Got laid off from work due to the current economic downturn?
Well, you can now kick off the recession blues away.Learn a skill and get hired as a Medical Assistant in just 6 to 8 weeks! St. Augustine Educational Services now offers a Medical Assistant Home Study Program. Known as the St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants, the program is a formal online certificate training course designed to train you to be an integral part of today's health care teams.In the past, medical assistants were trained-on-the-job medical support staff without a specific group identity. Medical assistants have traditionally held jobs almost exclusively in ambulatory care centers, urgent care facilities, and clinics. Today, Medical Assistants now find employment in both private and public hospitals, as well as inpatient and outpatient facilities. Medical Assistants are health care workers who perform the administrative and clinical tasks that keep the offices of licensed health practitioners running smoothly.
St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants is a convenient and affordable online distance education program where you can finish the entire course at your own pace and time. The course outline includes subjects on Medical Terminology, Human Body Planes, Basic Human Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Office Professionalism, Patient Communication, Medical Records, Basic Medical Law, Scheduling Appointments, Medical Billing and Insurance Claims, Infection Control, Surgical Instruments, Emergency Care, Clinical Equipment, Patient History and Physicals, EKG and Lab Testing, Specimen Collection and Lab Safety, Introduction to Patient Medications. They also provide online training in intoductory laboratory skills and basic clinical tasks for medical assistants to include Virtual Phlebotomy Lab (Collecting a Blood Sample), Virtual Injection Lab , Medication injections, Measuring A Pulse, Introduction to CPR and Basic Ultrasound.
