The American Association of Medical Assistants ( AAMA) is a professional organization and licensing agency for medical assistants.
The American Registry of Medical Assistants is another certifying organization for medical assistants. Members are known as Registered Medical Assistants.
AHDI -- Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (formerly AAMT)
Medical Assisting Career -- Tips, links & information
Medical Assistant Net -- Career information, continuing education, etc.
Medical Assistant Programs Guide -- Comprehensive guide to Medical Assistant training programs
Cultural Competency & Multicultural Health
Ethnomed -- Specific information on various cultures
Medical Reference Works
Gray's Anatomy -- Text of the 1918 edition, from Bartleby.com
RxList: The Internet Drug Index -- Provides in-depth drug information from WebMD
State Health Facts -- Rich source of data, from the Kaiser Family Foundation
Visual Medical Dictionary -- Excellent dictionary thesaurus, providing definitions, related terms, hierarchical information, and more
General Health Information
Medscape -- Health news and information
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health -- US lead agency for scientific research on health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine.
National Health Information Center -- Health information referral service
National Institutes of Health-- Health information and much more
Women's Health -- From the Mayo Clinic
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