Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities:

Medical assistant’s help physicians take care of patients.   They schedule appointments; take blood pressures, temperatures; and perform other routine patient examining procedures. Medical assistants work in hospitals, clinics, and private physician offices.

Salary:

$17,000-$18,000

Education:

Students should finish high school with courses in biology, physical science, office management, communications, and human relations, although medical assistant training programs may accept GED certificates. Medical assistant training programs are provided by community colleges and for-profit technical training schools.