Medical Assistant
Hybrid-based
ONET: 31-9092.00
1
Years
24
Skills
840h
Related instructions
2000h
On-the-job training
Classroom instruction topics
- Welcome General Orientation (Day 1)
- MA clinical orientation (Day 2, 4)
- EPIC computer training (front end and clinical)
- Completes Mandatory e-learns
- MDAS 105 Medical Office Procedures
- MDAS 110 Introduction to Medical Assisting
- MDAS 100 Medical Terminology
- MDAS 120 Medical Ethics and Law
- BIOL 105 Human Biology
- MDAS 150 Disease Pathology/Diagnostic testing
- MDAS 160 Clinical Procedures and Pharmacology
- MDAS 205 Medical Insurance Coding and Billing
- MDAS 210 Clinical Procedures II and Dosage Calculations
- Certification Preparation
- Developing Interview Skills
- Resume Preparation
- Math for Medical Assistants
- Complete clinical practicum
On-the-job training
- Demonstrates knowledge of Medical Office Support to include:
- Practice Mail Distribution
- Standards for managing incoming and Outgoing telephone calls
- Communication with patients and families via telephone and My Chart/Patient Portal and Face to Face
- Patient appointment Scheduling Process
- Ordering of supplies and inventory maintenance
- Performs chart extraction
- Referral Process per practice protocol
- Demonstrates knowledge of Clinical Support within the Practice setting
- Performs temperature logs for refrigerators
- Monitors and discards expired medications
- Cleans exam rooms after each patient and restocks rooms with necessary supplies
- Prepares instruments for reprocessing where applicable
- Performs quality control functions on lab equipment and maintains manuals according to standards
- Completes MMP or SMHC Competency Based Orientation (CBO) tool
- Accurately performs and documents vital signs measurements to include temp, pulse, respiratory rate, manual B/P, Height and Weight
- Accompanies the patients to exam room and prepares patient for examination by completing established rooming protocol
- Adheres to standard precautions & infection control policies
- Performs medication reconciliation per practice protocol
- Accurately performs office based procedures i.e. Snellen V.A, spirometry, Pulse oximetry, 12 lead EKG, etc
- Assists with office procedures following appropriate procedures for preparation, wound care, dressing applications
- Demonstrates safe and accurate medication administration following 7 rights of med administration and safe injection practices
- Performs laboratory procedures (specimen collection, handling, processing, documentation & reporting)
- Performs point of care testing i.e. strep screen, urinalysis, urine pregnancy, Hgb A1c, etc.
- Performs medication refills per established refill protocol
- Prepares for routine visit types specific to the patient appointment (i.e. follow up, adult, workers comp)
- Provides Patient education as directed by provider or per protocol
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