National Association for Allied Healthcare Professionals

National Association for Allied Healthcare Professionals is a subsidiary of Doctor’s Help, Inc. established to provide certification examinations that are used as benchmarks for national standards and to provide a membership network for healthcare workers in all 50 states. Contact us in National Harbor, Maryland, at (888) 709-4727 to sign up for our health care training newsletter alerts.

The following is a list of 2010 certification exams:

• Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA)
• Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT)
• Certified EKG Technician (CET)
• Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA)
• Phlebotomy Certification
• EKG Certification

Information about Physician Assistants
Physician Assistants (PAs) practice medicine under the supervision of physicians and surgeons. They should not be confused with medical assistants, who perform routine clinical and clerical tasks. PAs are formally trained to provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services as delegated by physicians. Working as members of the health care team, they take medical histories, exam, test, and treat patients, order and interpret laboratory tests and x rays, and make diagnoses. They also treat minor injuries, by suturing, splinting, and casting. PAs record progress notes, instruct and counsel patients, and order or carry out therapy.

Physician assistants work under the supervision of a physician. However, PAs may be the principal care providers in rural or inner city clinics, where a physician is present for only 1 or 2 days each week. In such cases, the PA confers with the supervising physician and other medical professionals as needed and as required by law. PAs also may make house calls or go to hospitals and nursing care facilities to check on patients, after which they report back to the physician.

Many PAs work in primary care specialties, such as general internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine. Other specialty areas include general and thoracic surgery, emergency medicine, orthopedics, and geriatrics. PAs specializing in surgery provide preoperative and postoperative care and may work as first or second assistants during major surgery.