Student Medical Assistant Skills
Assessing MA Student
Skills
Along with the responsibility of training and supervising
their medical assistants, the medical assistant's employer must
also take on responsibility for adequate quality control when
assigning tasks, especially in the back office's clinical
areas.
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As
you already know, working
medical assistants, as well as
recent
graduates from
vocational
training programs should seek
certification as soon as possible
to succeed!
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Different
Avenues To Learn The Job
The path to success begins with your education and training.
Formal training in a medical assisting program is NOT always
required. There still are many employers, usually physicians
with their own private practice, who prefer to train their
medical assistants according to their specific needs. To reach
proficiency in the profession approved training, clinical
supervision, expert instruction and continued professional
development is essential.
ATTENTION: It must be clearly understood
that medical assistants MUST always stay within their scope of
practice regardless of their level of training Medical
assistants must practice ONLY methods and procedures that are
commonly accepted in their profession, and in which they were
properly trained. The student medical
assistant's role and responsibilities must be clearly
communicated, and performance should be periodically
assessed.
On IV Therapy Training
Revised CAAHEP standards and guidelines for Medical
Assisting Educational Programs indicate that the curriculum of
an accredited program must now include the principles of IV
therapy.
According to the AAMA, a medical assistant is allowed to
place an IV line, initiate an IV line, and administer IV
medications after having received PROPER training (ONLY!), and
only as permitted by their particular state law.
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