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A Career As A Medical Assistant

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Working in different settings and meeting new people that need to be taken care of has always interested me. The job I want to have while I go to college is the very challenging role of a Medical Assistant. Due to the experiences that have happened in my life, I believe that becoming a medical assistant is the best career choice for me. There are many duties and responsibilities I will have as a medical assistant. One of the responsibilities I would have as an medical assistant is answering telephones and dealing with patients. Other responsibilities I would have is greeting patients and updating/filing medical records. There is lots of education and training needed to become a medical assistant. One of the education and training needed to becoming a medical assistant is a high school diploma or GED. Another training that would be needed is some basic office schools and postsecondary nondegree award. There are many places in the United States to become a medical assistant. The top one of the training places I would like to go for training is Pasadena City College (PCC). Two other places I would like to go to for training is Orange Coast College (OCC), and Anthem College (AC). The job location I want to work in is California because California provides such a great medical assisting employment environment that three of the Bureau of Labor Statistics top ten medical assisting metropolitan areas are located in the state. The location for demands for medical assisting is
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