Chapter 1: Administrative Medical Assistant
Chapter 2: Medical Ethics, Law, and Compliance
Office Communications – Verbal and Nonverbal
Office Communication, Phone, Scheduling, and Mail
Chapter 1 and 2
100

Chapter 1: Administrative Medical Assistant

What are charts or medical files?

100

The standard of conduct that grows out of one’s understanding of right and wrong is known as this.

What are ethics?

100

At the beginning of the communication cycle, this person organizes the message

Who is the sender?

100

 The traditional channel of initial communication in a medical office is this.

What is the telephone

100

 Which action can office staff take to build goodwill between the patient and the physician?

What is lifting patient spirits?

200

The most common type of communication in medical offices is this?

What is electronic communication?

200

What is considered to be one response to the bioethical issue of life sustainment without patient consent?

What is creating a living will?

200

The chosen method for transmitting a message is called this

What is the channel?

200

 What should always be done prior to placing a call on hold?

What is ask permission?

200

 Choose the most common place of employment for an administrative medical assistant.

What is a physician’s practice?

300

All students in an accredited medical assistant program are required to master this many areas of competence

What are three areas of competence

300

Another name for etiquette is this

What are good manners?

300

 Expressing ideas through words and gestures is known as this

What is encoding?

300

 What is the most appropriate action if a caller has been on hold for more than 30 seconds?

What is ask if they wish to continue holding?

300

The relationship between the physician and the patient starts when the patient does this

What is goes to the physician for care?*

400

The administrative medical assistant needs which of the following math skills: addition, subtraction, percentage calculation?

What are all of these?

400

Who is called the father of modern medicine?

Who is Hippocrates?

400

A barrier to effective communication is this

What is inactive listening?

400

Which of the following calls should NOT be handled by taking a message: a call from a patient, a call from a pharmacy, or a call from another physician?

What is a call from another physician?

400

At times, a written contract is provided. This is called a(n) _____ contract.

What is expressed

500

This type of scheduling is popular because of its ease

What is electronic scheduling

500

The law as it applies to standards of acceptable care is known as this.

What is medical jurisprudence?

500

 One of the most visible and expressive parts of the body is this

What is the face?

500

After taking a message regarding a patient’s care, the assistant should do this

What is pull the patient chart?

500

What does CC stand for?

Chief Complaint 

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