Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

medical administrative assistanttochiropractic 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.

From medical administrative assistant
34%
Overlap1
To chiropractic assistant
11 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
66.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.3/ 100

1 Share of the chiropractic assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the medical administrative assistant profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A chiropractic assistant role treats 5 of its required skills as things a medical administrative assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • 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

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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held accept own accountability required
  • required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
  • required, not held 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
02 working with computers 2 required
  • required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required
  • required, not held use electronic health records management system required
03 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held 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
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collect healthcare user data under supervision required
  • optional, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held customer service required
06 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held chiropractic terminology required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held maintain chiropractic equipment required
08 assisting and caring 3 supplementary
  • 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
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
Skill Type
  • 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held chiropractic terminology required
  • required, not held customer service required
Index

Other moves recorded from medical administrative assistant

Full index of moves from medical administrative assistant

Note

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.