Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of a medical assistant includes answering phone calls, greeting patients, updating and filling in patients’ medical records, filling out insurance forms, scheduling appointments, and handling billing. Meanwhile, clinical duties may include explaining treatments to patients, preparing patients for examination, doing basic laboratory tests amongst many more other things.

Salary:

$33,330 per year as of December 2016. A medical assistant is paid approximately 16 dollars an hour.

Education:

It is required that a medical assistant obtains a high school diploma, medical assistant certificate, 0-2 years of experience in a related field. Most employers prefer assistant with training or experience. However, in some states all you need is a high school diploma.

Demand or Need For Profession:

Throughout the years medical assistant job outlooks have been very promising. Employment in this field is projected to grow at least 34% as of 2018.

                

Reflection:

Since I was small I wanted to be a doctor because it looked so professional and high class.However, as i grew older and learned more about the body and roles of a doctor it started to gross me out. Which leads to this, i think becoming a medical assistant is a wonderful opportunity for me. It is not as horrid as doing operations but it is in the medical field. So yes I think i would like to be a medical assistant.