Program description | As a Medical Assistant, you will be involved in a wide variety of medical office responsibilities, working side by side with physicians, nurses and others on the health care team. You will treat patients ranging from newborns to senior citizens. This is a health care specialty that offers a set of unique challenges while assisting the physician in examinations, diagnostic techniques and minor signs and medical histories, explaining treatment procedures to patients, preparing patients for examination, assistingduring the examination, drawing blood and giving injections. A neat, well-groomed appearance and a courteous, pleasant manner are desirable traits. |