Updated January 2023
Medical office assistants (MOAs) have a unique role that blends administrative and patient care responsibilities.
While MOAs are primarily responsible for clerical tasks—like scheduling appointments, controlling inventory, maintaining patient records, and coordinating billing—they may also perform and assist with important clinical procedures.
Wondering exactly which procedures you may be asked to assist with, or carry out alone, as an MOA?
Updated November 2022
Like so many parts of Canada, Manitoba is experiencing increasing demands on its health care system.
As the population ages, we're seeing labour shortages for a wide range of health care jobs—spanning everything from physiotherapists to family physicians to orderlies to medical office staff.
Are you considering a career in health care, but don't want to spend years in university earning a degree? Interested in blending your natural organizational skills with front-line patient care? You could be an ideal candidate for medical office assistant (MOA) training.
