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What are the personal attributes for medical assisting?

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empathy, attitude dependability, initiative, flexibility, desire to learn, physical attributes, ability to communicate, ethical behavior

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What is the historical perspective of medical assisting americam association of medical assistants

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accreditation, certification, continuing education

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CAAHEP-entry-level competencies:

Professionalism

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project a professional manner and image

demonstrate initiative and responsibility

work as a member of a health care team

prioritize and perform multiple tasks

adapt to change

promote the CMA credential

enhance skills through continuing education

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ABHES-entry-level competencies

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project a positive attitude

maintain confidentiality at all times

be a team player

be cogmizant of ethical boundaries

exhibit initiative

adapt to change

evidence a responsible attitude

conduct work within scope of education, training and ability

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CAAHEP-entry-level comretencies:

legal concepts

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perform within legal and ethical boundaries

recognize professional credentialing criteria

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ABHES-entry-level competencies:

communication

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be attentive, listen and learn

professional components

allied health professions and credentialing

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AMA

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american medical association

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AAMA

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association of medical assistants was founded in 1956. the first president of the organization was Maxine williams.

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the 1991 AAMA's board of trustees approved the current definition of medical assisting:

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Medical Assisting is an allied fealth profession whose practitioners function as members of the health care delivery team and perform administrative and clinical procedures.

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The AAMA has three major purposes:

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Accreditation
Certification
Continuing education

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CAAHEP

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Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs

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AAMA policy

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any candidate for the AAMA Certification Examination be a graduate of a CAAHEP accredited medical assisting program. this 1998 Amticipated benefits of the recommendation are to: (1) safe guard the quality of care to the comsumer; (2)ensure the CMA's role in the rapidly evolving health care delivery system; and (3) continue to promote the identity and stature of the profession.

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AAMA policy

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any candidate for the AAMA Certification Examination be a graduate of a CAAHEP accredited medical assisting program. this 1998 Amticipated benefits of the recommendation are to: (1) safe guard the quality of care to the comsumer; (2)ensure the CMA's role in the rapidly evolving health care delivery system; and (3) continue to promote the identity and stature of the profession.

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CMA

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Certified Medical Assistant

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AMT

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Americam Nedical Techmologist

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ABHES

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Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools

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CMAS

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Certified Medical Administrative Specialist

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Accreditation

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Process whereby recognition is granted to an educational program for maintaining standards that qualify its graduates for professional practice; to provide with credentials

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Ambulatory care setting

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health care environment where services are provided on an outpatient basis. Ambulatory is from the latin and means capable of walking. examples include the solo physicians office, the group practice, the urgent care center, and the health maintenance organization fornded by medical transcriptionists to promote the profession.

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Attribute

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inherent characteristic

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Bachelor's Degree

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degree of bachelor conferred by colleges and universities

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Certification

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Guarantees as being true or as represented by or as meeting a standard

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Cerified Medical Assistant (CMA)

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a medical assistant who has sucessfully completed the AAMA's national certification examination

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Certified Medical Transcriptionist (CMT)

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recognized professional credential obtained through sucessful completion of both parts of the core certification examination administered by th MTCC at AAMT

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competency

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legally qualified or adequate

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compliance

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conformity in fulfilling official requirements

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credentialed

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testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit or has a right to exercise official power

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cultivate

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to foster the growth of

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dexterity

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skill and ease in using the hands

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diploma

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a document bearing record of graduation from or of a degree conferred by an educational institution

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disposition

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tenperament, character, personality

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empathy

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ability to be objectively aware of and have insight into another's feelings, emotions, and behaviors, and to be aware of the significance and meaning of these to the other person

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externship

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transition stage between the classroom and actual employment; may also be referred to as internship or practicum

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facilitate

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to make an action or process easier

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improvise

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to make, invent, or arrange in an unplanned or spontaneous manner

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integrate

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to incorporate into a larger unit; to form or blend into a whole

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internship

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transition stage between classroom and employment

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license

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permission by competent authority (the state) to engege in a profession; permission to act (CH1) permission statement authorizing the use of copyrighted computer software(ch11)

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licensure

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granting of licenses to practice a profession

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litigious

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prone to engage in lawsuits

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practicum

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transitional stage providing opportunity to apply theory learned in the classroom to a health care setting through practical, hands on experience

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professionalism

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the qualities that characterize or distenguish a professional person who conforms to the technical and ethical standards of the profession

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proprietary

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privately owned and managed facility, a profit making organization

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Registered Medical Assistant (RMA)

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credential awarded for sucessfully passing the AMT examination

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scope of practice

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the range of clinical procedures and activities that are allowed by law for a profession

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AMA

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American Medical Association

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DPM

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Doctor of Podiatric Medicine

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DMS

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diagnostic medical sonographer

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Hippocrates

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Father of medicine

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Sir Alexander Fleming

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discovered penicillin

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DO

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doctor of osteopathy

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Wilhelm Roentgen

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discovered x-rays

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Florence Nightingale

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founder of modern nursing

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Joseph Lister

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asepsis

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AA

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anesthesiologist assistant

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MA

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Medical Assistant

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CLT

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clinical laboratory technician

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OMT

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ophthalmic medical technician

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Clara Barton

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founder of the red cross

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DDS

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Doctor of Dental Surgery

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athletic trainer

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flexibility

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adaptable

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W.T.G. Morton

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introduced ether

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Edward Jenner

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developed smallpox vaccine

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Rene Laennec

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invented stethoscope

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OD

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doctor of optometry

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Louis Pasteur

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father of bacteriology