Get trained to run the front office of a medical facility with a competent understanding of both clinical and office procedures, and a capable knowledge of typing, computers, medical coding and billing, and software applications. Learn patient education and preparation for diagnostic examinations. Develop back office expertise with your knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, laboratory procedures, First Aid, and CPR.
Get skilled at patient reception, appointment scheduling, patient history taking, medical records management, effective telephone communications, keyboarding, and basic business programs. Become proficient at taking vital signs, EKGs, drawing blood, giving injections, and collecting specimens for laboratory testing. Be taught how to assist in administering medications and performing minor surgeries.
Get hired as an entry-level Medical Assistant performing a variety of front office administrative duties, or be employed as a ward clerk, EKG technician, or phlebotomist in the back office of a doctor's clinic, medical office or center, hospital, research laboratory, medical school, pharmaceutical or medical insurance company.
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