Two Innovative Medical Careers Physician and Medical Assistants

In the United States, Physician Assistants (PAs) are non-physician clinicians licensed to practice medicine with a physician’s supervision. This supervision, in most cases, need not be direct or on site and many PAs practice in remote or underserved areas in satellite clinics. PAs can treat patients and, in most states, prescribe medicine, and in some [...]

Medical college receives cancer research grant

Medical college receives cancer research grant
Med school gets research grant SCRANTON – Commonwealth Medical College has received a $165,000 grant from the American Institute for Cancer Research to study the effects of dietary fiber in reducing colorectal cancer. Principal investigator Michael Bordo
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Medical Assistant Job Description – Diverse Duties of Cma

The medical assistant job description is quite varying in its list of duties.  You would be amazed at what all a medical assistant position entails.
The duties of a medical assistant vary depending on the size and location of the office.  For instance, if it is a small rural office, probably the job description includes things [...]

Medical Assisting School – A Stepping Stone to Success

Utah Medical Assisting School Trains for the Future
If youâ??ve recently graduated high school, or youâ??re looking for a career change, youâ??ve probably thought about our current economic situation. It has never been more important to train for a career you can depend on. With jobs constantly disappearing, students are becoming rightfully choosier about the path [...]

Longtime assistant DA to retire

Longtime assistant DA to retire
Ada — Assistant District Attorney Nancy Shew will retire effective Jan. 1, 2010. She has been a long time employee of the office, having started as an intern on June 1, 1980.
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Spanish Coalition for Jobs – Bilingual Medical Assistant

The only Bilingual Medical Assitant program in Chicago certified by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). Responding to the need, in 2001 Spanish Coalition for Jobs, together with representatives of Chicago’s largest hospitals, created the Bilingual Medical Assistant Program. Accredited by CAAHEP in 2004, graduates are eligible to take the AAMA [...]

A Glimpse into Medical Assisting School

by: Russell Williams
Medical assistant schools can be found across the country. Most offer diploma or certification programs, associate’s degree programs or both.
Diploma programs are open to students with a high school diploma or GED. Generally a year in length, these programs teach the knowledge and skills common to any medical assistant job. These include basic [...]

Medical Assistant Careers on the Rise

Medical assistants are one of the high growth jobs in the healthcare industry. If you are thinking about embarking on a new career, you might want to consider being a medical assistant. The health care field is growing on a daily basis, mainly to due to advances in medicine. There is always [...]

Medical Association Announces New Officers on board of Directors

Medical Association Announces New Officers on board of Directors
The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) announced the new officers of its Board of Directors, to begin their tenure in January 2010. The Board of Directors represents the leadership of some of AMGA’s most prominent member medical groups.
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CIHT Medical Assistant

Career Institute of Health & Technology Medical Assistant Program

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