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Maintain Medical Assistant Certifications

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Maintaining Medical Assistant Professional Status

Most certified professionals are expected to keep their certification current through a certain amount of approved annual continuing education units (CEU). Certified and/or registered medical assistants can participate in continuing education programs as a benefit of their professional memberships to maintain the status of their credentials. Once lapsed, they will have to take the certification exam all over again to recertify their credentials.

Medical Assistant Continuing Education (CEU)

Certified medical assistants usually wish to keep their credentials once they have earned their "badge" of distinction. This is facilitated through continuing education. When a medical assistant fails to accumulate enough CEU the certification will lapse. The person can continue to work in their role as a medical assistant but they can no longer use the credential until the certification exam has been retaken and passed. This is called re-certification (ugh!).

How does continuing education help?

It keeps the individual current on new developments and trends
shows that the individual is serious about his/her career
provides the necessary assurance of competency
works wonders for the resume
enhances professional development
strengthens patient's confidence
opens the door to new job opportunities and increased earning potential
demonstrates pride in the profession and an ongoing commitment education

Do Medical Assistants Need CEUs?

To receive proper credit to maintain their certification status certified medical assistants must document that they have taken approved continuing education courses that apply to the scope of practice of their discipline while their certification status is active.

Various national or private professional associations that function as certifying bodies determine their own continuing education and recertification requirements. They decide which continuing education courses meet their approval based on their own criteria
Non-certified medical assistants also benefit greatly from participating in continuing education programs! Subject related continuing education courses are an effective means of keeping skills and knowledge current for any professional
Medical assistants should contact their certifying organization and request details of their association's continuing education course approval process and their CEU documentation requirements.

One way to ease the CEU pain is to do them at home through self-study programs, books, magazines, or even better, on your computer.

FREE CEU CME Modules for healthcare Professionals!

UAB—CME / CE Modules (free!)
Hot topics! All free online courses for healthcare professionals

AKH healthcare Online-CE Courses (free!)
Online education courses for healthcare professionals

Community Dispatch (free!)
Continuing medical education courses and free online CEU

Culture Advantage Online CE-Courses (free!)
Continuing Education and Cultural Competency

MMWR Free Continuing Education (free!)
Offered by CDC—Just register and take the exam

Corexcel (free!)
CEU in medical terminology, pharmaceutical and business related programs

Power-Pak C.E.™ (free!)
The source of continuing education for healthcare professionals

Paid CEU CME Modules for healthcare Professionals!

AMT STEP Online CE Program

Articles and on line post-test for each article to be used for continuing education.

NHA Annual CE Program
Each year a new Annual Continuing Education Program is added.

AAMA CEUs (AAMA Members!)
AAMA self-study courses offer topics that range from nutritional issues to collections to health care law and ethics.

LabCE by MediaLab, Inc. (all courses, US $95)
Online CEU courses for AMT certification maintenance.

Most employers demand...
"We want CERTIFICATIONS before we hire!"

While certification is largely voluntary for medical assistants in the USA it is the EMPLOYER who sets the standards when hiring. Most of them want medical assistants who are certified. Unfortunately many medical assistants don't realize that they might already qualify for recognized medical assisting certifications based on their vocational training, military duty, years of experience, or other similar certifications they already have.

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If you want to find out exact details on how and where to take your certification exams just click the above button and you will be instantly taken to our contact form. Your certification information request will be forwarded directly to American Medical Technologists (AMT) who will answer all questions, including how to schedule a testing date.

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