Medical Assisting Careers Danielle Abstract: After obtaining the Associates of Applied Science in Medical Assisting degree from Kaplan University one has many career path opportunities that they can become gainfully employed in. Follows is a look at the different specialties one can work in, the type of national certifications that are available to sit for, the average salaries of the field, current issues within the field, how my own personality aligns with the required personalities, my career goals and how Kaplan University’s Career Services can help me obtain those goals. Medical Assisting Career Overview The Associates of Applied Science in Medical Assisting degree at Kaplan University will prepare one to be successful in the medical assisting profession. The medical assisting field opens the door to numerous careers assisting different types of doctors within the medical field. Some potential career paths include physician office or clinic assisting, hospital setting medical assisting, optometry assisting, and chiropractic assisting.
Introduction Becoming a Medical Assistant (MA) comes with a lot of hard work, dedication and last but not least, responsibilities not only to the physicians or staff but mostly to the patients. The responsibilities include handling the medical care and the administrative tasks. The main responsibility however, is being able to treat the patients and treat them with the care they are needed at that time. As a Medical Assistant, you can find employment within the health care industry such as doctor offices, hospitals, or private or government health care centers. While pursuing a diploma in Medical Assisting you have to know what the prerequisites are in order to become certified and/or licensed Medical Assistant.
Research Paper- CHE125 Allison Leigeb The medical field is one of the most important aspects of our society today. It’s a fact that there will always be a need for medical attention and healthcare, no matter the state of the economy or the size of a population. The two careers I decided to research are both in the medical field, and both are stable jobs that have an ultimate goal of helping people heal. They are an orthopedic surgeon and a physician’s assistant. I have personal experience with learning about these two jobs- I shadowed numerous orthopedic sports medicine surgeons and physician’s assistants during my senior year of high school as part as an academic internship.
Create three to five professional goals (for example, “I want to get a job in a health care facility in the emergency services department”), and then complete this outline with those goals in mind. 1. Goal #1 I want to get a job in the Healthcare facility in administration 2. Goal #2 I want to manage my own healthcare facility 3. Goal #3 I want to have my own business in healthcare I. Self-Awareness a.
I have tried to incorporate the model in the essay to facilitate critical thinking and relating theory to practice in the essay. This essay also aims to include a discussion about the knowledge underpinning practice and the evidence base for the requirements of an important clinical skill for the students of nursing. I will also provide a conclusion to the essay which will discuss my reflection skills, acknowledge my insight and competencies gained during the clinical practicum and show my personal and professional development. The clinical skill I have chosen to reflect on within this essay is the management of peripheral intravascular devices (PIDs). My clinical placement was in the day surgery ward of the hospital so I had numerous opportunities of
To become a pediatrician a person must have a diploma or GED, a bachelor’s degree; they must graduate from medical school, complete an internship, pass a state licensing exam, and complete a residency program in pediatrics. To get into medical school a person will need a Bachelor’s degree. Once a person gets into medical school they will be working to earn a Doctor of Medicine degree or a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree. They will spend the first two years of medical school in classrooms and labs studying: anatomy, biochemistry, and medicines. They will also learn how to take a medical history, examine patients, and make a diagnosis.
Medical Assistants are allied health care professionals who works a variety other health practitioner’s such as physicians, podiatrists, and chiropractors, with duties of administration and clinical work. In the beginning Medical Assistants were trained on the job by a physician, however that has then change due to increasing responsibilities and liability issues. Medical Assisting came about when there was a shortage of nurses and physicians where preforming clinical skills of nurses. Physicians had to look for someone else to perform these administration and clinical duties, so physicians began to hire certified medical assistants. To become a medical assistant there are three avenues that you can take a certificate program, diploma program or a degree program.
Health Care Administrator Becoming a Health Care Administrator requires time and dedication. Many responsibilities come along with the position as well as a lot of hard work. They work very closely with medical staff to plan, direct, and coordinate the health care facility to make sure everything is carefully managed. The expected income to be a healthcare administrator can support a family. Expected Income The expected income of being a healthcare administrator is between $80,000-$100,000 a year and varies with a bachelors and masters degree as well experience.
My passion grew towards nursing as I started taking more and more classes. After graduating with nursing degree, I accepted a nursing position in a medical-telemetry unit of a mid-size hospital. Then I have decided to do travel nursing job. With my travel nursing assignments, I had the opportunities to work in different areas like medical surgical, intensive care unit, telemetry, orthopedics, rehabilitation and oncology. Also I had the opportunities to work in a hospice and research clinic through my agency.
Ultra Sonography 11/17/2010 I chose the profession of an Ultra Sonographer. I have been around the medical field my whole life because my mom worked in a hospital for 29 years as a nursing assistant. Then as I came of age I got a job at my mom’s hospital as an administrative assistant where I worked in the Radiology department, it was a great experience. I loved to learn how the machines worked to see what’s going on inside someone’s body whether it was due to pregnancy, or checking patients gall bladder, liver, pancreas, kidneys just to name a few. There are a lot of benefits in working in the medical field as a sonographer.