What is Medical Assisting?

As a medical assistant, you will be a healthcare professional that works alongside doctors in clinics and medical offices. You will be responsible for providing a smooth work flow for your doctor by getting patient vitals, history and assisting with exams. This job is challenging, rewarding and can lead to many great opportunities.

A Medical Assistant is an integral member of the health care delivery team, qualified by education and experience to work in the administrative office, the examining room and the physician’s laboratory. Individuals in this unique position will be involved in many of the following skills: General health care professional practices, Administrative duties, Clinical preparation for patient examinations, procedures and treatment, record medical histories, take vital signs, chart patient information, administer medications and injections, provide patient instruction and education, perform venipunctures, collect and prepare other specimens, perform electrocardiograms (ECG), sterilize instruments, and perform basic laboratory tests.