I read all kinds of conflicting views about which one is better, phlebotomy or medical assistant? Some people wrongly believe that by taking a medical assistant training is enough to land you a phlebotomist job, which is not.
During your medical assistant you will learn how to draw blood, also learn how and which veins to take blood and heart, usually about 5 weeks, but this is not enough for you to be able to profess a sa phlebotomist. The reson for the venipuncture training for medical assistants is that ocasionaly your doctor may put you to draw blood from patients for various reasons.
In order to get a phlebotomy job in a hospital you need to be a certified phlebotomist which you can do it on the school you have had the training and after that you need to sit for your national exam. Conform to regulation a medical assistant can draw blood but can not work as a phlebotomist.
Some people may prefer getting a medical assistant training as the options to get a job a wider. Really, by becoming a medical assistant you can find more easily jobs available without so much experience rather than been a phlebotomist. Without experience, it is notoriously difficult to get very well aying jobs in hospitals. Though, once someone have more experience in their back, at least 5 years, then the pay is muc more higher for a phlebotomist.
So, deceding which way to go is also a personal preference. Some people may feel completely boring to sit eight hours and just draw blood. Others may not like the job of a medical assistant, particularly if you have to work with difficult patients, such as kids or elderly or mentally disabled.
