where can i get work experience for medical assistant?
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Hospitals, physician's offices, long-term care facilities, etc.
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I would use the yellow pages to find the hospitals in the area and offer to work as a volunteer.\nThen I would look for doctors practicing family medicine and offer to help. \nShould you want to help in one specific specialty, let's say orthopedic medicine or pediatrics, I would call doctors from that area. Volunteer jobs might be limited by legal concerns and privacy concerns.
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Volunteer at a local hospital.\nYou can learn a lot by helping and seeing how things work.\nIt will give you a lot of experience and exposure to sicknesses and medications.
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Try the National Health Service Corps: http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov/
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Dental assistant\nMedical assistant\nPharmacy assistant\nJunior Colleges have a large number of certificate opportunites, check with one in your community
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nurse assistant in alaska: \n http://www.comphealth.com/website/searchjobs/physicianassistantjobsalaska.html\n\nhttp://www.avtec.alaska.edu/CNA-A.htm
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The most usual is a two-year associates degree program through a vocational training school or a college.  \n\nFor general information on the field check out:\nhttp://realmedicine.org/CareerProfiles/ultra\n\nI couldn't find any listing specifically for schools in Delaware but I suggest you check with local community colleges and possibly U of Delaware and Delaware State in Dover.  They may either have programs or be able to help you with a referral.\n\nAlso, there is the Sanford-Brown Institute which specifically offers programs in medical assisting specialties; they have campuses in Landover, Maryland and Trevose, PA.  Depending on where in Delaware you live, either of these are possibly commutable if you have a car...\n\nGood luck!
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work as an administrator in a local hospital.  the combination of business and medicine should serve you well in that area.
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Yes there are quite a few accredited schools that offer medical office technology as well as medical assisting, medical billing & coding, and a lot of other allied health professions careers.  Check this resource and be sure to use the search box to find additional schools. You can request free information from each school that interests you to be able to learn more about their program, their courses, costs, available financial aid and be able to compare.  http://myonlinenursingdegree.com/schools/medical-assistant-schools.html
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Try your local employment office.
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Medical Assistant  25th%ile  Median  75th%ile  \nLouisville, KY  $25,616  $27,970  $30,916  \nIMPORTANT: Your pay can be dramatically affected by compensable factors such as employer size, industry, employee credentials, years of experience and others.  \n Medical Assistant: \n \nAssists in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of a physician. Interviews patients, measures vital signs (i.e., pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, weight, and height), and records information on patients' charts. May be required to draw and collect blood samples from patients and prepare specimens for laboratory analysis. Prepares treatment rooms for examination of patients. Requires a high school diploma and medical assistant certificate and 0-2 years of experience in a related field. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. Typically reports to supervisor or manager.  \nBack to top  \n \n \n  \n \n \n \n  Now hiring for Medical Assistant in Louisville, KY  \n \n  \n \nJobs by Title \n \n  Medical Assistant/Phlebotomist \n  Certified Medical Assistant \n  Certified Medical Assistant \n  MS Center Medical Assistant \n  More Job Listings \n \nJobs by Company \n \n  LA Weight Loss Centers \n  Unspecified \n  Seven Counties Services Inc \n  Baptist Healthcare System, Inc... \n  More Job Listings
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Try a doctor's office.  MAs are not in high demand right now.  RN's and LPN's tend to do better with not much more training.
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Look around online, or in your local newspaper. There's a lot of CNA jobs opening here, but I really don't want to be a CNA for long, so I'm looking in different fields.\n\nGood luck!
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Medical assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks to keep the offices and clinics of physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors and optometrists running smoothly. \n\nThe duties of medical assistants vary from office to office, depending on the location and size of the practice and the practitioner's specialty. In small practices, medical assistants usually are "generalists," handling both administrative and clinical duties and reporting directly to an office manager, physician or other health practitioner. Those in large practices tend to specialize in a particular area, under the supervision of department administrators.\n\nMedical assistants perform many administrative duties, including answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patients' medical records, filling out insurance forms, handling correspondence, scheduling appointments, arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services, and handling billing and bookkeeping.\n\nClinical duties vary according to state law and include taking medical histories and recording vital signs, explaining treatment procedures to patients, preparing patients for examination, and assisting the physician during the examination. Medical assistants collect and prepare laboratory specimens or perform basic laboratory tests on the premises, dispose of contaminated supplies, and sterilize medical instruments. They instruct 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, and change dressings.\n\nMedical assistants also may arrange examining-room instruments and equipment, purchase and maintain supplies and equipment, and keep waiting and examining rooms neat and clean.\n\nAssistants who specialize have additional duties. Podiatric medical assistants make castings of feet, expose and develop X-rays, and assist podiatrists in surgery. Ophthalmic medical assistants help ophthalmologists provide eye care. They conduct diagnostic tests, measure and record vision, and test eye muscle function. They also show patients how to insert, remove and care for contact lenses, and they apply eye dressings. Under the direction of the physician, ophthalmic medical assistants may administer eye medications. They also maintain optical and surgical instruments and may assist the ophthalmologist in surgery.\n\nThe earnings of medical assistants vary, depending on their experience, skill level and location. Median annual earnings of medical assistants were $23,940 in 2002. The middle 50 percent earned between $20,260 and $28,410. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $17,640, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $34,130. Median annual earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of medical assistants in 2002 were as follows:\n\nGeneral medical and surgical hospitals: $24,460 \nOffices of physicians: $24,260 \nOutpatient care centers: $23,980 \nOther ambulatory healthcare services: $23,440 \nOffices of other health practitioners: $21,620
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Chattanooga is booming with jobs in the medical field.  In fact, to get started you could contact one of these temp agencies.  Medical Office Personnel, or Allied Staffing.  They both have websites, but I don't have the url.  Both companies are great, they were my clients for a long time when I worked at the newspaper.  You could look there too.  www.tfponline.com\n\nGood luck!
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The old catch 22..You can't get a job without experience and you can't get experience without a job.  A CMA can't hurt.
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Go to the college that you graduated from, check to see if they have an alumni job placement service.\nThe college I work at does, and often employers are looking for graduates and understand that the experience isn't there yet.  Good Luck