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Year after year thousands of new school graduates become successful medical assistant professionals. Those entering the job market will quickly discover that medical offices, community health centers, clinics, and hospitals need medical assistants MORE than EVER.
What drives the growing need for more medical assistants is the increasing number of health care services, medical practices, and clinics everywhere. However, most employers prefer to hire those with formal education, a certain amount of work experience, and certifications in their specific field to ensure their facility's compliance, and the quality of their services.
ATTENTION: Document Your
Qualifications and Get
Ahead!
Countless medical assistants have told us that not having
sought certification much sooner was a mistake they came to
regret. Although they were very good at what they do, they had
no way to actually documenting their skills.
With so much competition on the job market and selectiveness
among employers having had proof of qualifications would have
helped them to get hired faster and promoted sooner.
Explore Certifications That Are
Perfect For
You!
A large and widely recognized certification body for medical assistants in the USA, the AAMA, has predicted as early as 2006 that doctors will change the way they select and hire their staff.
An increasing number of malpractice
insurance
carriers require medical assistants to have
professional credentials. 
Hiring certified staff is a win-win situation all the way around. For the medical assistant it means gaining respect and recognition. For the employer it is a way to build customer satisfaction. For the patient it provides reassurance that the staff is qualified. This in turn builds confidence in the business, which comes right back to the medical assistant's very own satisfaction and success.
Get certified! Some of the most recognized professional certifications in medical assisting are offered by the National Healthcareer Association (NHA), and American Medical Technologists (AMT). NHA and AMT both grant their certifications either based on successful completion of an approved vocational training program, or based on a certain number of consecutive years of experience in the field.
Millions of allied health professionals have already received their certifications!
National Healthcareer Association (NHA)
- Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA)
- Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA)
- Certified Medical Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS)
- Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT)
- and Certified EKG Technician (CET)
- Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) credential
- Certified Medical Administrative Specialist (CMAS)
- Registered Phlebotomy Technician (RPT)
- Registered Dental Assistant (RDA)
- Medical Technologist (MT)
- and Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT)
The certification exam can be taken as early as right after graduating from an accredited training program, or years down the road. Some of the newer medical assistant graduates put off taking the exam until they have gained some work experience on the job first. Others dive right in, fearing they might otherwise forget what they have learned in class. The top requirement is KNOWING what a medical assistant is and does.
AND REMEMBER:
A medical assistant "certificate of completion" from a simple self-study program is not the same as medical assistant certification.