Chapter 3 Study Guide Vocabulary

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Continuing education units (CEU’s)

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Credits for courses classes or seminars related to an individual’s profession that are designed to promote education and to keep the professional up-to-date on current procedures and trends in the field; often required for licensing

Question 1

Allied health field

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Occupational disciplines in which professionals involved with the delivery of healthcare or related services assistant positions with the diagnosis treatment and care of patients in many different specialty areas

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Cross-training

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Training in more than one area so that a multitude of duties may be performed by one person or so that substitutions of personnel may be made in an emergency or at other necessary times

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Intangibles

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Qualities that cannot be perceived especially by touch or cannot be precisely identified or realize by mind

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Invasive

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Involving injury into the living body as by incision or insertion of an instrument

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Perks

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Extra advantages or benefits of working in a specific job that may or may not be commonplace in that particular profession shortened form of perquisiters

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Phlebotomy

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An invasive procedure used to obtain a blood specimen for testing experimentation or diagnosis of a disease

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Practicum

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Another word for externship. A training program that is part of a medical assisting course of study and the actual business setting of a medical office

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Profit-sharing

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Offer of a part of a company’s profit to employees or individuals or groups

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Externship

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A temporary training program in a workplace especially when one offered to students as part of a course of study

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Internship

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And advance student or graduate usually in a professional field gaining supervise practical experience

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Stock options

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Offers of stock for purchase to a certain group of individuals or groups

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Versatile

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Embracing a variety of subjects fields or skills; having a wide range of abilities

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Benefits

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Services or payments provided under a health employee plan or payment agreement including programs such as health insurance, pensions, retirement planning and many other options that may be offered to employees of the company or organization

Question 14

Certification

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The attesting of something as being true as represented or as meeting a standard. The results of having been tested and awarded a certificate based on proven knowledge