Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities:

Medical assistants help physicians and nurses deliver patient care. They schedule appointments, take blood pressures, respirations temperatures, and preform pre-examinations procedures.

Salary: $17,000 - $18,000

Education:

Students should take complete high school courses in biology, physical science, office management, and human communications. It is necessary to take courses and/or community college. It is also acceptable to have a GED.

I would not like to be a medical assistant because I don’t like working with a lot paper work.

Epidemiologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Epidemiologists study the frequency and distribution of diseases within human populations and environments. Specifically, they measure the incidence of disease occurrence and relate it to different characteristics of populations and environments. Epidemiologists perform research, education, and public health practice in universities, government agencies, international organizations, and private corporations. Epidemiologists often:

·     Work on developing or refining methods of measuring and evaluating disease occurrences.

·     Develop and recommend public health policy.

·     Study or research chronic diseases, infectious diseases, disease outbreaks, injuries, occupations, and environments.

Average Salary: $30,000 - $50,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses (including AP or IB courses) available in science, math, and English.

Epidemiologists have, as a minimum, master’s degrees in public health. Undergraduate requirements for admissions into public health graduate programs vary by schools but usually include strong backgrounds in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and or statistics.

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I would like to be an epideliologist because I do like working with cures and diseases but I will need to be careful.