Medical assistant instructor vs student medical assistant-externship

Differences between medical assistant instructor and student medical assistant-externship duties and responsibilities

Medical assistant instructor example responsibilities.

• Manage two full classes of 30+ students each and ensure all comply with OSHA and the schools' standards and guidelines.
• Utilize nursing process and critical thinking skill and manage flight medic activities in combat deployment environment.
• Prepare students to sit for the national CPC exam through AAPC.
• Facilitate anatomy and physiology courses.
• Prepare procedure papers, perform routine laboratory procedures such as urinalysis, and assist physician with procedure set ups.
• Teach multiple classes each semester of CPT-4, ICD-10-CM/PCS, and HCPCS coding.
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Student medical assistant-externship example responsibilities.

• Perform EKG's, ear cleanings, injections, nail cultures and assist with women's yearly physicals.
• Gain experience in performing routine patient care interventions while developing strong organizational skills while caring for patients.
• Shadowed/Assist official personnel on performance of special procedures, patient evaluation, transporting patients, therapeutic exercises and body mechanics/functional mobility.
• Observe various departments and operations within the hospital and clinical setting environment including surgery, radiology, urology, and emergency.
• Review and administration of medications, allergies and other pharmacology relate items.
• Perform CLIA wave laboratory testing.
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