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Education and then Employed Medical Assistant
How Education Leads to Medical Assistant Employment
By Michelle Louis
One of the best advantages you can give yourself in your career is an education. There are wide arrays of schools that will give you the tools that you need to succeed with a medical assistant career. According to health statistics the demand for assistants in medical offices has skyrocketed over the past 20 years.
Medical Assistant School Leads To Higher Salary
If you’ve decided to go to a medical assistant school, you have most likely decided to get your certification as well. One of the great things about actually attending a medical assistant school is that you will actually have a chance to get a better salary compared to someone who did not attend medical assistant school. Medical assistant school will prepare for everything you may encounter once you get into the workforce.
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Things To Consider When Choosing A Medical Assistant School
How To Choose A Medical Assistant School
Now that you’ve decided to attend medical assistant school, you must figure out which one to attend. Going to google and searching medical assistant schools will lead you to a ton of information and different schools. Which is the best medical assistant school to attend? How should you choose a medical assistant school? Read the rest of this entry »
Top 7 Skills of a Medical Assistant
7 Must Have Skills of A Medical Assistant
Blood Pressure
This is a very important skill that all medical assistants must possess. Blood pressure is one of the main things you will do in a clinic along with height and weight. Not only will it be a medical necessity and helps to gauge the patient’s health it can also be a billing issue. For billing purposes most new patient consults or even self-referrals require a blood pressure to be taken to make the medical history complete. The blood pressure process has gotten so easy today. Most offices use electronic blood pressure machines. But, you can’t rely on these. Some patients will have you take their blood pressure two to three times and still not agree with it, so a manual reading needs to be done. Also you may have a patient with a large arm that may not fit the regular cuff, so you need to get the extra large manual cuff and take the reading.
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