Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: They must answer telephones, greeting patients, updating and filling patient’s medical records, filling out insurance forms, handling correspondence, scheduling appointments, arranging for hospital addition and laboratory services, and handling billing and book keeping.

Salary: $20,000-$40,000

 

Education: Most employers prefer graduates who graduated from an accredited Medical Assisting program. Accredited Medical Assisting programs are offered in post secondary vocational schools, junior colleges and in colleges and universities. Post secondary programs usually last either one year or less which results in a certificate or diploma or two years with an associate degree.

Reflection: I would not like to do this as a job because i would not like to make this much money when i grow up because they do not make that much money.