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Medical Terminology: A Career As A Medical Assistant

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As you know, I 'm currently taking and, by the way, enjoying your Medical Terminology course. I 'm working towards my Medical Assistant certification. My hopes are that I will be able to continue my education to become certified in a nuclear diagnostic career. I 'm loving the online format!

On a personal note, I love to travel, preferably where it 's warm, but will go anywhere on an adventure. I never want to live in a land-locked state, I prefer to be within 3 hours of the ocean. I have two rescue dogs, Roxie, my itty bitty pitty and Lily, the hound lab mix. I 've run 2 half marathons (I use the word run loosely), both of them in Disney World for a charity near and dear to my heart.

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