All Things Medical

Certified Medical Assistants are valuable healthcare professionals that may work in physicians’ offices, hospitals, rural health clinics, and other healthcare facilities. In this online medical assistant course, you’ll go beyond foundational knowledge to learn the skills needed to excel in many healthcare settings. Some of the skills you will gain include:

• -Understand basic human anatomy and principles of human disease

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  -Comply with healthcare regulations and medical law (HIPAA, OSHA, CMS) as it applies to patient privacy and security, infection control, health, human services, etc.
• -Interact and communicate efficiently in a healthcare facility with proper use of medical terminology, written and oral
• -Gain an understanding of pharmacology and medication administration
• -Obtain patient history, promote effective patient-centered communication, and provide patient education and resources to support patient welfare
• -Gain knowledge of laboratory and diagnostic techniques, handling laboratory specimens, specimen collection, and processing methods
• -Obtain and record vital signs, prepare patients for examinations, aid in inpatient treatments, and assist with patient procedures
• -Perform cardiopulmonary testing, electrocardiogram (EKG/ECG), and other diagnostic tests