Medical Office Assistant
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Medical Office Career Resources
Career Resources include sites that specifically relate to your future in a medical office career. Find organizations to join and increase your networking abilities. Many of these organizations and associations have their own newsletters or magazines, job databases, and certification exams. You will also find links to other relevant web sites for your medical office career path and books, software or journals that can help as you build your medical and professional knowledge.
Explore online resources below in the following categories:
- Medical Office Career and Related Associations
- Job Resources for a Medical Office Career
- Reference Sites for Medical Professions
- Books and Journals for the Medical Office Assistant Profession
Medical Office Career and Related Associations
American Association of Medical Assistants
American Health Care Association
National Association for Healthcare Quality
Job Resources for a Medical Office Career
U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics • Occupational Outlook Handbook for Medical Office Assistants
medicaljobsearch.com • Links to the top medical office career search sites
HealthServicesJobs.com • Post your resume and create your portfolio, research the latest trends in your industry, and search for jobs in a medical office career
Absolutely Healthcare • Browse healthcare and medical jobs, post your resume, obtain licensing information, review salary data, and set up a job search agent
Healthcare Jobs • Search jobs, post your resume, or sign up to receive job listings automatically by email
Hospital Jobs Online • Jobs, resume, and medical office career management information
Advanced Medical Assistant of America • Information on all aspects of Medical Assisting
MedicalWorkers.com • Browse jobs by title, state or company name in a wide variety of healthcare fields to find your new medical office career
Reference Sites for Medical Professions
Online Medical Dictionaries
Mondofacto • Includes abbreviations, suffixes, prefixes and acronyms
Medical Dictionary • Definitions of medical terminology, pharmaceutical drugs, healthcare equipment, healthcare conditions, medical devices, specialty terms and medical abbreviations
Medline Plus • A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
Other Reference Sites
American Medical Association Atlas of the Body
Discoveryhealth.com Human Body Atlas • Interactive body atlas for common diseases and disorders
Acronyms and Initialisms for Health Information Resources
National Libary of Medicine • The world’s largest medical library by the National Institutes of Health
Current Medical News Sources • Reliable information and timely news stories about medical research
MedicineNet.com • Reliable doctor-produced health and medical information
Library of the National Medical Society • Online subscription available for disease diagnosis, treatment, textbooks, journals and archives
Books, Journals and Software for the
Medical Office Assistant Profession
Amazon.com • Check out the various titles available by typing in “Medical Office Assistant” into the search bar
JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association • The most widely circulated medical journal with general medicine appeal
