Medical technologist vs certified physician assistant

Differences between medical technologist and certified physician assistant duties and responsibilities

Medical technologist example responsibilities.

• Manage departmental recovery activities after installation of upgrades affecting the LIS affect.
• Perform medical/laboratory procedures in all departments including microbiology, chemistry, blood bank, hematology, urinalysis, and immunology.
• Perform laboratory test to corporal fluids applying analysis fields like biochemistry, microbiology, hematology, immunology, urinalysis and blood bank
• Execute and analyze laboratory test in biochemistry, urinalysis, hematology, microbiology, blood bank and serology department.
• Direct participation on proficiency testing programs on hematology, chemistry, urinalysis, blood bank, serology, and bacteriology.
• Work full-time as an evening/night shift generalist rotating through hematology, urinalysis, serology, chemistry, blood bank and microbiology.
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Certified physician assistant example responsibilities.

• Work closely with patients to manage their depression and anxiety beginning with initial diagnosis to med-initiation and follow-up care.
• Provide bio-identical hormone replacement therapy to select patients and provide coordination of patient care in a rural primary care setting.
• Perform comprehensive history and physical exams and provide a multidisciplinary care plan for patients suffering from acute and chronic pain.
• Perform suturing repair for laceration repairs.
• Work in an outpatient orthopedic clinic with emphasis on physical medicine, rehabilitation of both chronic and acute orthopedic conditions.
• Document all procedures via dictation or handwritten in patient chart.