Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

• 10 - Health and related fields
• 51. - Health professions and related programs
• 51.07 - Health and medical administrative services

51.0716 - Medical administrative/executive assistant and medical secretary

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of special assistants and personal secretaries for practicing physicians and nurses, health care facilities and services administrators, and other health care professionals. These programs include courses in business and medical communications, medical terminology, principles of health care operations, public relations and interpersonal communications, software applications, record keeping and filing systems, scheduling and meeting planning, applicable policies and regulations, and professional standards and ethics.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • dental administrative assistant
  • dental secretarial
  • dental secretary
  • medical administrative assistant
  • medical executive assistant
  • medical secretarial
  • medical secretary

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • administrative assistant(52.0401)
  • executive assistant(52.0402)
  • medical administration(51.0701)
  • medical office administration(51.0705)
  • medical office assistant(51.0710)
  • veterinary administrative assistant(01.8204)
  • veterinary secretary(01.8204)