Medical administrative assistant to chiropractic assistant
A medical administrative assistant already meets 34% of what the chiropractic assistant role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
66.3/ 100
1 How much of what a chiropractic assistant is expected to do is already part of a medical administrative assistant’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the chiropractic assistant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A chiropractic assistant role treats 5 of its required skills as things a medical administrative assistant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- administrative tasks in a medical environment
- answer patients' questions
- collect healthcare user's general data
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
- medical informatics
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A chiropractic assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a medical administrative assistant background worth leading with.
- already held administrative tasks in a medical environment business, administration and law
- already held answer patients' questions assisting and caring
- already held collect healthcare user's general data information skills
- already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality assisting and caring
- already held professional documentation in health care health and welfare
- already held medical informatics health and welfare
All 11 carried skills, including the 5 the chiropractic assistant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn accept own accountability required
- still to learn advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
- still to learn provide health education required
- optional, not held communicate in healthcare optional
- optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- still to learn use e-health and mobile health technologies required
- still to learn use electronic health records management system required
- still to learn identify patients' medical records required
- optional, not held contribute to quality physiotherapy services optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held respond to changing situations in health care optional
- still to learn collect healthcare user data under supervision required
- optional, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment optional
- still to learn customer service required
- still to learn chiropractic terminology required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a chiropractic assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 chiropractic terminology study this
- 02 accept own accountability practise this
- 03 advise on healthcare users' informed consent practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge
- already held answer patients' questions skill
- already held collect healthcare user's general data skill
- already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
- already held medical informatics knowledge
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
- already held medical terminology knowledge
- already held professional documentation in health care knowledge
- already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn maintain chiropractic equipment required
- optional, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice optional
- optional, not held empathise with the healthcare user optional
- optional, not held promote inclusion optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice optional
- optional, not held contribute to quality physiotherapy services optional
- optional, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held communicate in healthcare optional
- optional, not held empathise with the healthcare user optional
- optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
- optional, not held promote inclusion optional
- optional, not held respond to changing situations in health care optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
31 held skills the chiropractic assistant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role allocate bills skill
- not needed by the target role analyse insurance needs skill
- not needed by the target role clinical reports knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
- not needed by the target role fill out forms skill
- not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
- not needed by the target role handle paperwork skill
- not needed by the target role healthcare administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role insurance law knowledge
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage healthcare users' data skill
- not needed by the target role manage personnel agenda skill
- not needed by the target role monitor billing procedures skill
- not needed by the target role order supplies skill
- not needed by the target role organise travel arrangements for staff skill
- not needed by the target role pathology knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan schedule skill
- not needed by the target role process medical insurance claims skill
- not needed by the target role record healthcare users' billing information skill
- not needed by the target role record treated patient's information skill
- not needed by the target role send samples to laboratory skill
- not needed by the target role transcribe dialogues skill
- not needed by the target role transcription methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role type on electronic devices skill
- not needed by the target role types of insurance knowledge
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
- not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn chiropractic terminology required
- still to learn customer service required
Other moves recorded from medical administrative assistant
Common questions about this move
Can a medical administrative assistant become a chiropractic assistant?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A medical administrative assistant already covers 34% of what a chiropractic assistant is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 5 of which the chiropractic assistant role treats as required.
What skills does a medical administrative assistant need to become a chiropractic assistant?
10 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is chiropractic terminology.
How hard is the move from medical administrative assistant to chiropractic assistant?
Its learning distance is 66.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.