Medical assistant

Duties and responsibilities: medical assistants have to complete administrative and clinical tasks in the office of physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. Their duties are based on the location, specialty,and size of the practice. Some of these duties are record patient history and personal information, measure blood pressure,help physician with examinations, give the patient injections or medications when the physician tells you to, help schedule appointments of patients, prepare blood samples for lab tests and enter patient's medical records.

Salary:30,590 USD

Education:there is no real required education level to become a medical assistant but most employers perfer people who have completed programs for medical assisting that are  available from community colleges, vocational schools, technical schools, and universities which take about a year to complete, and usually lead to a certificate or diploma. Some community colleges offer 2-year programs that lead to an associate’s degree.Some medical assistants have a high school diploma or equivalent and learn their duties on the job. High school students interested in a career as a medical assistant should take courses in biology, chemistry, and anatomy.

Demand:medical assistant has grown to a 23percent from 2014 to 2024

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Reflection:i think that this kind of job is very ineresting because you dont really need to go to college of it and it is really easy to get into .all you really have to do is apply for the job.