, giving an introduction to health care and the role medical administrative assistants play. Students are taught the duties occurring in a business office, such as planning meetings, electronic and print mail processing, office math, and facility care and management.

Students learn about law, ethics, and confidentiality, and how law affects medical offices and medical professionals. Students study the process of litigation, how contract law affects health professionals, and the expectation of health care professionals after a patient-doctor relationship has been established. Students examine Confidentiality in Allied Health, studying the laws regulating healthcare information.

As part of the Medical Administrative Assistant courses, students take a computer course to ensure basic Word and Excel proficiency. Students should learn all of the body systems and proper medical terminology. In Basic Pharmacology, students receive an introduction into pharmacology, learning the type of drugs, side effects and uses.

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School Accreditation & Licensing

Penn Foster is accredited by:

Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC)

Penn Foster High School, Penn Foster Career School, and Penn Foster College have all met the high standards of integrity and performance set by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC), which is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). 

Penn Foster Career School is regionally accredited for non-degree granting postsecondary programs, and Penn Foster High School is accredited for grades 9 through adult, by the Commission on Secondary Schools of the Middle States Association for Colleges and Schools.

Penn Foster Career School has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)

All Penn Foster programs are affiliated with DANTES, which qualifies U.S. military personnel for tuition reimbursement.

Program Requirements & Restrictions

Minimum Education

High School or Equivalent

Application Requirements

Official High School Transcript/GED Score