Medical
Assistant
Duties and Responsibilities:
Medical assistants help
physicians and nurses deliver patient care.
They schedule appointments; take blood pressures, respirations,
temperatures; and perform other routine patient pre-examining procedures. Sometimes they help with office and clerical
tasks. Medical assistants work in
hospitals, clinics, and private physician offices.
Salary: $17,000 - $18,000
Education:
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 two years to complete.
Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why or Why not?
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