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Medical Assisting

This guide is designed to assist students with resources for medical assisting classes

OER Resources

Medical Assistant

Open Educational Resources

OER Textbooks

Medicines by Design 

A science education booklet that discusses the many different ways medicines work in the body and how this information guides the hunt for drugs of the future.

 

Human Nutrition 

The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.

 

Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care 

this textbook, aims to provide standardized processes for clinical skills and to help nursing schools and clinical practice partners keep procedural practice current

 

Public Health Ethics: Global Cases, Practice, and Context 

This book aims to provide thorough, book-length treatment of the most important topics in public health ethics.

 

Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray 

The Bartleby.com edition of Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn.

Medical Assistant Associations

American Assocation of Medical Assistants

The organization provides medical assistant professionals with education resources, certification, networking, and advocates for quality patient health care.

 

American Medical Technologists

A national agency that certifies eight primary designations of healthcare personnel: medical technologists, medical laboratory technicians, molecular diagnostics technologists, office laboratory technicians, medical assistants, phlebotomy technicians, dental assistants and medical office administrative specialists.

 

American Registry of Medical Assistants

 

American Health Information Management Association

AHIMA provides education, certification, and professional development resources and opportunities for health information management professionals.

 

Centers for Disease Control

The CDC's website offers a wealth of information on diseases and conditions, safety and prevention, health statistics, and much more. Browse their menus or try the A-Z index.

 

American Health Care Association 

This well-established and revered association places its primary focus on medical assistants and nursing professionals who provide long-term care for infirm and elderly patients. 

Courses

CCMA - Certified Clinical Medical Assistant 

This course prepares students for the duties of a medical assistant in the clinical setting. Students will learn clinical procedures including administering medications, performing an electrocardiogram, obtaining laboratory specimens for testing, educating patients, and maintaining a clean clinical environment.

 

CMA 110 - Medical Office Communications

Publication Date: 2015. This course prepares the student to use effective communication in the medical setting.

 

Medical resources & courses 

The mission of the U-M Medical School is to educate students, physicians, and biomedical scholars and to provide a spectrum of comprehensive knowledge, research, patient care and service of the highest quality to the people of the State of Michigan and beyond.