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.  

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?

No because I hate needles and I wouldn't like to use them on other people.