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2.1Discuss healthcare and healthcare trends and their relationship to medical assistant practice.
2.2 Identify medical specialties and specialist certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS).
2.3 Recognize the duties of various allied health professionals with whom medical assistants may work.
2.4 Compare specialty careers that a medical assistant may choose for advancement.
2.5 Differentiate professional associations that relate to healthcare and explain their relationship to the medical assisting profession
According to the American Association of medical assistants medical assistants are health care profesionals that work alongside physicins nurses and other medical professionals in medical offices hospital long term care facilities clinics and ambulatory care facilitis
American board of medical specialities is the recognised leadr in developing and setting the gold standard for physician speciality certificaion in the US the 24 ABMS members board that offer board certification in 4o speciality and 87 sub specialities adhere to rigourous training and assessment standards
Taking medical histories,Explaining treatment procedure, preparing patietns for examination, assisting the physician during exams, collecting and preparing laboratory specimens,performing basic laborotary tests , instructing patient about medications and special diet
With expierience medical assistant can specialixe and move into leadership roles filling another vital health care workforce need by advancing their education they can become heathcare manageras healthcare administrators nurses and more
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