Legal/Medical Office Applications
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Legal, medical and general business office opportunities are abundant. As a trained graduate in this area, students' skills will enable them to find an exciting job in either field. Information processing skills, together with basic knowledge of procedures used in legal and medical offices, will prepare students for a variety of office positions.
At least half of a student's time will be spent performing a wide range of office skills and information processing applications (including word processing, spreadsheet processing, graphics, and data processing) in a legal and/or medical environment. Students will also learn dictation/transcription skills and business communication techniques, including the use of the internet in the office.
STUDENTS ENROLLING IN THE LEGAL/MEDICAL OFFICE PROGRAM WILL LEARN:
- Professionalism
- Legal, medical and general business office practices and procedures
- Basic and advanced text entry/editing
- Information processing theory/concepts/applications
- Business English
- Leadership development
- Editing/proofreading skills
- Legal and medical terminology
- Effective business communications
- Dictation/transcription-general/medical/legal
- Giving/following written and oral directions
- Time management
- Project organization
- Safety issues as related to the Legal/Medical field
- Employment preparation-career opportunities
PROGRAM BENEFITS:
- Three High School credits per year
- Competency Certificate
- Entry level job skills
- Preparation for next level of education/training
- Opportunities for earning scholarships
- Articulation with Clark College
ORGANIZATIONS:
Possible enrollment in Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA).
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
- Medical offices, clinics and hospitals
- Legal firms
- Medical insurance office or medical labs
- Chiropractor and optometrist offices
- Pharmacies or pharmaceutical offices
- Real estate and insurance offices
- Court, police and probation departments-support personnel
- Corporations/general office
- Legal/medical receptionist
- Legal/medical clerk