Medical Assistant

A medical assistant is a professional who helps physicians usually in a clinic.

They have two different categories in which their duties may fall in. These two categories are the administrative And the clinical ones.  Some of these duties and responsibilities may include :

administrative

• Answering the telephone
• Working with the medical records
• Making appointments
• Arranging admission into the hospital
• Filling out insurance form

Clinical

• Writing down vital signs
• Explaining the treatment to the patients
• Helping the physician
• Preparing the patient for an exam.

Note that the clinical duties may vary by state law.

Salary: A medical assistant is said to be paid 30,590 annually.

Education: You must have your high school diploma is the minimum for an entry level in this job. It is recommended that you take classes in the sciences because that helps you alot. In order to do clinical tasks you must meet special requirements. This requirement may vary depending of the law . Some of these would be passing a test or taking a course.

Demand or need for this profession: this job is said to grow 23% from 2014 to 2024.

Reflection: This job sounds okay but it doesn’t interest me as much. Im looking for something more challenging that would be hard to obtain and this career isn’t that. The minimum requirement is a high school diploma i want for it to be harder to obtain. I think that it’s a career for like your backup plan.