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| AAMA | American Association of Medical Assistants |
| Externship | An experience required in which a student work without payment in a physician’s office, clinic or a hospital setting |
| Confidentiality | the ability to safeguard patient confidences particularly medical information |
| Discretion | ability to make a decision responsibly, tactful in communication with others |
| Empathy | the ability to work with the sick, and to be sensitive to and understand their needs, feelings as an individual |
| Integrity | honest, dependable, punctual, and dedicated to high standards |
| RMA | Registered Medical Assistant |
| CNA | Certified Nursing Assistant |
| RN | registered nurse |
| PA | physician's assistant |
| EMT | emergency Medical technician |
| Phlebotomist | person who is skilled at withdrawing blood from veins |
| criminal law | made to protect the public as whole from the harmful act of others. |
| Competence | ability to perform a task accurately |
| respondeat superior | “Let the master answer |
| malpractice | Professional misconduct or demonstration of an unreasonable lack of skill with the result of injury, loss |
| Res ipsa Loquitur | The thing speaks for itself |
| Informed consent | Pt. informed of possible consequences of both having and not having certain procedures. |
| Statute of Limitations | Period of time pt has to file lawsuit. |
| Subpoena duces tecum | A command to a witness to produce documents to court |
