Medical Office Assistant Certificate is a certificate in Health Sciences programme taught at University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, Canada. The programme runs for 4.5 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 6,757 per total for local students.
This certificate prepares students to manage the administrative and clinical-support side of a medical office, clinic, hospital unit, or private practice, covering appointment scheduling, insurance claim filing, patient intake, and preparing patients for examinations. The program is organized into eight modules addressing communication, medical terminology, pharmacology, office procedures, billing, and clinical procedures, followed by a two-week practicum and a one-week review, and can be completed in roughly four and a half months. Coursework is delivered online, with classes meeting Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:00 to 8:30 pm, while the practicum takes place in person at an assigned work site. Applicants must meet the entrance requirements set out in UFV's Academic Calendar and show computer literacy, including comfort with Windows programs, internet use, word processing, and spreadsheets; a criminal record check and vulnerable sector screening are required for practicum eligibility, and students placed in hospital settings must supply current immunization records by an October 31 deadline. The certificate is eligible for financial aid. It suits people seeking a fast entry point into healthcare administration who want structured classroom instruction paired with hands-on practicum experience rather than a longer academic pathway.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: UFV's Academic Calendar sets two entrance conditions for the Medical Office Assistant Certificate: applicants must meet UFV's Degree/diploma-level English language proficiency requirement, and must have B.C. secondary school graduation or equivalent, or be at least 19 years old on the first day of classes. The Degree/diploma-level English standard is satisfied by an IELTS Academic overall score of 6.5 with no band below 6.0, a TOEFL iBT score of 88 with no section below 20, PTE Academic 61 with 60 or higher in Writing, CAEL 70+, MELAB 85+, CanTEST 4.5 Listening/Reading and 4.0 Writing, or a Duolingo English Test score of 110 or higher. The program page adds that applicants should be computer literate, and asks for a satisfactory Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Screening before practicum, plus up-to-date immunisation records for hospital-based placements, due by October 31. The program starts in September.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply directly to UFV: applications for Fall (September) 2027 entry open 1 October 2026, for Winter (January) 2027 entry opened 1 May 2026, and for Summer (May) 2027 entry open 1 October 2026; UFV publishes no closing date for any of these and instead admits many programmes strictly in application-date order once every required document has arrived, so applying soon after opening matters more than any deadline. Grade 12 students may apply from 1 October of their graduating year and must send final transcripts by 3 August. International applicants use UFV International's own windows - 1 October to 31 May for Fall, 1 May to 31 October for Winter and 1 October to 1 March for Summer - and are likewise assessed on a rolling, first-arrived basis until each programme fills. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
