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| Management Qualifications |
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The skills, abilities, and responsibilities of the medical assistant.
-Helping with editorial research projects
-Making travel and meeting arrangements
-Evaluating, updating, and distributing patient information and instruction handouts
-Creating and maintaining office policies and procedures manuals |
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| Managerial Skills and Abilities |
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-Being a team player
-Increasing productivity
-Planning Strategically
-Using Problem-Solving Skills
-Using Available Resources |
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| Copies of an already published article; available from the publisher fro a small fee or free when the physician is the author |
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| A professional, often certified by the travel industry, who may work independently or within a travel company; handles all aspects of travel arrangements at no charge to the customer |
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| Daily schedule of events including flight times, flight numbers, hotel and car arrangements, and all pertinent addresses and phone numbers |
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| Arrangements for Meetings |
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-Contact conference centers or hotels to price the arrangements
-Confirm speaker's attendance and topic of presentation
-Prepare an agenda leaving white space for notes
-Prepare and mail invitations
-Keep records of those to whom you have sent invitations |
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| The official record of the proceedings of a meeting |
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| Patient Information Brochure |
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| A booklet that provides vital information about the practice, such as services offered; qualifications of the physicians; instructions for making appointments; and ordering refills of prescriptions |
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| Patient Education Materials |
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| Printed materials provided to patients to give information on caring for their health, lists of resources, descriptions of frequently requested tests and procedures, etc. |
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| Contains the names, addresses, and phone numbers of those to whom the physician may refer patients for services |
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