The Medical Assistant: Chapter 1- Becoming a Successful Student

Medical Office Support

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Cards In This Set

Front Back
The constant practice of considering all aspects of a situation when deciding what to believe or what to do.
Critical Thinking
Those actions that identify the medical assistant as a member of a healthcare profession, including dependability, respectful patient care, initiative, positive attitude, and teamwork.
Professional Behaviors
How an individual looks at information and sees it as real.
Perceiving
The way an individual perceives and processes information to learn new material.
Learning Style
How an individual internalizes new information and makes it his or her own.
Processing
The process of considering new information and internalizing it to create new ways of examining information.
Reflection
Sensitivity to the individual needs and reactions of patients.
Empathy
Three examples of professional behaviors:
Being dependable, performing respectful patient care, using teamwork, excercising initiative, demonstrating a positive attitude
Five time management skills:
Determine your purpose, identify your main concern, be organized, stop procrastinating, remember you.
Five strategies for breaking the cycle of procrastination:
Make the work meaningful, plan work deadlines, ask for help, prioritize, rewars yourself.
Cycle Map
Shows connection between factors.