Paula Criman
Medical Assistant Director
Office: Clarke 145F
Phone: (208) 496-1541
Email: crimanp@byui.edu
Medical Assistant Program
A Certified Medical Assistant is one who has graduated from an accredited training program and taken and passed the AAMA/CMA Certification/Recertification Examination. The CMA will expect to be employed in an ambulatory medical office, clinic or outpatient facility. Being cross-trained and multi-skilled, she/he will perform both administrative (front-office) and clinical (back-office) procedures to support the physician/employer in providing excellent patient care.
Medical Assistant Program
Description of Externship Requirements
Course Syllabi
MA 106 - Law & Ethics Syllabus
Web Links
James E. Faust, "A Messdage to My Granddaughters: Becoming Great Women," Ensign, Sept. 1986, p. 16
"You say, where do I begin? Rather than beginning with a wish list of all willing to do without, you should select two or three of life's experiences that you are absolutely sure you want to have; these important things you should not leave to chance. Then you should think about what you can contribute to society by way of service to the Church, home, and community. You also need to think of what life will demand from you. Everything has its price. Much is expected of us.
It is unfortunate that it is taking so long to bring full economic justice to women. The feminization of poverty is both real and tragic. That is why you should work very hard to prepare for your future by gaining some marketable skills.
But, my dear granddaughters, you cannot do everything well at the same time. You cannot be a 100 percent wife, a 100 percent mother, a 100 percent church worker, a 100 percent career person, and a 100 percent public-service person at the same time.
Doing things sequentially--filling roles one at a time at different times--is not always possible, as we know, but it gives a woman the opportunity to do each thing well in its time and to fill a variety of roles in her life...She may fit more than one career into the various seasons of life. She need not try to sing all of the verses of her song at the same time.
Your grandmother and I urged your mothers to get an education, not only to help them in their homemaking but also to prepare them to earn a living outside the home if that became necessary. Going to college is a wonderful experience, but the dollars, the effort, and the time are much better used if the education also prepares the student with a marketable skill."