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What Does A Pediatric Medical Assistant Do?

The healthcare field is full of diverse opportunities for people who have a passion for helping others. If you are drawn towards caring for children, then working as a pediatric medical assistant could be the right path to choose. Individuals in this career help deliver care to people under the age of 18, from infants

Clinical Procedures a Medical Assistant Can Perform

Medical assistants perform a mix of both administrative and clinical duties. While they don’t diagnose patients, prescribe medications or do surgery, they are expected to be able to perform some procedures and assist the physician or nurse as needed. If you’re thinking about starting a career as a medical assistant, it’s important to know ahead

Age Spectrum: Compare and Contrast Pediatrics and Elder Care Medical Assisting

Medical assistants encounter patients of all ages, from one week to 100 year olds. In some ways, pediatric and geriatric patients are very different. But in other ways, they’re very similar. It helps to understand what your experience might be like across the age spectrum, so that you can seek out jobs catered to your

Benefits of Taking a Medical Assistant Externship

Most medical assistants currently working in the field started in the same place – a reputable program. But not every student has the benefit of a medical externship. As an extern, you’ll use classroom learning to assist you in developing real-world skills that will help prepare you for employment after graduation. Here’s a look at

Breaking Down the Duties of a Medical Assistant

When preparing for a rewarding career as a medical assistant, you must be ready to handle a variety of responsibilities in the fast-paced world of healthcare. Between clerical and administrative tasks, you will play a key role in the smooth and efficient operation of the hospital, doctor’s office or other medical facility you work in.

Pediatric Medical Assistants: a Growing Trend

Your medical assistant degree from Prism Career Institute is only the beginning of a promising career in the field, and it can take you into many different areas of specialty. One area on the rise is pediatrics, which in recent years has been hiring more and more medical assistants to work with children of all

Top 5 Career Tracks for a Medical Assistant

The career paths for medical assistants are plentiful, and while some opportunities for advancement require a higher education degree, some don’t call for a degree at all. Here, Prism Career Institute outlines the potential career tracks available for medical assistants that can be obtained with clinical training at a career training school. 1.Administrative Medical Assistant

Always Changing: Keeping Ahead of the Medical Assistant Field

Medical assisting is a rewarding field. Every day, you get to make a positive impact on the lives of others just by doing what you love. Like other industries, the medical assistant field is always changing, and it can be hard to keep up with all the technological and methodological advancements being made. Fortunately, there

The Art of Recordkeeping

As an aspiring administrative medical assistant, recordkeeping will likely take up the majority of your time while on the job. But what exactly are medical records, and just how important is recordkeeping in the grand scheme of healthcare? Prism Career Institute explains below. What Are Medical Records? A medical record contains the medical history of

Help Patients Understand Their Medication and Health Requirements

As a current or aspiring medical assistant, you may be one of the last people patients see on the way out of the hospital, clinic, doctor’s office or other healthcare facility where you work. For this reason, it’s of the utmost importance to ensure that your patients understand their medications, treatment regimen and other components