What to Expect In a Medical Assistant Course?

Table of Contents Anatomy, Physiology and CPR Medical office administration Cardiopulmonary system and electrocardiography Bookkeeping and medical financial principles Medical business management Medical risk management Laboratory procedures and clinical assistant Externship There are thousands of medical assisting programs at community colleges and technical schools throughout the country. Each has its own individualized curriculum and may …

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Associate Or Diploma

While there are no educational requirements per se for becoming a medical assistant (MA), most MAs choose to attend specialized MA training programs to learn the skills necessary for excelling at their chosen careers. Two educational avenues are open to you as an aspiring MA: one-year diploma programs and two-year associate degree programs. Which one …

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10 Tips to Avoid Diploma Mills

Diploma mills are not real education or training programs. They only pretend to be, in order to entice the desperate, the frustrated and the eager to get ahead. And who isn’t eager to get ahead when he or she is financially struggling? Diploma mills take advantage of the urgency that is felt in difficult financial and economic situations by offering a fast and easy way to get ahead.