Medical Assistant

Duties & Responsibilities:  A medical assistant is an allied health professional that supports the work of physicians and other health professionals, usually in a clinic setting. A medical assistant can also be useful to arrange examining rooms. They perform routine tasks and procedures such as measuring patients' vital signs, administering medications and injections, recording information in medical record keeping, preparing and handling medical instruments and supplies, and collecting and preparing specimens of bodily fluids and tissues for laboratory testing.  ambulatory care centers, urgent care facilities, and clinics, but this is now changing. They work in both private and public hospitals, inpatient and outpatient facilities, as well as assisted living facilities, Administrative and Clinical settings, or General practice and Specialty Doctor’s offices.

Salary: $30,731-$36,721

Education: High school diploma or GED, 2 Year associate degree program in medical assistance. Then you must take the AAMA test to become a certified medical assistant only graduates get to take the test. Certification must be renewed every five years.

Demand for this profession: 23% growth from 2014 to 2024.

Reflection: Yes i would like to be one. To begin with the school educational requirement isn't even high. Being a medical assistance seems interesting because you are exposed to learning about new things every day, & you're basically giving back to others, by helping them out.