These classroom education programs will teach aspiring
assistants basic clinical procedures they will be responsible for and the administrative tasks given to medical assistants such as protecting patient confidentiality and complying with HIPAA.
You must be willing to help with the smaller duties, like cleaning and sanitizing examination rooms and equipment, pulling and filing patient's charts and sometimes answering the phones, as well as tackling some of the more critical tasks, such as assisting with patient intake and
doing basic clinical procedures, such as rooming patients, taking vital signs and immediately reporting any unusual results and observations to the doctor or your supervisor.
Thus, Oregon MAs will be able to perform the
most basic clinical procedures, such as drawing blood, taking vital signs, administering medications and sterilizing instruments.
Students will learn about anatomy and physiology,
basic clinical procedures, clinical specialties, advanced clinical procedures, diagnostic tests and procedures, and phlebotomy basics.
You will have to take several different classes including anatomy and physiology, office management, medical terminology, billing and billing codes, and
basic clinical procedures, among other things.