Medical Assistants
Also called:
Medical Assistant, Certifed Medical Assistant (CMA), Certified Medical Assistant (CMA), Doctor's Assistant
What they do:
Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.
On the job, you would:
- Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
- Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
- Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
Arts and Humanities
Health
Business
- customer service
- administrative services
Math and Science
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Social
- understanding people's reactions
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- order or arrange things
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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People interested in this work like activities that include
helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Self Control
- Stress Tolerance
- Integrity
- Concern for Others
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You might use software like this on the job:
Medical software
- Patient management software
- Visual electro diagnostic software
Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Microsoft Exchange
Accounting software
- Billing software
- Bookkeeping software
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high school diploma or
some college
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$29,100
per year, on average
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