Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) Examination (AMT)

Credential Source Contact Information

Source Company Name:
American Medical Technologists (AMT)
Contact:
Nancy Pudelek, Business Development Manager

Credential Contractor

Credential Contractor:
Same as source
Contact:
Same as source
Phone:
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Email:
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Test Administration

Test Site:
  • School: Online
  • Testing facility
Paper & Pencil
No
Can the instructor take this test?:
Yes
Number of Test Items:
210-230
Time Allowed (minutes):

120

Passing Score (percent):

70%

Cost Per Test:

$135

Additional information:

American Medical Technologists (AMT) is a national credentialing organization for medical assistants, clinical laboratory practitioners, and other allied health professionals. AMT has over 100,000 active members in good standing, more than half of whom hold the Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) certification. AMT's Registered Medical Assistant certification program has been in existence for more than 40 years. The program has been fully accredited for many years by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), a division of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence.

The RMA exam is developed and administered in accordance with the highest standards of psychometrics and exam security. The exam periodically is content-validated using task analyses to ensure that it tests for currently relevant medical assisting competencies. It is scored on a criterion-referenced basis (i.e., it is not scored on a "curve" but rather on the basis of the minimum score necessary to demonstrate competence). You can see the examination content outline for the RMA exam on our website at https://americanmedtech.org/medical-assistant.

AMT has a mandatory Certification Continuation Program (CCP). This program requires AMT members to document activities supporting continuation of AMT certification every three years. Each AMT certificant, including Registered Medical Assistants, is required to attest to CCP compliance every three years, which can be accomplished by a combination of continuing education, continuous employment, and several other means of meeting the CCP criteria. The CCP program is intended to promote, encourage, and reward practitioners who demonstrate continued efforts to carry the competencies needed at initial certification throughout their careers.

Possible Preparatory Courses

Timing

Multiple test sessions:
No
Time of day
Yes
Order of tasks
Yes
Planned breaks during test
No
Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
No

Setting

Test location
Yes
Adaptive or special furniture
Yes
Special lighting
Yes

Presentation

Written directions accompanying oral directions
Yes
Specific verbal prompts
No
Visual aids
No
Amplification equipment
Yes
Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
Yes
Large-print test
Yes
Braille test
No
Read-aloud test
Yes
Audio test
Yes
Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
No
Interpreting/Transliterating the test
No

Response

Enlarged copy of the answer document
Yes
Communication board or choice cards
No
Examiner records responses
Yes
Brailler
No
Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
No
Augmentative communication device
Yes
Word prediction software
No
Spelling aids
No
English dictionary
No
Dictation using a recording device
No
Dictation to a scribe
Yes
Read back student response
Yes
Calculator and arithmetic tools
No
Calculator with additional functions
No
Math aids
No
Dry erase board
No
Additional writing implements
No

Audio test
No
Bilingual dictionary
No
Dictation to a scribe
Yes
English dictionary
No
Examiner records responses
Yes
Flexible Schedule
Yes
Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
No
Multiple test sessions
No
Read-aloud test
Yes
Test directions delivery
Yes
Visual aids
No

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