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Becoming a Medical Assistant Research Paper Tracie Collins ECPI University, Raleigh C

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"Becoming a Medical Assistant# I choose Medical Assisting as a ma$or %eca&se I have al'ays 'anted to 'or( in the )ealthcare *ield and %ecome a Registered &rse+ I have had an interest since I 'as a teenager 'hen I &se to 'atch the real ER programs on T, to ta(e a loo( at healthcare *ield+ I 'o&ld %e gl&ed to the T, at some o* the interesting things that 'as going on in the ER+ My mama 'o&ld say, -.hy are yo& 'atching that I 'o&ld %e passing o&t a%o&t no' loo(ing at that st&**+/ Also, a lot o* my *amily mem%er0s 'or( in some type o* position in the healthcare *ield o* co&rse my mama 'as not one o* them+ I tho&ght Medical Assisting 'o&ld %e a good place to start to 'or( to'ard my goal to %ecome a R + I had started 11 years ago to go to school to %ecome a Medical Assistant %&t stopped d&e to going %ac( to 'or( and other li*e changes+ It is 11 years later and I have high hopes that I 'ill *inish this ma$or to %ecome a Medical Assistant+

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To %ecome a medical assistant I m&st *irst go to school and learn all there is to (no' a%o&t %ecoming a medical assistant+ There are many di**erent things to learn a%o&t medical assisting and I0m c&rrently enrolled at ECPI to %e on my 'ay to %ecoming a medical assistant and learn more+ There are three main types o* medical assistants3 Clinical, Administrative, and 4peciali5ed medical assistants+ A Clinical medical Assistant0s primary *oc&s is on patient care, cond&cting assessments and per*orming other medical tas(s+ This co&ld incl&de medical care, per*orming minor treatments and assisting the physician d&ring e6aminations+ The main *oc&s is medical aspects o* the practice+ Administrative Medical Assistant is the second type+ As the $o% title s&ggests the administrative medical assistant largely per*orms administrative tas(s s&ch as managing patient records, ma(ing appointments, ans'ering phones, maintaining the *ront des( and reception areas, and per*orming general acco&nting and %illing+ To %e e**ective in this position yo& sho&ld have s&per% 'ritten and oral comm&nication s(ills, proper phone eti7&ette, a%ove average comp&ter s(ills, and %asic &nderstanding o* medical terminology+ The *inal type is 4peciali5ed Medical Assistant in 'hich the medical assistant speciali5es in a speci*ic *ield o* medicine s&ch as oncology, podiatry, ophthalmology, or others+ 4peciali5ed medical assistant per*orm more clinical than administrative tas(s+ This allo's them to serve the physician and patients more directly depending on si5e o* medical practice they may report to the physician directly or to an administrative manager+ Pro&dly po'ered %y .ordPress http388'''+onlinemedicalassistantprograms+net8types8

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There are a *e' 'e%sites that I *o&nd that had great $o% posting *or my *ield o* interest+ :o%s+net 'e%site3 http388medical-assistant+$o%s+net8$8medical-assistant-cardiologypractice;:2<=2!>1 ?2)1@A=BBC+asp6 Career B&ilder 'e%site- This site list $o%s in many di**erent 4tates 'ith a total o* 1>, D1B $o% listings+http388'''+career%&ilder+com8:o%s8Cey'ord8Medical-Assistant8 The last 'e%site I *o&nd is Indeed :o% 'e%site- This site list $o%s in the Triangle C areas+ Eo& can *ind an employer and &pload yo&r res&me on this site+ Eo& can search $o%s according to location, Title or salary+ http388'''+indeed+com87-Medical-Assistant-l-F&rham,- C-$o%s+html Gn one o* the 'e%sites I *o&nd a position o* interest &pon my grad&ation *rom ECPI+ Medical Assistant-Certi*ied at Private Fiagnostic Clinics in F&rham+ It is a *&ll time position in the 4&rgery department+ The $o% description incl&des that yo& per*orm ro&tine administrative and patient care s&pportive d&ties in a health system medical practice to assist medical and or n&rsing sta** in the e6amination and treatment o* patients and ens&re o**ice r&ns smoothly+ These d&ties may incl&de ans'ering the phone, greeting patients, &pdating and *iling patient medical records and other administrative d&ties+ The clinical d&ties incl&de ta(ing medical histories and recording vital signs, e6plaining treatment proced&res to patients, preparing patients *or e6aminations and proced&res, collecting and preparing la%oratory specimens and other clinical d&ties o* the practice+ The (no'ledge, s(ills and a%ilities to have *or this position is good c&stomer service s(ills+ .or( re7&ires the a%ility to &nderstand and *ollo' oral and 'ritten instr&ctions generally ac7&ired thro&gh a high school ed&cation and medical assisting program+ A certi*ication %y the AAMA or registration %y the AMT is re7&ired+ Ed&cation 7&ali*ications is grad&ation *rom accredited Medical Assistant program strongly pre*erred and

Collins- B )4 or <EF grad&ation re7&ired+ There is no e6perience re7&ired *or this position+ This position pays *rom H19 an ho&r and &p to H!2 salary negotia%le+ This position is a part o* F&(e Medical )ealth 4ystems and I have al'ays 'anted to 'or( *or F&(e since they provide care *or my da&ghter+ I had a great e6perience 'ith them caring *or my da&ghter and the *acilities are very clean and organi5ed+ I plan to earn an Associate Fegree in Applied )ealth 4cience in Medical Assisting at ECPI+ ECPI o**ers certi*ications that 'ill help me in my goal to %ecome a Medical Assistant and 'or( *or F&(e )ealth 4ystems one day+ I had *o&nd t'o 'e%sites that provided in*ormation on ho' to prepare a res&me to s&%mit *or a position my career *ield+ http388'''+'i(iho'+com8.rite-aRes&me-*or-a-Medical-Assistant-:o% and http388'''+'i(iho'+com8.rite-a-Res&me-*or-aMedical-Assistant-:o% The challenges that I may *ace at ECPI is in my math s(ills I do not li(e math m&ch %&t I (no' that I can do it 'ith the help *rom my instr&ctor, t&toring and hard 'or(+ I plan to achieve my goal o* getting my degree+ This class Essential *or 4&ccess I *eel is a great help+ I have not 'ritten o&tlines, research papers, po'er points or re*reshed my res&me in a long time+ This class de*initely helps me 'ith all o* that in 'hich 'ill help me in the long r&n 'ith my career goal+ The %ene*its 'ill %e so great *or me and my *amily+ Faytime ho&rs and no 'ee(ends at 'or( 'ill give me more time to spend 'ith *amily and no long days o* 'or(ing+ In ta(ing this class and getting my degree at ECPI 'ill open me &p *or %igger opport&nities *or my li*e+ I 'ill %e a%le to change my career *rom non-pro*it to a career in the healthcare *ield and there is a 'ide range o* opport&nity and this 'o&ld %e an increase in salary *or me+ In 'hich my *amily 'o&ld %ene*it greatly+

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In concl&sion, I have learned a lot *rom my research on %ecoming a medical assistant+ I am s&re more than ever that this 'o&ld %e the type o* career I 'o&ld li(e to %e in and %e happy doing it+ I chose to go to a school that 'o&ld help me 'or( to'ard this goal and I0m s&re that ECPI 'ill give me the tools I need to %e s&ccess*&l in it+ I am a people person and I li(e to see people %e in good health and I 'o&ld love the opport&nity to 'or( in a *ield that I can %e a part o* to ma(e that happen+ I0m on my 'ay to %ecoming a medical assistant really soon and that ma(e me so pro&d to accomplish this goal and %e on my 'ay to %ecoming a R soon in the *&t&re+

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References: ECPI Library Safari Books online: Top 100 Health Care Careers, (2010 ! Thir" E"ition: E"ith #is$hnit%er& Sa'l #is$hnit%er: (IST P'blishin) *reat (obs for E+eryone ,0- by .erry Hannon, (2012 P'blisher (ohn #iley / Sons #EBP0*E 12 #EBSITE http388career-advice+monster+com8res&mes-cover-letters8res&me-samples8sample-res&memedical-assistant8article+asp6 http388'''+'i(iho'+com8.rite-a-Res&me-*or-a-Medical-Assistant-:o% https:33s4obs!brassrin)!$o53T*#EbHost34ob"etails!asp67 4o8019,,/partneri":2,01;/sitei":,1;2/$o"es:I<=bI" http388'''+'i(iho'+com8.rite-a-Res&me-*or-a-Medical-Assistant-:o%