Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities:

Medical Assistant perform routine administrative clinical tasks to keep the offices other physicians and other health practitioners running smoothly. The duties of medical assistants vary from office to office, depending on the location and size of the practice and the practitioner's specialty.

Medical Assistant duties include answering phones, greeting patients, updating and filling patients’ medical history, filling out insurance forms, handling correspondence, etc.

Salary: $26,000- $36,000

Educational Requirements:

First you must earn a high school diploma. Next you must purse to pass the on-the-job training or complete an accredited.  You can learn the skills you need through a 2-year associate's degree program or a 1-year certificate or diploma program available through technical, vocational or community college assisting.

 I would like to be a medical assistant because you get to help patients