TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Medical assisting: Administrative and clinical procedures with anatomy and physiology (4/e) – Chapter 40

Chapter 40 - Assisting with highly specialized examinations. This chapter introduces you to many of the specialties, their diseases and disorders, the types of examinations involved, and how the medical assistant can assist with diagnostic testing by collecting and processing specimens. Certain specialized tests and how to correctly administer them are also included in this chapter. | 40 Assisting with Highly Specialized Examinations 40- Learning Outcomes Discuss the medical specialties of allergy, cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otology, surgery, and urology. Describe the types of examinations and diagnostic tests performed in each of these specialties and the medical assistant’s role in these examinations and tests. Identify the most common diseases and disorders seen in these medical specialties and typical treatments for them. 40- Learning Outcomes (cont.) Carry out the procedure for assisting the physician in performing a scratch test. Carry out the procedure for assisting with a sigmoidoscopy. Prepare the ophthalmoscope for use. Carry out the procedure for assisting with a needle biopsy. 40- Introduction Many physicians choose to specialize The medical assistant working for a specialist will Assist with the examinations Assist

• Highly specialized examinations
• Allergy examinations
• Medical assisting
• Clinical procedures
• Administrative medical assisting
• Clinical medical assisting
• Cardiology examination
• Lecture Medical assisting
• Clinical competencies
• Administrative competencies
• Medical assistants role
• Medical assisting profession
• Medical assistant credentials
• Medical assisting externships
• Externship scenarios
• Administrative practices
• Clinical practices
• Medical assisting practice
• Responsibilities of the medical assistant
• Medical assisting organizations
• Medical office
• Accounting for the medical office
• Physical examination
• Clinical diagnosis
• Medical coding
• Diagnosis codes
• Minor surgery
• Medical asepsis
• Medical specialties
• Nursing careers
• Medical law
• Physician rights
• Assisting in geriatrics
• Geriatric patients
• Externship process
• Expectations of externship candidates
• Insurance terminology
• Managed care plans
• Standard payment procedures
• Accepting payment
• Body organization
• Anatomical terminology
• Integumentary system
• Structure of skin
• Skeletal system
• Bone structure
• Skeletal muscles
• Muscular system
• Cardiovascular system
• Structures of the heart
• respiratory system
• Paranasal sinuses
• Nervous system
• Neuron structure
• Urinary system
• Renal sinus
• Immune systems
• Lymphatic system
• Digestive system
• Alimentary canal