Online Medical Classes

Do you think an Medical office assistant would be a good idea to take an online class?

I want to do something new with my life. I was wanting ti to become a medical office assistant and I work a full time job and I can't afford to take time off at my job because I have bills that needs to be paid ~~ if you know what I mean....... So Do you think taking an online study with the ( Allied Health institute Org. ) Would be a good idea. Or should I go to an Institute and pay all that extra money and crazy hr.classes ? I need some good advice please? Thanks I will vote your the best>>>>>

Public Comments

1. Why do you want to be an assistant? Believe me... going to school for 4 years to become an RN would definitely be more rewarding to you than doing online classes to become a MA. I've been there and done that. I, myself, am joining the Army to become a Medic. There's more experience in that and I'll be working with many patients. Working in an office you don't get that much experience working with patients. All MA's do is take vitals, room the patient, and if the doctor needs assisting... they'll call you into the room. That gets boring after a while. Believe me! And especially if you work for a Specialist.... it's the same thing day in and day out. If you're going to become a Medical Assistant.... go to a family care physician or an urgent care facility. In that type of office you get to see a little more action. Good luck!
2. Use the online course get your certificate and when you apply for a job don't tell the employer that you got your certificate from online. Just give them the name of the school and if they ask tell them you did it part time.
3. I've heard that there are not too many jobs for MA's these days (or medical biller or coder) albeit you're looking for a medical 'office' assistant program. I was also under the impression that 'online schools' such as penn foster and stratford career are not looked upon as reputable like community colleges (perhaps non-credit course in MA and some are offered online) and county vo-tech schools (and may even be more nominal in price). If you do take such a course, perhaps you can look for jobs with a different title such as medical receptionist or medical records (aka 'health information') clerk. Here is the website for the American Association of Medical Assistants: www.aama.org For more general career info: www.bls.gov/oco and search 'medical assistant' or such. For US colleges (including community colleges): www.utexas.edu/world/univ