Which of the following is not a typical task for a medical assistant who is working with a therapeutic team?
A. Coordinating sessions with different specialists
B. Answering the patient's questions
C. Determining the type and length of therapy to be used
D. Communicating the physician's findings to the specialist
E. Making referrals, as directed by the physician
C. Determining the type and length of therapy to be used
The physician and physical therapist are responsible for determining the type and length of therapy to be used. This is outside of the medical assistant's scope of practice.
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A) calling for a social worker to meet you at the hospital, to help the patient adjust to having one hand.
B) bagging the amputated hand and placing it on ice.
C) transporting the amputated part in a different vehicle, so as not to upset the patient.
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