Medical assistant

Duties and responsibilities: Medical assistants administrative duties include answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patients' medical records, filling out insurance forms, handling correspondence, scheduling appointments, arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services, and handling billing and bookkeeping. Clinical duties include taking medical histories, recording vital signs ,explaining procedures to patients, preparing patient before examination and helping physician during examination.

Salary: $30,500

Education:  Postsecondary nondegree award

Demand or need for this profession:  23% (2014)  # of jobs 591,300 (2014)

Reflection: No i would not like to be a medical assistant, i would want to be something else in the medical field. I would like to be like a specialized surgeon. Other than that they do a great job.