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Medical Assistants

Experience, Skills, and Personality Traits

Aspiring medical assistants should obtain hands-on clinical experience during their college education to prepare for the field.

To be a successful medical assistant, you must be able to interact with patients and other medical personnel and be able to follow detailed directions. In addition, you must be dependable and compassionate and have the desire to help people. Medical assistants must also respect patients' privacy by keeping medical information confidential. Overall, medical assistants who help patients feel at ease in the doctor's office and other medical settings and have good communication skills and a desire to serve should do well in this job.

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