Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities:

A Medical Assistant measures patient’s vital signs and records the patient’s data before seeing the physician. They make appointments and help in clerk tasks.  They work in hospitals, clinics, and private physician offices.

Average Salary:  $17,000-$18,000

Education:

Must complete high school with enforcement on biology, physical sciences, office management, communications, and human relations, GED’s are also accepted. Programs for medical assistant are offered at community colleges. This program can take between six months to two years

I would like to be a medical assistant because you get to help people and its a career that doesn't need much school. I would like to be a medical assistant as a Plan D incase things don't work out  my way .