Medical assistant
For this report I have chosen a Medical Assistant. I chose this career because my mom is a medical assistant and she seemed to be very happy with her job. I also like helping people and making them feel better. The things that appeal to me are that you get to meet new people and help them in anyway you can. The fact that people depend on you to help them makes me nervous but it would be a great payoff in the end. Medical Assistants are vital to any Doctor and their practice, some would even say they are the backbone to any successful practice.
Career Requirements and Qualifications
“The minimum education requirements for being a medical assistant is a Post Secondary non-degree award” (“U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics”).
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“Most people attend a two year college such as rose state or any higher education program” (“Simmons”) The courses to be a clinical medical assistant can cost anywhere from 1,200 to 4,200 dollars. Another factor of the cost is how many courses you take and how ever long it takes the person to finish the classes. At these schools they teach you all you will need to know to be a good medical assistant. you will learn to have steady hands and to not crack in a pressure situation. You have to have good people skills to talk to new people everyday. “You have to stay calm with the patients, you can’t get mad at the people even you they need it” (“Simmons”). I feel like I would be great for this job because my people skills are off the charts. Working Conditions & Salary “Most medical assistants work in doctors offices or a clinic” (“Simmons”).
You should wash your hands regularly when working in this field. You are alway around illnesses and sick people. This is one of the least payed jobs in the medical field. “The American Association of medical Assistants show that the Annual entry level 12.88 per hour” (“U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics”). The size of the clinic or doctor's office is a big factor in the amount of your salary. For example if you work in a little family clinic you might have a salary of 29,218 a year but, if you worked in a larger doctor's office you could make 36,000 a year. Another factor of the salary is your experience in the field. The longer you have been working the more you will get payed. You have to be comfortable in the examination room and won't crumble under the pressure of the job. Getting started in this field is easy. You just have to pay for the higher education if you choose to take that route. There are many benefits to this job for example, you can go to a variety of place to work all around the world. “This job is increasing at a fast rate due to the demand for health care” (“Become a Medical Assistant-MA Training and Schools”). Plus, you will always be learning new things in this …show more content…
profession. Typical Day In a typical day of being a medical assistant you do a lot for just one patient.
You take their family medical history, their medical history and you check their vitals. You have to prepare treatment for everyone of the physicians patients. “A medical assistant works hard every day with an eight to ten hour days. In one week a medical assistant can work anywhere between forty to sixty hours a week”(“Simmons”). I asked my mother “what the best part of her day was” and she responded “the best part of my day is the patient's and getting to know everyone of them” (“Simmons”). There are many, many challenges in a typical day of being a medical assistant. One of the biggest ones would have to be time management. you have to keep the doctor on time and yourself throughout the day. There are many factors out of your control. “You have to coordinate when the doctor arrives with the patient's arrival time”
(“Simmons”). Future Needs for the Career People are wanting become an MA more and more because of the rising employment rate (“Become a Medical Assistant - MA Training & Schooling”). The bureau of labor statistics project medical assistant an employment growth of twenty-nine percent between the years of 2012 and 2022 ( “Cosgrove, Holli, Encyclopedia of Career and Vocational Guidance. Chicago Ferguson Pub., 2000 Print” ). There were more than 500,000 Medical assistants working in the united states in the year 2009 (“US Bureau of Labor statistics”). One thing i like about medical assistants is that they can work anywhere they want to. They could help in a third-world country or in their home town. Interest in the Career I am so excited to pursue this career. My mom has loved working as a medical assistant. She has influenced so much in my high school career. I’ve been to my mom’s work to help out in anyway I could. I feel in love with this job the moment the first patient walked into the office. I helped him check in and showed him to the examination room and even help my mom check his vitals. After that answered phone calls and checked patients in all day, it was one of the best days ever. I will try my best to achieve all my goals in the field of business. I want to make my mom happy with the career. The fact is this job is going to be tough to achieve, but I am determined to get there. My sister is going to school right now to be a medical assistant and I couldn't be more proud of her. The best part of trying to be a medical assistant is that I have a sister in school learning to be a medical assistant and a mother who has been one for eight years. If I ever had any questions about the schooling or a patient I could ask one of them. I can’t wait to graduate high school and go to college and join the workforce. But, my interest in this job go alot farther than just being a part of the workforce. i really enjoy helping people in anyway I can. If I can save a person's life in this profession I’m going to try and I hope other medical assistants feel the same way about their job. I know my mother feels that way everyday she goes to work. Personal Interview I interviewed my mother Nicole Simmons. She is forty years old and has been a medicals assistant for eight years now. She loves her job and what she does everyday. As i interviewed her I realized that the full extent of the medical assistant's job is a lot more intense then I it was.
Physician assistants (PA's) practice medicine under the supervision of physicians and surgeons. PA's are trained to provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services, as delegated by a physician. They work with members of a healthcare team, they take medical histories, examine and treat patients, order and interpret laboratory tests and x rays, and make diagnoses. PAs may be the principal care providers in rural or inner city clinics where a physician is present for only one or two days each week. In such cases, the PA confers with the supervising physician and other medical professionals as
With an eye on patient safety, what clinical services may a medical assistant perform in your medical practice?
Ranked third by U.S. News and World Report on the list of “Best Health Care Jobs of 2017”, the Physician Assistant career has a 96 percent job-satisfaction rate, and represents one of the fastest growing jobs in the nation. Created as a position to relieve the job shortage of primary care physicians, Physician Assistants first came to be in the mid-1960s. Since then, the number of PAs in practice has just about doubled with every decade helping to improve health care not just nationally, but on a global level as well. Physician Assistants are licensed to practice medicine, prescribe medication, treat chronic illnesses, and assist in surgery in all 50 states under supervision of a physician. Although some medical practitioners perceive the role
After review of my skills, interests, and experiences, I decided to pursue the medical career field as my first career choice, more specifically as a physician assistant. I will exceed in this position in the interest of that I like to help people and I solve problems well. Also, I communicate well with others and I have a great amount of patience. There are various careers that fit my skills and interests, but this one grabs my attention. My dream job is to be a doctor, but this occupation allows one to save money by lessening the years of school required. Also, the pay isn’t too shabby either. I will be successful in this position due to my skills, characteristics, and values, like honesty and helping others. Up to this point, I have job shadowed at a medical billing company and I like the idea of diagnosing and helping people, but a desk job is not ideal. Also, I took a medical terminology as a class and I discovered that I like how the body works and what it does. These factors have all influenced my career goal.
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...ch half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $21,080, and the top 10 percent earned more than $41,570. In conclusion Medical Assistants play a major role in the healthcare environment. They are doctors right hand man/woman and the help keep the office together and run smoothly. Medical Assistants will forever be needed, because every day a child is born and people are getting older. Medical Assistants care and their job is to provide good healthcare to patients.
Many people rush through their daily life without contemplating their actions, thereby missing vast opportunities for achievement. They waste valuable time engaging in frivolous matters instead of putting their energies towards more productive and meaningful purposes. In the words of the Dalai Lama: “Life is not about acquiring money and other facilities; it is about dedicating your life to helping others as much as you can.” The immeasurable value of helping others has been engrained in me since childhood. As a result of my own difficult family circumstances, I have become more sensitive, kind and mindful towards others and their own situations. I have developed a passion for helping others, which, in combination with a proclivity towards medicine has lead to my descion to become a Physician Assistant. I want to live a life where I can provide healthcare and aid to anyone who needs.
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.
The median salary of 2013 is $31,890("Medical Office Administrator: Job Description, Duties and Requirements." par. 4 and chart). Work is available in doctors’ offices, hospitals, laboratories, and health departments. You need to understand medical terminology and basic healthcare procedures. A medical assistant will also be responsible for managing information, medical and office purchases, and in some cases project management (par. 1). Your basic duties include answering phones, scheduling appointments, and organizing medical records. Processing insurance forms, preparing reports, scheduling of hospitalization or other procedures are important duties. Being able to do bookkeeping tasks- billing patients, preparing financial reports, processing software etc. - and being able to work with basic office machinery such as fax machines, credit card machines, and dictation equipment (par.
Bureau of Labor Statics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook , 2012-13 Edition, Medical assistants, on the internet at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/medical-assistants.htm Publish Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012
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