Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Medical assistants help physicians and nurses deliver patient care. They schedule appointments; take blood pressures, respiration, temperatures; and perform other routines pre-examining procedures. Sometimes they help with office and clerical tasks. Medical assistants work in hospitals, clinics, and private physician offices.

Average 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 by community colleges and for profit technical training schools. They may take six months and two years to complete.  

Reflection:

I would become a medical assistant because it seems interesting and i like the way they pay but to be quite honest i'd like to do other things that are other choices in the medical field.