Medical Assistant

Duties and responsibilities: 

Medical assistants help physicians and nurses deliver patient care. They

·        schedule appointments

·        take blood pressures

·         respiration's

·         temperature

·         Perform other routine patient pre-examining procedures.

·         Sometimes they help with office and clerk tasks

Medical assistants work in hospitals, clinics, private physician offices.

 Salary: $17,000-$18,000

Educational requirements:

Students should complete high school with courses in biology, physical science, office management, communications, and human relations, although medical assistant training programs may accept GED certificates. Medical assistant training programs are provided by community colleges and for-profit technical training schools. They may take between six months and 2 years to complete.

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Reflection: I don’t think I would like to be a medical assistant because it’s not a field I’m interested in.