I have chosen to become a medical assistant as a platform to enter into the medical field. In my opinion I can fulfill the job description, I know there is a high demand for the position, and there is always room to grow on the pay scale. As a medical assistant you may work in a clinical or administrative environment. Clinical medical assistant’s duties may include taking vital signs of patients, conducting in-office screening tests, collecting and preparing specimens to send to diagnostic laboratories, recording medical histories, and administering medications. The work environment may be in a hospital or a physician office along a physician. Administrative medical assistant’s duties may include updating patient records, greeting patients, setting appointments, calling in prescriptions or refills as directed by the doctor, answering phones, and arranging for diagnostic testing or other procedures. Their work environment is usually in an office setting focusing on making sure the medical practice is running smooth. At the end of the day it is just more expensive to hire a, nurse and a secretary when you can somewhat have the best of both worlds with a medical assistant. With the demand for more health services medical assistants can assist doctors in a clinical and administrative manner to allow more patients to be seen. Our generation is going through a baby boom which is causing an increased population that has demands in the medical field. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics states Medical Assistant as one of the fastest growing professions. It is expected to experience a 35% growth by the year 2016. While life is starting at birth and adding to our population numbers, individuals are expected to live longer. Medical... ... middle of paper ... ...raining in the environment as well as being able to climb the pay scale to live comfortable. My area of interest for being a medical assistant is to work for a psychiatric clinic or hospital just to get started. Eventually I will go back to school to obtain a bachelor’s degree for allied health. I can then work my way to become a nurse manager. I have compassion and commitment to be in the medical field. My determination and ambition will always allow me to go above and beyond to be the best medical assistant. Works Cited "The Demand for Medical Assistants." - HealthCareers.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. "Medical Assistant Job Description." MA Guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. "Medical Assistant Salary by State." MA Guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2013. "Summary." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2013.
Physician Assistant is a career choice that entails various specialties and flexibilities that attracts many. Those who desires a path to practice medicine as soon as possible, PA 's lateral mobility allows that to happen. Compared to medical school, PA school requires less time and amount less debt. As the population grows and chronic diseases spreads, The future projection of PA is growing faster than the average careers.
Practicing in the medical field is a respectable profession, since its main goal is to help others when they are in need. Although, I’m not sure of what job I will have, I do know that it will be in the field of medicine. I hope through the mentoring program I will be able to decide if a Certified Medical Assistant is the job for me.
Physician assistants (PAs) do many tasks and work in various medically influenced settings. PAs can prescribe medications but may need a physician’s opinion beforehand. They may give treatment in the care of broken bones and administer immunizations. A PA also has to educate patients and family members on how to care for a condition that affects them or the members of their families, such as an asthmatic child (“Physician Assistants.” U.S.). Giving lab tests and taking blood samples are also a part of a PAs job duties. They must record the medical history of the patient. A PA may assist a physician/surgeon in a surgery (“Physician Assistant.” Encyclopedia 14).
The general purpose of being a medical assistant is that you are helping people that are in need of help. They also perform routine/ clinical tasks to keep the offices of physicians and other practitioners running smoothly. Scheduling appointments for patients, billing, coding, etc. In this job you perform administrative and certain clinical duties under direction of a physician. Some tools/ skills that will be used daily is tools; hypodermic needle, blood pressure units, scope sets; skills; speaking, active listening, reading comprehension, monitoring, writing, active learning etc. Tasks and activities that will be performed
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Any job in the medical field is great, because it will always be needed no matter what. Doctors, nurses, techs, etc. are all very important and necessary people, but the people behind the scenes are just as important, medical administrative assistants. Being a medical administrative assistant seems awfully difficult, you have all these responsibilities but at the end of the day you’ll have a sense of satisfaction because you may have possibly really helped a patient or family with a serious and hard situation. There are different types or categories of medical administrative assistants, you have the front office, the back office, the clinic setting, private practices, and the floating position. Duties for
I have been a back office medical assistant (MA) in a pediatric and internal medicine clinic for the past four and a half years. I assist a pediatrician and an internist in providing direct patient care by assisting in examinations and procedures, taking medical histories, charting vitals, and explaining treatment plans. My role as an MA includes (but is not limited to) obtaining patients’ temperature, weight, and height, and calculating patients’ BMI. I collect blood specimens and perform all routine labs, such as visual and auditory tests and urinalysis. I am familiar with normal laboratory readings and can alert physicians to abnormal results and to other problems. I administer medications and prepare vaccines as directed by the supervising
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Medical assisting is one of the nation's fastest growing careers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Medical assistants perform a vast number of daily duties administrative and some clinical tasks. Medical Assistant are the glue that keeps the various healthcare facility running smoothly. There will be a time when a medical assistant may have to answer the telephone, greet patients, fill out medical records and update them as needed, schedule appointments and handle correspondence and billing.
Medical assistants perform routine clerical and clinical duties in order to maintain efficiency in offices of physicians, chiropractors, podiatrists, and others. The duties of a medical assistant depend on many factors such as the location and size of the practice as well as the physician’s area of specialty. Where the practice is small
The flexibility of Physician’s Assistants is very appealing. The ability to be able to change practices if situations arose in which I needed different hours, needed to move, or simply wanted a change from the patients and conditions being seen is another factor in the decision to apply to PA school. Growing up, my step father worked in construction, and would be gone for several periods at a time. I watched as my mother was lonely during that time because she did not have a job in which she could move with my step father. Sometimes that period was years at time with visits only on the weekends or every three weeks. My mother worked in a job in which she had to remain where she was because there were not many openings for her profession around the country. Should I ever find myself in that position where my spouse, or other important members of my family had to move, the ability to be able to move with them and still find a job to bring in income is very important. Medical mission trips have always been of interest, and as a provider with the help of a team, accomplishing at least one trip to a place that is in desperate need of healthcare is a huge goal I hope to accomplish. Being able to provide care for those who cannot afford it is something I hope to do more than once in my
As a medical assistant you are certified to perform a certain amount of tasks just like any medical professional. As a certified medical assistant you are allowed to perform procedures such as measuring patient’s vital signs (blood pressure, temperatures, pulse, and respirations.) As a medical assistant you are allowed to prepare and handle medical equipment needed for a procedure. Also, being able to prepare specimens of body fluid and tissue for laboratory testing. When preforming these tasks everything must be documented for the provider.
Throughout this researched that I investigated I became interested in this field in a way. If I had an option in medical field I would take the option. Knowing that you are helping patients out is an amazing feeling. I would work with infants rather than adults. I would cherish every moment because you would never know if that’s the last time to work with the patient not just because of death but maybe cause they might recover from there sickness.
A normal work day in a health care administrator’s world, is consist of allot of delegating directives, coordinating and supervising. They are responsible for multiple operations and departments, depending on the size and type of health facility or institution. Health care administrators may have assistants, who are tasked with different directives, or may be assigned as managers of different departments such as nursing, record keeping, food services or therapy. Some large health facilities and institutions may even have deputy administrators, who are in charge of areas such as housekeeping, finance, information management, marketing or human resources. All assistants must report to a lead health care administrator.
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