Medical Assistant Resources

I’ve been searching the internet for medical assistant certification resources to help you on the path to your future.  From the far reaches of the internet, I bring you the finest resources I could find.

As I’ve explained here on med-assistant-certification.com, when you are in school, you will have many different requirements as far as topics go;

• Biology
• Anatomy
• Physiology
• Chemistry
• Physical Science

The best place to brush up on all these subjects is actually, YouTube.  Educator.com’s channel: EducatorVids has tons of science related videos that are short, concise, and easy to digest.

For other Biology related information, biologynews.net is also a good read.

When working on your medical assistant certification, it’s VERY important that you stand out from the rest of your class.  Certified medical assistant is a designation that is not easily achieved, however, it is a growing field in the medical industry.  It is inevitable that with the growing field, more competition for the top spots will occur.  Being well-read on topics other than generic school studies is incredibly important.

Another way to set yourself up to grab the best paying and most rewarding positions is to have a network.  The following are my top five blogs in the nursing arena!  They will also give you a much better view of what a medical assistant is and the everyday duties of medical assistants in the health care industry.

1.  Nurse Ratched’s Place: These are great stories by a professional with a clear, and easy to read writing style, entertaining and poignant.

2. Nurse POV Blogs – A collection of different blogs for a community of nurses.

3. Impacted Nurse – Here is the nitty gritty of everyday life as a certified medical assistant or nurse.  This is where you will find real life cases of medicine in practice.

4. The Nursing Site Blog – Info on education in the medical industry!

5. Blood, Guts, and Coffee – I love a macabre sense of humor, and this blog definitely has it. Quips and quirks abound, the only downside, lack of updates for the nursing blog.

Once you get out of school, you’ll need information on how to find a good paying job, there are two different paths you can take, small clinic, or large hospital, for the larger companies:

CareerBuilder – These guys have been around a long time and will continue to be around.
Monster – Same as with CareerBuilder, both are well reputed and will attract the larger companies, which have more nursing and medical assistant jobs available.

The reason you want to go with these well known sites is because the employers will likely go to the most notable sites with their bulk jobs.  Work smarter, not harder!

If you are trying to get a job with a medical clinic or with a specific doctor, you will need to read this article!

Also, be sure to check out the American Association of Medical Assistants website at http://www.aama-ntl.org/!