You like keeping order. You enjoy helping people get better. You know that curing someone of an illness is more than just giving them medicine, it's about tracking their present and their past. You like helping people get better, using your ability to track various pieces of information to prepare patients for the care they need. Without you, we'd start from scratch with every office visit. You like that.

Medical assistants are schedulers, billers and maintainers of all things medical related. Medical assistants help care for patients under the direction of a physician. They record vital signs, prepare patients for examination and maintain office records.

Healthcare
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Moderate term on-the-job training
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Medical assisting or Medical reception
Postsecondary training

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