CCMA- Roles & Responsibilities vocabulary

Clinical setting designed to treat minor acute conditions, such as a cut which needs stitches

• Acute Care Setting

• Emergency room
• Walk-in clinic
• Primary care physician

Skills a professional has been trained to perform and is allowed to practice

• clinical duties

• Certifications
• scope of practice

• Licenses

A place where patients stay while undergoing physical therapy after an accident or injury

• rehabilitation center
• urgent care facility
• nursing home
• hospital ward

Scheduling appointments, answering the telephone and greeting patients are

• Administrative duties

• clinical duties

• Patient diagnosis methods
• Surgical operations and techniques

The level of authority which outlines which member of the team gives orders to others is called

• chain of command
• authority matrix
• leadership structure
• hierarchy

Outpatient setting where patients receive medical care is called

• acute care setting

• urgent care center
• emergency room
• ambulatory care setting

A place where patients live with healthcare professionals available to perform tasks such as administering medications

• Assisted living facility
• Rehabilitation center
• Nursing home
• Urgent care clinic

This includes taking blood pressure, assisting in a medical procedure and administering an injection

• physical therapy duties

• pharmacy duties

• administration duties

• clinical duties