Medical Assisting Shift, a browser clinic-shift game for rooming and vitals, in an early version

The player works a shift in a clinic as the medical assistant. Patients arrive, and the player decides who goes next, brings them to a room, confirms their name and birth date against the chart, cleans their hands and takes the vital signs. The player then sets up the tray for the visit, calls the provider and keeps the schedule from falling behind.

An early version can be played on this page. Three visit types are open in it: suture removal, an injection and a 12-lead ECG. The first patient of a shift is a guided walk-through. It is a test build, so its look and its rooms can still change.

• Rooming: bringing the next patient to a free room.
• Patient identification: matching two identifiers, name and birth date, to the chart.
• Hand hygiene: cleaning the hands before touching the patient.
• Vital signs: taking all five, one at a time.
• Tray setup: setting up the tray that fits the reason for the visit.
• Schedule: keeping the day on time.

Medical Assisting Shift is a rehearsal tool for routine and order of work. It is not exam preparation endorsed by any body, it gives no certificate, and it does not replace supervised practice. No clinical step orders or measurements are given on this page.

For the CMA (AAMA) credential, the American Association of Medical Assistants offers its own practice exam. The association's certification page describes it as online only, with 10 modules of 20 questions, and says that performance on it does not ensure a passing score on the real exam.

Games and simulations that exist today are compared on the medical assisting games page, with the status of each.