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What
is a Medical Assistant?
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Danni R., CMA, CCMA, CMAA
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| What
is a Medical Assistant?
by Danni R., CMA, CCMA, CMAA |
What
is a Medical Assistant?
Medical assisting is a field full of
opportunity for those who enjoy working
side by side with physicians and others in
a medical office or clinic, regardless of
gender. Traditionally, medical assisting
has been a profession dominated by women,
mostly because of biased counseling and
recruiting, and misconceptions about the
workforce. A study called "Title IX
and Equal Opportunity in Vocational and
Technical Education" conducted in
June 2002 showed that male students made
up less than 14 percent in courses
offering medical assisting training in the
12 states surveyed.
However, contrary to certain stereotyped
preconceptions and believes male medical
assistants are highly valued and respected
colleagues. Just like their female
counterparts they usually are very much
liked by the patients in a modern
healthcare facility and it is encouraging
to see that recently more and more male
medical assistants are beginning to enter
into this very rewarding profession!
Medical assisting is a dynamic field that
is always changing and always growing. In
this day and age where medical assistants
are being asked to undertake increasingly
complex tasks in either the front or back
office there is room for everybody! The
common goal of all medical assistants,
whether male or female is the care and
treatment of patients.
Front office tasks mostly consist of
administrative duties, such as answering
the phones, scheduling appointments, and
assisting patients to fill out their
information forms; whereas back office
duties consists of clinical tasks,
revolving around patient care, such as
taking vital signs, performing simple
diagnostic tests, and sterilizing and
cleaning equipment and examination rooms.
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Danni R., CMA, CCMA, CMAA
Founder/Owner/Web Site Maintenance:
Advanced Medical Assistant of America
http://www.certmedassistant.com
Medical Assistant Net
http://www.medicalassistant.net
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| About
the Author |
Danni
R. is a certified medical assistant
through the AAMA and NHA, and MA
Instructor at such well known vocational
training institutions. Her background is a
unique blend of healthcare sciences and
freelance web design and graphic arts,
which makes her the ideal author for
medical assisting articles and online
courses. It is this fusion of contrasting
disciplines that makes her work so
successful on the Internet!
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