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ED 110 738 DOCUMENT RESUME 95 CE 004 540 AUTHOR Keir, Lucille; And Others TITLE Analysis of the Medical Assisting Occupation. INSTITUTION Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational Education.; Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Trade and Industrial Education Instructional Materials Lab. SPONS AGENCY Office of Education (DREW), Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 30 Dec 74 NOTE 417p.; For related documents, see CE 004 160-206, CE 004 263-268, CE 004 425-427, and CE 004 438-439 EDRS PRICE MF-$0.76 HC-$20.94 Plus Postage DESCRIPTORS *Health Occupations Education; *Instructional Materials; *Job Analysis; Job Skills; *Medical Assistants; *Occupational Information; Post Secondar Education; Task Analysis; Task Performance; Vocational Education ABSTRACT The occupational analysis contains a brief job description, presenting for the occupation of medical assistant 113 detailed task statements which specify job duties (tools, equipment, materials, objects acted upon, performance knowledge, safety consideration/hazards, decisions, cues, and errors) and learning skills (science, mathematics/number systems, and communications). The 113 task statements are grouped under the following five duty headings: performing medical office management duties, completing business office duties, preparing and sterilizing instruments and supplies, assisting with clinical procedures, and performing basic laboratory procedures and diagnostic tests. (JR) *********************************************************************** * Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encolmtered and this affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not * * responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can he made from the original. * ***********************************************************************

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ED 110 738

DOCUMENT RESUME

95 CE 004 540

AUTHOR Keir, Lucille; And OthersTITLE Analysis of the Medical Assisting Occupation.INSTITUTION Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of

Vocational Education.; Ohio State Univ., Columbus.Trade and Industrial Education InstructionalMaterials Lab.

SPONS AGENCY Office of Education (DREW), Washington, D.C.PUB DATE 30 Dec 74NOTE 417p.; For related documents, see CE 004 160-206, CE

004 263-268, CE 004 425-427, and CE 004 438-439

EDRS PRICE MF-$0.76 HC-$20.94 Plus PostageDESCRIPTORS *Health Occupations Education; *Instructional

Materials; *Job Analysis; Job Skills; *MedicalAssistants; *Occupational Information; Post SecondarEducation; Task Analysis; Task Performance;Vocational Education

ABSTRACTThe occupational analysis contains a brief job

description, presenting for the occupation of medical assistant 113detailed task statements which specify job duties (tools, equipment,materials, objects acted upon, performance knowledge, safetyconsideration/hazards, decisions, cues, and errors) and learningskills (science, mathematics/number systems, and communications). The113 task statements are grouped under the following five dutyheadings: performing medical office management duties, completingbusiness office duties, preparing and sterilizing instruments andsupplies, assisting with clinical procedures, and performing basiclaboratory procedures and diagnostic tests. (JR)

************************************************************************ Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished *

* materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort ** to obtain the best copy available. nevertheless, items of marginal *

* reproducibility are often encolmtered and this affects the quality *

* of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available *

* via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not *

* responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions ** supplied by EDRS are the best that can he made from the original. *

***********************************************************************

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FO

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WO

RD

The

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upat

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l ana

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s pr

ojec

t was

con

duct

ed b

y T

he In

stru

ctio

nal M

ater

ials

Labo

rato

ry,

Tra

de a

nd In

dust

rial E

duca

tion,

The

Ohi

o S

tate

Uni

vers

ity in

con

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tion

with

the

Sta

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t of E

duca

tion,

Div

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n of

Voc

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nal E

duca

tion

purs

uant

to a

gra

nt fr

omth

e U

.S.

Offi

ce o

f Edu

catio

n.

The

Occ

upat

iona

l Ana

lysi

s pr

ojec

t was

pro

pose

d an

d co

nduc

ted

to tr

ain

voca

tiona

led

ucat

ors

in th

e te

chni

ques

of m

akin

g a

com

preh

ensi

ve o

ccup

atio

nal a

naly

sis.

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ruct

ors

wer

e se

lect

edfr

om A

gric

ultu

re, B

usin

ess,

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trib

utiv

e, H

omc

econ

omic

s, a

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rade

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stria

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catio

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gai

n ex

perie

nce

in d

evel

opin

g an

alys

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ocum

ents

for

sixt

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ffere

nt o

ccup

atio

ns. R

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ives

from

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ines

s, In

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lin

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ing

the

anal

ysis

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cess

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ject

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ases

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ateg

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ased

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and

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vior

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two

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tific

atio

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elec

tion

and

orie

ntat

ion

of a

ll pa

rtic

ipan

ts.

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trai

ning

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ksho

p se

ssio

ns c

onst

itute

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e th

ird p

hase

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wo-

wee

k w

orks

hops

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e he

lddu

ring

whi

ch te

ams

of v

ocat

iona

l ins

truc

tors

con

duct

ed a

n an

alys

is o

f the

occu

patio

ns in

whi

ch

they

had

em

ploy

men

t exp

erie

nce.

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inst

ruct

ors

wer

e as

sist

ed b

y bo

th o

ccup

atio

nal c

onsu

lt-an

ts a

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ct m

atte

r sp

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lists

.

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ject

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pro

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ne h

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ed tw

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aine

d vo

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nal i

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pabl

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preh

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ve a

naly

sis

of v

ario

us o

ccup

atio

ns.

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upat

iona

l ana

l-ys

is d

ata

wer

e ge

nera

ted

for

sixt

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e oc

cupa

tions

.T

he a

naly

sis

inlc

uded

a s

tate

men

t of t

heva

rious

task

s pe

rfor

med

in e

ach

occu

patio

n.F

or e

ach

task

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follo

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ms

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entif

ied:

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now

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afet

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con

cept

s an

dsk

ills

of m

athe

ma-

tics,

sci

ence

and

com

mun

icat

ion

need

ed fo

r su

cces

sful

per

form

ance

in th

e oc

cupa

tion.

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anal

ysis

dat

a pr

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ed a

bas

is fo

r ge

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ting

inst

ruct

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l mat

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ls, c

ours

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ce o

bjec

tives

, crit

erio

n m

easu

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as

wel

l as

iden

tifyi

ng s

peci

ficsu

ppor

ting

skill

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dkn

owle

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in th

e ac

adem

ic s

ubje

ct a

reas

.

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PR

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The

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a p

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as W

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visi

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aph

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ista

nt g

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resp

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sibi

lity

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and

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g fo

r pa

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s. A

nun

ders

tand

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of b

asic

med

ical

lega

l ram

ifica

tions

in th

e pr

actic

e of

med

icin

e is

des

irabl

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nal a

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mak

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rtan

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irst

impr

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on"

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onsi

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d.

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atte

mpt

has

bee

n m

ade

to li

st th

e ta

sks

mos

tof

ten

com

plet

ed b

y a

med

ical

ass

ista

nt. T

he

writ

ers

avoi

ded

listin

g sp

ecia

lty a

ssis

tant

task

s fo

und

only

in a

spe

cial

ty o

ffice

and

ana

lyze

d ta

sks

they

bel

ieve

d to

be

perf

orm

ed in

a g

ener

alpr

actit

ione

r's o

ffice

.

The

aut

hors

wer

e aw

are

of th

e di

ffere

nces

inre

spon

sibi

lity

give

n to

the

med

ical

ass

ista

ntac

cord

ing

to g

eogr

aphi

cal a

rea

and

the

need

s an

dpr

efer

ence

s of

the

indi

vidu

al p

hysi

cian

-em

ploy

er.

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hing

is e

ver

com

plet

ed w

ithou

t the

dire

ct o

rder

of t

heph

ysic

ian

and

unde

r hi

s/he

r su

perv

isio

n.

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asic

und

erst

andi

ng o

f sel

f is

esse

ntia

l as

wel

l as

a kn

owle

dge

of h

uman

psy

chol

ogy.

Som

e of

the

mor

e co

mm

on e

mot

iona

l rea

ctio

nsw

ith r

egar

d to

pat

ient

s an

d se

lf w

hich

the

Med

ical

Ass

ista

nt

mus

t dea

l with

are

as

follo

ws:

Pos

itive

:N

egat

ive:

Rel

ief a

nd s

atis

fact

ion

App

rehe

nsio

nG

ratif

icat

ion

Hos

tility

Em

path

yF

ear-

anxi

ety

Pro

cedu

res

Em

bara

ssm

ent

Era

tic r

eact

ions

Pre

judi

ce a

nd fe

elin

gs o

f mor

al a

nd e

cono

mic

supe

riorit

y

Non

-ver

b& e

mot

iona

l rea

ctio

n:S

tead

ines

s or

sw

ings

of t

empe

rmen

t

vii

7

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