Medical Assistant
Competency-based
ONET: 31-9092.00
20
Skills
225h
Related instructions
Classroom instruction topics
- Medical Terminology
- Human Biology
- Fundamentals of Pharmacology
- Clinical Medical Assisting
- Computer Applications
On-the-job training
- Communicates with others to collect, share, record and report information properly
- Schedules appointments
- Greets and logs in patients at office or clinic
- Determines and records medical history and reason for current appointment/visit/procedure
- Provides patient instructions, information and education
- Phones, faxes or uses electronic system to order or refill prescriptions
- Manages "front end" of medical office
- Collects payments or co-payments and bills insurance companies
- Maintains office files
- Properly codes medical diagnoses, treatments and therapies for patient billing and third-party payer purposes
- Assists medical professionals and patients during examinations and procedures
- Shows patient to examination or procedure room and prepares them for physician
- Hands instruments to care-providers, as needed, and assists in examinations, treatments and procedures, as needed
- Records notes during exam or procedure
- Carries out basic medical procedures
- Gives injections based on care provider's orders
- Cleans and dresses wounds
- Administers medications per licensed care provider's order
- Removes sutures
- Performs irrigation techniques: ear, eyes, nose, medical tubing, wounds, medical pumps and devices
- Takes vital signs
- Collects and prepares samples for analysis
- Collects samples using sterile techniques
- Performs in-office testing
- Properly labels and sends samples to analytical laboratory
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