Although Medical Assistants are typically found in an office, it doesn't mean they have to push papers. I work in a multi-physician, multi-disciplinary practice where I am strictly "back-office" ~ meaning I work directly with patients. In addition to...
I disagree that Medical Assisting is more clerical than hands-on. Instead I believe it all depends on what type of office you work in. For instance, I am strictly back office ~ all hands-on. The only clerical work I do pertains to charting, calli...
Annie-CMA replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations
To the morbidly obese, diabetic, three-pack-a-day-cigarette-habit, 3L-round-the-clock-O2-toting patient: Stop smoking! Don't tell me how difficult it is for you to breath and that the doctor isn't doing anything for you when you walk into our office...
Hands down! The combination of the marble-sized object that flopped out of the patient's ear onto the floor, the smell (yes, there really was a smell!), the color of the blob and the very warm exam room had me politely excusing myself! I did not, ho...
Last year I made a huge career change. After more than two decades running numbers, reconciling ledgers, preparing balance sheets and income statements and pushing papers in general, I became a Medical Assistant. Was the education expensive? Yep. To ...