The answer depends on your state and possibly your job site. For instance, in New York Medical Assistants may not administer medications except if they work with developmentally disabled people.
Thaw America Medical Association recommends keeping medical records for how many years
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the estimated mean annual wage for Physical Therapist Assistants as of May 2008 is, $46,300. This would amount to $22.26 an hour.
New Grads w/o certification 11.00 in many major hospitals. Private offices less than 11.00. W/ certification hospitals 12.00
with certification 13.00 an hour with experience. Private offices less than 13.00 and many don't offer medical benefits.
Physician is a qualified doctor.medical assistant is a person who assists to physician during consultation.example he receives patients and enter names in medical records and take them to doctors consultation room and guide patients regarding medical tests prescribed by the physician.
What exactly do you mean by risks of medical assistant? It really depends on where you are working. In any medical job you have many occupational hazards because of being around sick people, needles, medications etc. I don't know if that answers your question or not. :/ However, that is really the only risk that I can think of.
I am trying to find answers on Dr. M. Mandl who started the first school for Medical assistants
The difference between a medical assistant and a medical technician is that an assistant has more responsibilities than a technician does. A medical technicians main duties are to check the vitals of patients.
Externships are a great way for medical students to get vital hands on experience in the medical field of their choice. There are many fantastic organizations that will work with you place you in hospitals or clinics that fit your long term career goals.
Those organizations will also help you get your credentials and applications in order.
Help the doctors? Essentially the MA is in charge of documenting, checking in patients, Vital Signs, possibly lab draws.
An Administrative Medical Assistant would be a well-paid secretary, perhaps to a teaching physician or a hospital administrator. A Medical Records Clerk would do clerical work, filing and pulling medical records, perhaps placing the transcribed medical records on the patient's chart, answering the phone, general clerical work, not very high paying. A medical assistant can do the functions of a medical records clerk if there is no records clerk in the office but a records clerk could not perform certain duties of a medical assistant.
to care about people because if dont care about the patients you should not be in this field
Often, an administration assistant will work to perform the secretarial and ministerial duties that were once held by individuals known as secretaries or office assistants. These duties can be clerical in nature.
Step back and let the doctor do his or her job.
You can go to medical school with any degree. You just have to take the basic science courses, take the MCAT, apply to med school and get accepted. In fact, most of my friends who have worked as medical office assistants got their inspiration to continue it to a medical school coming from their past job. Now they are very successful in their career and in helping people. I think it is rather going to be much easier to blend in the medical field since you already have a good experience in the industry with your medical assistant degree. In fact if you can do it, you can even be a working student.
I am trying to find out the answer to this question, not answer it!
Clinical Medical Assistant (CMA). COURSE PREREQUISITE(S): High School Diploma , GED , Entrance Test. PROGRAM DURATION: 3-4 Months