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Title: How To Become A Medical Assistant


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How To Become A Medical assistant
  • Medical assistants usually works on
    physicians office to perform administrative and
    clinical tasks. These include monitoring
    patients vital signs, scheduling patients
    appointments, maintaining patients records.
  • Education Background
  • It is suggested to have a science background
    specially in biology or chemistry. To become a
    medical assistant, you should have a high school
    diploma or general education diploma (GED).

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How To Become A Medical assistant
  • But many states doesnt require to have any
    degree to get into this profession. On-the-job
    training is the best way to get admission as a
    medical assistant.
  • 1 year certification or diploma programs can
    be found from community colleges, vocational
    schools or universities.
  • Training
  • On-the-job training may include teaching
    medical terminology, names of the instruments,
    how to do daily tasks, interaction with patients
    and tasks that help run

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How To Become A Medical assistant
  • Office smoothly. Depending on the teaching
    facility, the training process may take several
    months.
  • Certification
  • Though certification is not necessary to get
    hired as a medical assistant, many organizations
    prefer certified medical assistants to work with.
  • Salary
  • In 2010, the annual salary of a medical
    assistant was 28, 860. It varies depending upon
    the states, experience, skills etc.

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How To Become A Medical assistant
  • Job Growth
  • Medical assistant is a fastest growing
    industry than other occupations. Due to increase
    in number of clinics, health care systems, the
    demand for medical assistants to perform clinical
    and administrative tasks would increase.
  • Read more about How to become a trained
    medical assistant at online cna training classes
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