The educational environment
of the Clinical Medical Assistant Program at NEIH considers individual differences which affect learning ability, and provides motivation to continue to learn and adapt to the changes in a healthcare setting.
The following are important qualities, which most employers would like to see in applicants for the
post of clinical medical assistant for them to be considered for the job:
Some of the common duties
of clinical medical assistants include taking vital signs of patients, conducting in - office screening tests, collecting and preparing specimens to send to diagnostic laboratories, and recording medical histories.
Professional associations such as the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) and American Medical Technologists (AMT) award certification credentials that can enhance the body of knowledge and earning
potential of clinical medical assistants.
Although the environmental risk of administrative medical assistants is lower to
that of clinical medical assistants due to responsibilities and exposure, administrative medical assistants must also exercise caution and good judgment when communicating with patients or visitors, maintaining sensitive information and stocking various supplies.
Consequently, an administrative medical assistant's work environment is mostly stationary, which is in high contrast to
that of a clinical medical assistant where the person is constantly active and mobile.
Although individual responsibilities resemble mainly
those of clinical medical assistants, specialized medical assistants perform both clinical tasks and administrative work in many circumstances.
A specialized medical assistant is one that can perform all the duties
of a clinical medical assistant, but has also been trained in a specific area of medicine to compliment the doctors and specialists they will be working under.