Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: The medical assistant is responsible for

• answering telephones,
• they greet the patients,
• they update and fill the patient’s medical records
• Fill out the insurance form
• Schedule appointments
• Handle billing and bookkeeping

Salary:The median annual medical Assistant salary is $33,330

Education: Associate’s degree,diploma,or certificate in medical assistance.

Demands Needed For this Profession:

• Interpersonal
• Communication
• Comprehensive knowledge of human anatomy
• Medical terminology
• Insurance procedures
• Pharmacology

Reflection: I would not like to be a medical assistant because we don’t really participate in the patient’s health. It is a good career but i like to get involved with the medicine and be the one who is taking care of the patient.