A person who assists in the medical practice to Consultant / Physician is called Medical Assistant (MA).
Medical Assistant is an allied health professional that supports the work of Consultant / Physician usually in clinics, OPDs and other facility centers. Medical Assistant could be physician’s assistant or nurse practitioner or a person who performs delegated procedures commensurate with the MA’s education and training but Medical Assistant does not diagnose, interpret, design or modify established treatment programs or perform any functions that would violate any act applicable to the practice of medicine.
Medical Assistant Job Responsibilities
Medical assistants perform routine tasks and procedures such as measuring patients' vital signs, administering medications and injections, recording information in medical record keeping systems, preparing and handling medical instruments and supplies, collecting and preparing specimens of bodily fluids and tissues for laboratory testing and also management of clinics sometime.
