The Medical Administrative Assistant program provides students with the opportunity to develop skills in administration fields, thus increasing their employment opportunities. The program is designed to provide students with medical administrative assistant skills, as well as the business, technology and communication expertise needed to work in a private physician’s office, clinic, hospital, or nursing home. Emphasis is placed on medical terminology, medical office procedures, body systems and transcription. Atlantic Business College requires that students enrolled in the Medical Administrative Assistant Program complete all the courses listed below. To receive a diploma a student must receive a minimum mark of 60 in all compulsory courses.