Career Opportunities

Graduates can seek entry level medical office assisting employment in a variety of settings including:

1. Hospital, Clinic
2. Doctor's Office
3. Nursing Home
4. Medical Supply Buisness
5. Home Healthcare Agency
6. Insurance Company

In 5 years?

I'm excited about medical assisting, and I hope I can go further with a medical career.  I'd like to work at Trident hospital, as a medical office assistant and then further my education in the LPN (liscensed practical

nurse) program.

What part of the program was most interesting to me?

They teach you how to do everything from the paperwork in the front office to the blood draws in the back office.  I prefer the back office, like getting people's vital signs, drawing blood, giving injections.  The paperwork doesn't interest me as much, though it's necessary.  I really like dealing with people most.

Sources for additional information

Medical assistants: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-2011 Edition.

Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES):  7777 Leesburg Pike, Suite 314 N., Falls Church, VA 22043. Phone: (703) 917-4109.

American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA):  20 N. Wacker Dr., Suite 1575, Chicago, IL 60606. Phone: (312) 899-1500.

Abilities, Work Activities, and Work Context

Abilities:

1. Oral Expression
2. Oral Comprehension
3. Problem Sensitivity
4. Speech Clarity
5. Near Vision
6. Speech Recognition
7. Written Ordering
8. Written Expression
9. Deductive Reasoning

Work Activities:

• Documenting/Recording Information
• Assisting and Caring for Others
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Getting Information
• Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
• Indentifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
• Organizing, Planning, and Priortizing Work

Work Context:

1. Telephone
2. Contact With Others
3. Work With Work Group or Team
4. Face-to-Face Discussions
5. Physical Proximity
6. Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
7. Exposed to Disease or Infections
8. Indoors, Enviromentally Controlled
9. Frequency of Decision Making
10. Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge:

• English Language
• Medicine and Dentistry
• Customer and Personal Service
• Clerical
• Psychology
• Public Safety and Security

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Social Perceptiveness
• Monitoring
• Reading Comprehension
• Critical Thinking
• Writing
• Active Learning
• Coordination
• Service Orientation

Tools & Technology

Tools used in this occupation:

1. Hypodermic needles
2. Mercury blood pressure units
3. Nebulizers or axxessories
4. Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
5. Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies

Technology used in this occupation:

1. Accounting software
2. Electronic mail software
3. Medical software
4. Office suit software
5. Operating system software

MOA at work in a clerical setting

Courses Applied To My Career

Health Career Procedure 1 & 2 (B)(C) (Spring 2002)
Concepts of Geriatric Care (B) (Spring 2002)
CPR (S) (Spring 2002)
Keyboarding 105 (B) (Fall 2010)
Psychology 201 & 203 (A) (Fall 2010) ( 203 starts1-10-2011)
Medical Terminology 104 & 119 (B) (Fall 2010) (119 starts 1-10-2011)
Biology 110 (starts 1-10-2011)
Public Speaking 205 (starts 1-10-2011)

The following courses with be completed in the fall and spring of 2011.

Medical Office Management 107 (Med 107)
Medical Business Records 109 (Med 109)
Medical Office Lab Procedures 1and 2 which is 115 and 116 (Med 115 & 116)
Medical Comp Practicum 124 (Med 124)
Clinical Experience 156 (Med 156)
Patient Care Procedures 110 (Ahs 110)
Medical Assisting Pharmacology 112 (Med 112)

You can find a detailed description of each of these courses in the octech course catalog. They are located in the back of the catalog on pages 206-207, 210, 213, 228, 235-236, 243, 248 .  The college website is www.octech.edu.com.

Medical Abbreviations

Pictures of Medical Records

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