TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Clinical procedures for medical assisting (4/e): Chapter 23 – Booth, Whicker, Wyman

Chapter 23 - Medical assisting externships and preparing to find a position. After completing this chapter, students will be able to: Perform professionally in all externship scenarios, discuss employment services and methods of obtaining a position, create a résumé, create a cover letter, create a follow-up letter, explain key factors for a successful interview. | 23 Medical Assisting Externships and Preparing to Find a Position 23- Learning Outcomes Perform professionally in all externship scenarios. Discuss employment services and methods of obtaining a position. Create a résumé. 23- Learning Outcomes (cont.) Create a cover letter. Create a follow-up letter. Explain key factors for a successful interview. 23- Introduction Externship – an opportunity to explore the different responsibilities of a medical assistant You will learn to write a Résumé Cover letter Thank-you letter Form a strategic plan for securing a position 23- Externships Opportunity to gain on-the-job experience Minimum of 160 hours Mandatory requirement ABHES CAAHEP 23- The Externship Process Educational institutions partner with medical facilities Practicum coordinator Arranges experiences Ensures that the site will provide a thorough educational experience Requirements Signed affiliation agreement .

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• Clinical procedures
• Medical assisting
• Clinical medical assisting
• Externship process
• Medical assisting externships
• Expectations of externship candidates
• Administrative medical assisting
• Standard payment procedures
• Accepting payment
• General physical examination
• Clinical diagnosis
• Safety precautions
• Physical examination
• Principles of asepsis
• Infectious disease prevention
• Infectious diseases
• Infection control techniques
• Infection control methods
• Medical asepsis
• Blood borne pathogens
• AIDS patients
• Patient education
• Exam room furnishings
• Treatment areas
• Exam room
• Patient interview
• Patient responsibilities
• Patient rights
• Obtaining vital signs
• Taking temperatures
• Respiration irregularities
• Medical assistant
• Internal medicine
• Gynecologic physical examination
• Highly specialized examinations
• Allergy examinations
• Cardiology examination
• Minor surgery
• Wound care
• Instruments used in minor surgery
• Physical therapy
• Patient assessment
• Administering cryotherapy
• Emergency preparedness
• Medical emergencies
• Handling emergencies
• Alternative medicine
• Alternative medical systems
• Biologically based therapies
• Equipment safety
• Laboratory testing
• Medical assistant’s role
• Microorganisms cause disease
• Classification of microorganisms
• Multicellular parasites
• Testing urine specimens
• Urinary system
• Obtaining specimens
• Testing blood specimens
• Composition of blood
• Collecting blood specimens
• Special diets
• Daily energy requirements
• Dietary guidelines
• Principles of pharmacology
• Sources of drugs
• Drug therapy
• Drug administration
• Dosage calculations
• Geriatric considerations
• Pulmonary function testing
• Anatomy of the heart
• Physiology of the heart
• Diagnostic radiology
• Common diagnostic radiologic tests
• Filing X rays