Are you curious about the medical assistant profession? Here are some basic day-to-day responsibilities medical assistants are trained to handle.

1. Medical Assistant Programs at
What Do Medical Assistants Do?

2. Are You Curious What A Career
As A Medical Assistant Is Like?
• The medical assistant profession is as varied as the
daily tasks that medical assistants perform. Doctors,
as well as nurses, rely on their medical staff team
daily. They need help and medical assistants perform
the daily tasks needed to keep the office running.

3. Medical Assisting As A Career
• A medical assistant may find themselves taking blood
pressure, handling patient histories, and contacting
patients on a normal day.
– Those with training may take blood samples or perform
ultrasounds as well.

4. Medical Related Duties
• Medical Assistant training, prepares you for medical
related duties such as:
• Giving medical support
• Taking blood pressure
• Withdrawing blood
• Performing ultrasounds

5. Administrative Duties
• These are administrative duties medical
assistants may encounter:
– Answering phones
– Scheduling appointments
– Scheduling patient tests
– Updating patient files
– Handling office correspondence
– Handling patient histories
– Contacting patients
– Submitting medical claim forms

6. Emotional Duties
• These duties may not be written into a job description,
but are often looked for as potential in a medical
assistant applicant. Doctors rely on medical assistants
to comfort and explain medicine to patients.
• Excellent medical assistants should be able to:
– Aid patients
– Explain medical procedures
– Provide comfort before a procedure
– Provide comfort after a procedure
– Cheer the office with a warm smile and upbeat attitude

7. Join Everest College’s Medical
Assisting Community
• Visit the Everest College Facebook page to hear from
medical assistants and current or prospective
students.

8. Request More Information
• Please call 1-(866) 210-6524 or visit
medicalassistant.everestcollege.edu to
request more information about
becoming a medical assistant. We look
forward to hearing from you!