Starting a Career in the Medical Field
…Without Going to Med School You want a job that’s exciting and rewarding, and your heart is set on a career in the medical field. You’re in luck – this is a growing industry where you will find many career opportunities of all types and levels. Thankfully, there are positions that don’t require the same long-term schooling (or financial commitment) that med school does. Best of all, they can be just as rewarding! Your options when breaking into the healthcare world are almost endless. There are plenty of workplace settings where you can focus your healthcare career. One great option is
READ MOREI’m Becoming a Medical Assistant. Should I Join the AAMA?
For medical assistants, joining the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) is one of the first things you should consider. Throughout many professions, there are professional organizations of these types, and for many people, it is an internal struggle as to whether to join them or not. Some people consider their profession a job and aren’t interested in committing a great deal of their time and money into programs that will help them in their current field, particularly when they aren’t as committed to this job as to others. Others, of course, feel drawn into their occupation and want to
READ MORE5 Reasons You’re Missing Out By Not Joining the AAMA
So, medical assisting student, let’s look into the future a little bit. You’re out of school (whew!), found your first medical assisting job (yay!), and have started work (yippee!) You’re happy in your position, and have a passion for your new career as a medical assistant, and love the office you’re working in. What’s the next step in cementing your professional status? Joining the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). But you scoff. Pay money to join a professional organization? No thanks. But hear me out! As a professional (yes, you can call yourself that now!), if you don’t join
READ MOREShreveport Medical Assistant Training: What You Need to Know
Shreveport medical assistant training can be your key to finding happiness in your career. Of course, this is only the case for those people for whom a career in medical assisting sounds like a potentially appealing career choice. Someone interested in finding employment as a truck driver, electrician, or pharmacy technician may see medical assisting as a poor career choice, and that is perfectly okay. But for those for whom the healthcare industry is the only way to go, Shreveport medical assistant training may be a tremendous idea, full of promise and hope. And indeed medical assisting is a growing
READ MOREMedical Assistant: Three Simple Steps to Keep Your Scrubs Like New
You’ve completed your Medical Assistant or Pharmacy Technician training, and you’ve scored the job you’ve always wanted – so now you get to wear scrubs almost every day of the week. You know that it’s important to keep your scrubs looking new, but are you really sure how to do it? Follow these three tips below to keep your scrubs looking as new as the day you brought them home! 1. Wash…Then Wear Washing your scrubs before you wear them helps in a couple of ways. Since you’ll be wearing them daily and washing them frequently, the colors may fade
READ MOREMedical Assisting: A Growing Field, a Specialized Profession
Did you know that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment of medical assistants is expected to grow 29 percent between the years of 2012 and 2020? That rate is much faster than the average for all occupations and reflects population trends that will cause a sustained demand for qualified medical personnel to fill positions in medical institutions across the country. Ayers Career College, established in 1953 in Shreveport, La., focuses on preparing students for careers that are in demand, such as medical assisting. It’s not surprising to know that the rate is growing so quickly. The medical
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