Dental Administrator
Have you noticed more dental offices popping up around you? Dental Administrators are the backbone of a busy dental office to ensure smooth operations and there has never been a better time to join such an in-demand profession. In just 26 weeks, Medix College’s Dental Administrator program will prepare you to start working in a popular, rewarding career in a dental office setting.
About The Program
What You Will Learn In The Classroom
In class, DAD students will focus on the following field-related skills and knowledge as required of a dental administrator, including: scheduling and rescheduling appointments, billing services to the Ministry of Health, managing various health information, billing services to the patient and collecting and maintaining a database of medical data.
Topics in our DAD program include but are not limited to:
- Dental Fundamentals
- Dental Administrator Profession and Terminology
- Records Management
- Dental Software
- Effective Communication
- Practice Management Effectiveness
- Basic Clinical Skills
- Oral Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Medical Emergencies
- and more!
What You Will Learn In The Labs
Medix’s Dental Administrator program includes practical training in a simulated dental office environment including training using dental software for billing and scheduling. Students will be given case studies to role play and discuss best practices. In addition to practicing skills in an office environment, students will also have exposure to the lab setting to become familiar with chairside procedures as it relates from a dental administrator’s position.
What You Will Learn Outside of the Regular Classroom Setting
TPI-MAS helps students recognize the choices they have in life and how to control how they think to change the way they live their lives. Students will understand how the human mind works and how their beliefs and attitudes influence the present and shape the future. The program encourages students to have a positive outlook and strive for goals despite any challenges and obstacles.
The Enriched Academy program will teach you how to manage your money and build a solid financial future.
What You Will Do During Career Search
Graduates of the Dental Administrator Program at Medix College can obtain employment as a dental office assistant, dental secretary, dental billing specialists or dental office managers.
Graduates of the Dental Administrator program can obtain employment in the following places:
- Dental offices
- Walk-In clinics
- Doctor’s offices
Courses
Here is a list of some courses:
Dental Fundamentals
The student will study the normal function of external and internal structures of the teeth, oral cavity, histology, tooth…
Basic Clinical Skills
Students will be introduced to infection control procedures in the dental environment, seating and dismissing patients…
Records Management
This course will introduce the student to the numerous dental records, electronic charts and manual charts. The importance of…
Dental Software
Dental software applications are utilized in the both the clinical operatories as well as the reception area of a dental office or group…
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Dental Administrator program have obtained employment as:
- Dental administrator
- Dental office assistant
- Dental secretary
- Dental billing specialists
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