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The number of contact hours that a certified MA must accumulate in a 5-year period in order to re-certify.
What is 60 hours?
Kendra works as a medical assistant at Baker Medical Associates, a group of five physicians. She has been asked to help the physicians analyze the practice and suggest potential areas for improvement. This task would be classified as an __________.
What is advanced administrative duty?
Marco is a medical assistant at Plymouth General Hospital. When he reports for work this morning, his supervisor asks him to draw blood for STAT (immediate) laboratory tests for Bertha Grover in room 3114. This task would be classified as an ____.
What is entry-level clinical duty?
This healthcare professionals have a 4-year degree and specialize in areas such as blood banking, microbiology, and chemistry.
What is Medical Laboratory Scientists?
A medical assistant who assists in a dialysis unit probably works with which type of physicians.
What is a Nephrologist?
The expectations for MA have increased because...
What is of the changes in healthcare and availability of more formal training?
Formal training programs in medical assisting __________.
What is last 9 mths to 2 years and award a certificate, diploma, or associate degree?
This task is not considered in the scope of practice for an allied healthcare professional (or medical assistant).
What is making judgments or interpretations concerning a patient's diagnosis?
This health professional assists the psychiatric team by observing behavior and providing information to help in planning therapy.
What is mental health technician?
The education and licensing process for a physician who wishes to become board-certified in a specialty can take how many years to complete?
What is 9-12 years?
The organization that awards the RMA credential.
What is AMT (American Medical Technologists)?
Darryl is a medical assistant who works in a small facility that could offer him many different kinds of responsibilities, if he had the proper training, so his goal is to become a multiskilled health professional. He wants to expand his knowledge to become a certified medical assistant and a coding specialist, and maybe an administrative health assistant. He realizes that if he becomes credentialed in all of these areas, the continuing education requirements will be quite large. Which credentialing organizations would you recommend to Darryl?
What is National Association for Healthcare Professionals (NAHP)?
A professional who has studied the chemical and physical qualities of drugs and dispenses medication to the public is a __________.
What is a pharmacist?
Lynda has been losing weight and just doesn't look well. You ask her if she is ill, and she confides that she has an ongoing problem with diarrhea and abdominal cramping. Her family practitioner found no major problems and told her to try over-the-counter anti-diarrheal medicine. She is thinking about seeing a specialist, but she is not sure which type of specialist she needs. Which of the following healthcare professionals would you recommend?
What is a Gastroenterologist?
A disorder related to the functioning of the stomach and intestines is treated by a(n) __________.
The independent agency that certifies the validity of competency and knowledge of the medical profession through examination and awards designations, such as the National Certified Medical Assistant, is the __________.
What is National Center for Competency Testing?
Which organization accredits private postsecondary institutions and programs that prepare students for entry into the medical assisting profession?
What is Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools?
This health professional uses modalities such as electricity, heat, cold, ultrasound, massage, and exercise to restore function and relieve pain after a patient’s injury.
What is a physical therapist?
This type of physician specialist reads electrocardiograms (ECGs) for hospital laboratories.
What is a cardiologist?
An allied health professional trained to draw blood for diagnostic laboratory testing is a __________.
What is a phlebotomist?
An example of an administrative duty for a medical assistant is __________.
What is creating and maintaining patient medical records?
The following organizations offers certification exams for Certified Medical Assistant, Coding Specialist, and Administrative Health Assistant.
What is NAHP?
Insurance companies refer to which group of physicians as primary care physicians.
What is family practitioners and internists?
A registered nurse who graduated from a 2-year junior college nursing program is a(n) __________.
What is an associate degree nurse?
This organization developed and established the safety requirements known as National Patient Safety Goals.
What is the The Joint Commission (TJC).