Below are some carefully selected resources related to the Medical Assisting profession as well as links to other helpful online resources.
Professional Organizations
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
- American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA)
- American Medical Technologists (AMT)
- American Society of Podiatric Medical Assistants (ASPMA)
- Illinois Society of Medical Assistants
- Indiana Society of Medical Assistants
Other Online Resources
- Medical Assistants Resources and Training on Immunization (MARTi) – A website offering information about training for immunizations
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – ICD 10 – This CDC site offers information about the ICD-10 codes for medical billing and coding
- The Merck Manual Professional Edition – Use this for drug reference
- Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: HealthFinder – Offers information on various diseases and other ways to stay healthy
- The Mayo Clinic
- Medline Plus – Trusted information resource from the U.S. National Library of Medicine offering links to information on diseases, drugs, and organizations
- ICD – The International Classification of Diseases diagnostic tool from the World Health Organization
- Center for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS)– CMS is a government site that provides information and learning resources for services of Medicare and Medicaid. CMS, is part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Open-Access Articles
Below are links to databases of open-access articles specifically aimed at topics in Medicine. If you find that PubMed and Google Scholar are not working for you, try this database of full-text articles for your research.