A Student Medical Assistant Doing His/her Internship in a Physician's

question 18

Multiple Choice

A student medical assistant doing his/her internship in a physician's office refuses to wipe up a spilled drink in the exam room hallway because she he/she believes housekeeping is not part of his/her job description. The student is demonstrating the absence of which quality deemed necessary for successful health care practitioners?

• A) compassion
• B) technical skill
• C) common sense
• D) courtesy
• E) etiquette

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Definitions:

Product Level

Pertains to costs or activities associated with a specific product rather than the business as a whole.

Activity-Based Costing

An accounting method that assigns costs to products or services based on the resources that they consume, aiming to provide more accurate costing information.

Implementation Costs

Expenses associated with putting a new system or process into use.

Overhead

The indirect costs of running a business that are not directly tied to a specific product or service, such as utilities, rent, and administrative salaries.