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Medical Assistants perform routine administrativre and
clinical tasks to keep health care delivery running smoothly.
The duties of medical assistants vary widely from office to
office, depending on office location, size and speciality.
Administrative duties include answering phones, greeting patients,
updating and filing patient records, filling out insurance
forms, handling correspondence, scheduling appointments, managing
office finances, and arranging for laboratory services and
hospital admissions.
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| Clinical duties vary
widely according to state law and include taking medical histories
and recording vital signs, explaining treatment procedures to
patients, preparing patients for examinations and minor office
surgery, and managing medical instruments. Medical assistants
collect and prepare laboratory specimens or perform basic laboratory
tests in the physician office laboratory. They instruct patients
about medications and special diets, prepare patients for x-rays,
take ECG's, remove sutures and change dressings. |
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| Graduates of CAAHEP
accredited medical assisting programs may be eligible to sit
for the American Association of Medical Assistants' Certification
Examination to become a Certified Medical Assistant. Employment
opportunities include physicians' offices, health maintenance
organizations, health departments and hospitals. |
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The Carteret Community College Medical Assisting program
is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education
Programs(CAAHEP),www.caahep.org,
upon the recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American
Association of Medical Assistants Endowment (AAMAE); 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1970; Chicago, IL 60601-2208;
Telephone: (312) 553-9355; Website: www.aama-ntl.org/endowment.
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