Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: A medical assistant works alongside physicians, mainly in outpatient or ambulatory care facilities, such as medical offices and clinics. Medical assistants are crossed trained to perform administrative and clinical duties.

Salary: $30,731-$35,985.

Education: Medical assistants must have knowledge of health care field and medical specialty, medical terminology, grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Also knowledge of EHRs

Demand or Need for this profession: Medical assisting is one of the nation’s careers growing much faster than average for all occupations, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Job growth is the following: predicted surge in the number of physicians’ offices and outpatient care facilities. Technology advancements and growing number of elderly Americans who need medical treatment.

Reflection: Yes I would actually like to become a medical assistant because I would love to help

others who are in need of service. Also I would like to become one because I would like to have

knowledge of health care field and medical specialty.