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Medical Assisting Fundamentals: A Guide to Certification and Professionalism, Exams of Nursing

A comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of medical assisting, focusing on certification requirements, professional attributes, and career opportunities. It explores the role of the certified medical administrative specialist (cmas) and the history of the american association of medical assistants (aama). The document also highlights the importance of continuing education and the benefits of graduating from a caahep or abhes accredited program. It includes a series of questions and answers that test the reader's understanding of key concepts.

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2023/2024

Available from 12/16/2024

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Chapter 1- Medical Assistant

Fundamentals

with standards and guidelines are stated by CAAHEP allows a medical assisting program to obtain programmatic certification. - correct answer ✔Compliance Demonstrating _____ is a key to being a successful medical assistant. - correct answer ✔Professionalism Medical assistants' find employment most often in ______. - correct answer ✔Ambulatory Care Setting Degrees available in medical assisting include ____ and ____ degrees. - correct answer ✔Associate's and Bachelor's Medical assistants are certified, but they do not hold a _____. - correct answer ✔License Successfully obtaining certification demonstrates ___ as a medical assistant. - correct answer ✔Competency An externship, or _____, is an opportunity for the student to apply classroom knowledge and skills in a real-world medical setting. - correct answer ✔Practicum Integrity, responsibility, and compassion are ____ that are necessary for a medical assistant. - correct answer ✔Attributes

Define ethics. - correct answer ✔Ethics is a system of values that every individual has determined to be right or wrong. What are the benefits of certification? - correct answer ✔By get the certification you are able to find a job very easily because employee's see that Medical Assistant is excited to be in that field and can potentially move up and up on the ladder. Being certificated gives a huge benefit to new Medical Assistants. Describe continuing education activities. - correct answer ✔Some Medical Assist after receiving their diploma decide to go on to get their associates degree which is two years or go get their bachelor's degree which is a total of 4 years. List any five attributes of professionalism. - correct answer ✔1. Communication

  1. Competency
  2. Presentation
  3. Initiative
  4. Integrity Describe the role of a Certified Medical Administrative Specialist. - correct answer ✔-You are able to find Certified Medical Administrative Specialists in hospitals, clinics, and medical offices.
  • The CMAS have many skills in medical records management, coding and billing for insurance, practice finance management, information processing, and fundamental management practices. The CMAS are required to coordinate the office functions in the health setting. Describe the history of the organization known as the American Association of Medical Assistants. - correct answer ✔Due to the first line is nurses AAMA

found that they needed to have more assistance so they has Medical Assistants be trained where they could nurse-like work and help in more areas in the medical field. Since being a Medical Assist, you are able to multitask in and perform clinical work successfully. The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Statistics, lists medical assisting as the fastest-growing allied health profession. Name eight settings where medical assistants are usually employed. - correct answer ✔a. clinics, b. medical laboratories, c. insurance companies, d. government agencies, e. pharmaceutical companies, f. educational institutions, g. surgical centers, h. urgent-care facilities, i. electrocardiography (ECG or EKG) departments j. pharmaceutical companies How does the American Association of Medical Assistants describe its members? - correct answer ✔AAMA describers Medical Assistants as "multiskilled members of the health care team who perform administrative and clinical procedures under the supervision of licensed health care providers." State the benefits of graduating from a program accredited by either CAAHEP or ABHES. - correct answer ✔- CAAHEP: Will help to prepare the student to enter the profession.

  • ABHES: Will help for the employers to see that you are qualified and meet the requirements for the profession and help to improve the program.

What are some of the benefits that medical clinics receive as a result of being a practicum site? - correct answer ✔-Students are able to take the knowledge that they just learned from the classroom and apply that to real- world medical types setting. -Will also help to build your resume and build a stronger relationship with fellow classmates and future colleagues. -They will also be able to gain more knowledge and skill while they are in the practicum instead of just being through right in. The practicum can benefit in possible job placement. AAMA - correct answer ✔American Association of Medical Assistants ACA - correct answer ✔Affordable Care Act AMT - correct answer ✔American Medical Technologists CCMA - correct answer ✔Certified Clinical Medical Assistant CMAA - correct answer ✔Certified Medical Administrative Assistant CMA - correct answer ✔Certified Medical Assistant NHA - correct answer ✔National Healthcare Association RMA - correct answer ✔Registered Medical Assistant

Which term describes stepping into a patient's place, discovering what the patient is experiencing, and then recognizing and identifying with those feelings? - correct answer ✔Empathy Which of the following statement(s) best describe(s) the professional medical assistant? - correct answer ✔-The medical assistant has good written and oral communication skills. -The medical assistant looks and acts professional at all times -The medical assistant is aware of the scope of practice and stays within the legal boundaries. -The medical assistant assists the provider in all areas of the ambulatory care setting. Which term describes a system of values that each individual has that determines perceptions of right and wrong? - correct answer ✔Ethics In what way does a medical assistant display his or her professional attitude?

  • correct answer ✔By helping patients in a friendly and empathetic manner Which of the following contributes to a professional appearance? - correct answer ✔Good nutrition and exercise, Healthy looking skin, teeth, and nails, Daily showering and use of deodorant How does a medical assistant become involved with his or her professional organization? - correct answer ✔-By attending local chapter or state meetings -By attending a national conference or state convention
  • By joining his or her national organization -By offering to serve on a local, state, or national committee

Courses in a professional medical assisting program include a complement of general knowledge classes such as anatomy and physiology and which of the following? - correct answer ✔Medical Terminology Which of the following terms describes regulation for health care providers that is legislated by each state and is mandatory in order to practice? - correct answer ✔Licensure and Certification The period in which a student is able to apply his or her newly acquired skills as a medical assistant prior to graduation is known as which of the following?

  • correct answer ✔Practicum The medical assistant is educated in which of the following settings? - correct answer ✔Classroom and Laboratory