Online Medical Assistants Program
by Noor Ashraaf
Medical Assistants should never be confused with Physician assistants, who examine, diagnose, and treat patients under the direct supervision of a physician.Medical Assistant perform administrative works, such as help to update patients records, fill out insurance forms and arrange hospital admission and laboratory services.Secondly is doing clinical tasks such as taking medical histories and recording vital signs, explaining treatment procedures to patients and preparing patients for examinations.Finally medical assistant will report to office manager, physician or other health practiotioner for an example, alternative medicine for them to proceed their diagnosis.All medical assistant must be well trained in a proper medical assistant school, as it is required in certain state law, although some state would just simply accept medical assistant from junior colleges or vocational-technical high schools, it is still not as good as a certified medical assistant schools. Certification from these schools have their own standards of competence which allow the students to be one of the best medical assistant.St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants offers a convenient method to earn a medical assistant certificate in as little as 6-8 weeks.They provide Medical Assistant Program Classes online. Students are also exposed to online medical assistant clinical labs where they can use the virtual lab for their studies. Although everything is online, the students are still required to buy a medical assistant textbook. According to the St. Augustine website MedAssistant.org, employment opportunities are very high after students receive their certificate as medical assistants are projected to account for a very large number of new jobs, which is a rapidly growing sector of the health care industry.
