Clinical Medical Assistants are instrumental in helping patients feel at ease in the doctor's office and often explain the physician's instructions. If you have good communication skills and are often appreciated for your caring manner, then you might be well suited for a career in clinical medical assisting. Clinical Medical Assisting is also one of the nation's fastest growing careers.

Do you like helping others?
Do you have an interest in health and medicine?
Do you like variety in your job?
Would you like to enter a career in an expanding field?

Clinical Medical Assistants can expect to work in doctor's offices and clinics and have a great amount of variety in their jobs. Clinical Medical Assistants are cross-trained to perform administrative and clinical duties to include:

• Taking medical histories
• Explaining treatment procedures to patients
• Preparing patients for exams
• Assisting the physician during exam
  
• Collecting, preparing, and performing laboratory procedures on specimens
• Instructing patients about medications and special diets
• Preparing and administering medications as directed by a physician
• Authorizing prescription refills as directed
• Drawing blood
• Taking electrocardiograms (ECGs)
• Removing sutures and changing dressings
• Answering telephone and scheduling appointments
• Arranging hospital admissions and lab services
• Medical coding and filling out insurance forms

Training:

The Clinical Medical Assistant program will cover anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, clinical and laboratory procedures, pharmaceutical principles, medication administration, first aid, medical coding and insurance, and medical law and ethics.

Applicants need a high school diploma or equivalent to sit for the National Certification Exam.

In addition to the classroom, students will complete an unpaid externship at completion of the course material. In cooperation with physicians and allied health agencies, the advanced student is assigned to a specific location. The student will be under the direct supervision of someone in that facility who will direct, evaluate, and supervise the students training within that facility.

Employers prefer to hire certified applicants who have passed a national examination indicating that the clinical medical assistant meets certain standards of competence. The National Healthcareer Association awards the CCMA (Certified Clinical Medical Assistant) credential. This exam can be taken at the end of the course curriculum. This program also qualifies students to be certified in Phlebotomy and EKG.

Earnings:

The earnings of clinical medical assistants vary, depending on experience, skill level, and location. The median annual income for medical assistants ranged from $27,430 to $38,490 in May 2007.

Profession Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

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