Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: Administrative duties include: answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patients' medical records, filling out insurance forms, handling correspondence, scheduling appointments, arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services, and handling billing and bookkeeping.

Salary: $30,590

Education/Demands for this profession: Medical assistants typically graduate from postsecondary education programs. Although there are no formal educational requirements for becoming a medical assistant in most states, employers may prefer to hire assistants who have completed these programs.These programs usually lead to a certificate or diploma.       

Reflection: I am not sure if i want a medical pathway.