Medical Assistants

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Medical assistants check patients in, take blood pressure and histories, give some shots, draw blood, and handle records and scheduling. It's one of the fastest ways into health care, and many use it as a first step toward nursing or other careers.

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High school courses that build toward it

• English 10 · English

  Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

• Physical Education · Health and PE

  Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.

• Child Development · Career and Technical

  Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.

• Computer Science Principles · Computer Science

  Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.

• Anatomy and Physiology · Science

  Builds health and medicine, which this job uses.

• Psychology · Social Studies

  Builds psychology, which this job uses.

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