The medical assistant performing in a doctor’s office, under the responsibility of one or more physicians, tasks that revolve around four main areas: the reception of patients and management appointments, the administrative duties, the assistance of practitioners, laboratory work and radiology.
Their main activities are:
1- Home and Consultation receive telephone calls, analyze requests, if necessary with the doctor’s advice, set appointments; accommodate patients, install, reassure them, help them prepare for the various examinations provided; performed on request of the physician, electrocardiograms, voltage measurements, weighing, etc..; prepare the instruments for the medical examination; perform blood tests and injections; assist physicians during certain care or minor surgery: laying of plasters, bandages, sutures, drug delivery, etc..;
2- Administration maintain the register of patients; complete correspondence (letters and reports dictated by physicians), billing and accounting; prepare orders to be signed by the physician; order supplies in the office (dressings, medicines, chemicals for the laboratory, forms, orders, bills of insurance or analysis, etc.).
3- Laboratory and Radiology blood tests (coagulation, hemoglobin, red blood cell count or white, etc.). perform and develop X-rays of chest, limbs and extremities; perform chemical-clinical analysis (eg determination of sugar, urea, cholesterol, protein, etc.). maintain and sterilize instruments and ensure the proper functioning of the devices. According to the specialization of the firm where they work (general internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology, orthopedics, etc..), The medical assistant or medical assistant perform some or all of the tasks described. In medical centers or hospitals, they are sometimes subjected to irregular hours, to ensure the permanence.
– Qualifications Calm and cool Courtesy and tact discretion Hygiene and cleanliness Interest in medical Interest in the administrative Timeliness Organizational skills.
– Improvement Medical assistants may consider the following improvements: assistance during the consultation, radiology, first aid, laboratory, etc.. organized by theARAM; courses and lectures on natural medicines, the verbal and nonverbal communication, psychology, etc.. organized by the ARAM; courses offered by pharmaceutical companies and laboratories (hematology, clinical chemistry, chest, etc.). Diploma of Ambulance-era ES, technician-ES does in biomedical analysis, technician-notin the operating room ES, 3 years of full-time, various locations in western Switzerland; Federal patent advisor era in respiratory diseases and tuberculosis, modular training, Lausanne; federal certificate of medical coding specialist, Cully; Federal Certificate of diagnostic neurophysiological specialist; Bachelor of Science HES-SO in midwifery, nursing, nutrition and dietetics, physiotherapy,occupational therapy, medical radiation technology, three years of full-time study, various locations in western Switzerland. Opportunities in the health sector are no longer limited to traditional health professions.Health facilities will need thousands more trained staff over the coming years to keep pace with the aging population of most industrialized countries, this is especially the United States, where control costs has become a major policy concern. This creates a boom in employment opportunities for non-health professionals such as licensed medical assistant.A career as a medical assistant is often very rewarding and professional practice for rogue interested in helping with patient care. Often, many assistants advance in medical education and earn degrees in traditional health care in the medical field or nursing. A medical assistant usually perform many administrative tasks, including answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patient medical records, filling out insurance forms, handling correspondence, scheduling appointments, the organization of hospital admission and laboratory services, and handling billing and bookkeeping. In addition to many parts of the United States now allow medical assistants to perform minor clinical tasks. According to the U.S. Department of Labor in May of clinical tasks include taking medical histories and recording vital signs, explaining treatment procedures to patients, preparing patients for examination, and assisting the doctor during the the review. Medical assistants may also collect and prepare laboratory specimens or perform basic laboratory tests on the scene, laying the contaminated supplies and sterilize medical instruments. They often ask patients about medications and special diets, prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician, authorize drug refills as directed, telephone prescriptions to a pharmacy, draw blood , prepare patients for X-rays, take electrocardiograms, remove sutures, dressings change. According to the U.S. Department of Labor “Employment of medical assistants is expected to grow much faster than average for all occupations through the year 2014 as the health care industry is increasing because of technological advances in medicine and growth and aging of the population. increase the use of medical assistants in the rapidly growing sectors of health care will continue to stimulate job growth. in fact, medical assistants should be one of the trades over strong growth over the period 2004-14