{"id":9760,"date":"2019-05-16T16:21:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T16:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bryanu.edu\/?p=9760"},"modified":"2020-01-20T20:09:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T20:09:13","slug":"medical-assistant-certification-in-the-allied-health-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bryanu.edu\/blog\/medical-assistant-certification-in-the-allied-health-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Assistant Certification in the Allied Health Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"\/\/my.visme.co\/embed\/jw6n18m1-untitled-project\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We all know that there are jobs in the medical field.\u00a0 But where do you fit in?\u00a0 There are options available other than nursing school or medical school.\u00a0 One great option is to train to become a certified medical assistant.\u00a0 Medical assistants hold a truly unique position in the medical field.\u00a0 Students who complete a Medical Assistant Diploma or Medical Assistant Associate Degree compose the Allied Health Field.\u00a0 It has an interesting and meaningful history.\u00a0 The Medical Assistant position was developed by doctors and the American Medical Association (AMA) to fill a role that physicians felt was specifically vital to their practices and specialties.\u00a0 According to American Association of Medical Assistants, \u201cMedical assisting is one of the nation&#8217;s careers growing much faster than average for all occupations, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aama-ntl.org\">www.aama-ntl.org<\/a>). So what does the allied health field offer over the nursing and physician fields?<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Areas of Opportunity for the Certified Medical Assistant<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are several advantages to pursuing a Medical Assistant career:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work in a specialized field<\/li>\n<li>Work daytime business hours<\/li>\n<li>Perform administrative and clinical duties<\/li>\n<li>Accelerated career training programs available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>First, medical assistants are able to specialize in their field.\u00a0 Medical assistants work under physicians at their clinics\/offices, not necessarily at the hospital or the ER; they work in the offices of primary care physicians, ophthalmologists, chiropractors, essentially every specialty.\u00a0 Secondly, medical assistants have the advantage of working clinic\/office hours as opposed to a potentially more varied or demanding schedule at a hospital or ER (as in the nursing and physician fields), due to the fact that they often work in offices or clinics.\u00a0 This allows for the Medical Assistant to be present for after school activities for children and guaranteed weekends off work.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0This makes the Medical Assisting position a family friendly option in the medical field.\u00a0 Third, \u201cmedical assistants are cross-trained to perform administrative and clinical duties\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aama-ntl.org\">www.aama-ntl.org<\/a>).\u00a0 This allows for broader general field of knowledge, and can lead to further career opportunities and vocational awareness.\u00a0 Finally, students can receive a diploma in Medical Assisting in as little as forty (40) weeks and an Associate of Applied Science degree in as a little as seventy (70) weeks.\u00a0 Compared to years of study to become a nurse or physician, the duration of study is exponentially shorter.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>CMA Certification<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Certification is an important aspect of any Medical Assistant training program.\u00a0 It can be vital to obtaining desired employment and professional growth opportunities.\u00a0 \u00a0Certification, in addition to competing a degree program over a diploma program, can improve job opportunities for students.\u00a0\u00a0 Hospitals and health systems are accredited just as universities are.\u00a0 In short the more skilled\/certified professionals employed help these institutions to keep and to improve their accreditation.\u00a0\u00a0 Forging strong professional relationships, identifying local positions and needs by obtaining certification through the American Medical Technologists (<u>https:\/\/www.americanmedtech.org<\/u>), for example, can only improve professional opportunities.\u00a0 Certification should be considered when choosing a Medical Assisting training program, as it can lead to a successful career.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>How Do I Get Started?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The medical field offers an abundance of professional opportunities, and the Medical Assisting field may be one of the most attractive options currently available: family-friendly hours, comparably short time spent in school for training, national certifications, opportunities to learn and work under doctors in a variety of specialties, performing both administrative and clinical duties or building a strong foundation of knowledge needed to obtain bachelor of science degrees in healthcare.\u00a0\u00a0 If you want to find out more, visit the <a href=\"\/programs\/allied-health-2\/\">Allied Health<\/a> section of our website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related Post: <a href=\"\/blog\/courses-school-of-allied-health\/\">Courses &#8211; School of Allied Health<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that there are jobs in the medical field.\u00a0 But where do you fit in?\u00a0 There are options available other than nursing school or medical school.\u00a0 One great option is to train to become a certified medical assistant.\u00a0 &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/bryanu.edu\/blog\/medical-assistant-certification-in-the-allied-health-field\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[69,70,67,43,17,54,38,56],"tags":[80,44,81,47,82,83,42,85],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Learn About Our Medical Assistant Certification | Bryan University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Looking to work in the Healthcare Field? 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