Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: Medical assistants help the physicians and also nurses deliver patient care.  They do things such as, schedule the appointments; take blood pressures, respirations, temperatures; and they perform some other routine with the patient pre-examining procedures. The Medical assistants work in places like hospitals, clinics, and private physician offices sometimes they like to help with office and clerical task.

Salary: $17,000 - $18,000

Education: Students should and complete high school courses in biology, physical science, office management, communications, and human relations, even though medical assistant training programs may accept the GED certificates. Medical assistants training is provided by community colleges and it might take between six months or two years.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one?  Why? Why not?

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