AAMA's Mission

The mission of the American Association of Medical Assistants is to provide the medical assistant professional with education, certification, credential acknowledgement, networking opportunities, scope-of-practice protection, and advocacy for quality patient-centered health care. 

The Strategic Issues Plan

The Board of Trustees has determined a focus of goals for the Strategic Issues Plan to have three priority goals. The priority goals are membership, leadership, and marketing.

Goal I

Strengthen the market share of the AAMA membership and CMA (AAMA) credential.

Goal II

Increase membership of medical assistants within the AAMA organization.

Goal III

Enhance engagement and communications.

Goal IV

Educate the decision makers on the value and utilization of credentialed medical assistants.

Goal V

Launch AAMA website.

Goal VI

Expand educational opportunities.

Goal VII

Be the leading resource for medical assisting scope-of-practice.