Monday, August 17, 2009

Online Medical Assistant Study

Online Study for Medical Assistants

It is already possible for those aspiring to have another career in the medical field to study at a lesser cost than taking up a course in Nursing. In fact, I know someone who works as a medical assistant now and she was glad that she chose it over nursing. Working people taking a second course in Nursing is very common in our country since the demand for nurses have increased the past several years. Now, the nurses in our country have grown so much in number such that most of them have not landed a job since passing the Nursing Board Exam. Just the other month, more than 30,000 new nurses have been added to the statistics.

This is why some have opted to enroll in less expensive courses such as those for medical assistants. Everyone knows that a course in Nursing can be very expensive especially now that the government has extended it to become a 5-year course. Most students take up nursing in the hope of being able to get a good job as nurses abroad so that they can earn big salaries. But some have made wiser choices because they realized that they could earn as much without having to enroll in an expensive course in Nursing.

Some even made a wiser choice by studying through a medical assistant school online. One of the schools that I know is St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants. Studying online has the benefit of convenience for students because they can simply do it at home without having to spend fare and allowances unlike going to a real school.

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