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Job Description


	Perform secretarial duties utilizing specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Duties include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence.

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Job Requirements


	Experience: Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.

	Education: These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.

	Training: Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.

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Significant Points


	(Abstract from Career Articles)

	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Numerous job openings will result from the need to replace workers who leave this very large occupation each year. Opportunities should be best for applicants with extensive knowledge of software applications. Increasing office automation and organizational restructuring will lead to slower than average growth in overall employment of secretaries and administrative assistants, but average growth is projected for legal and medical secretaries.
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Top Ten Industries

U.S. National Figures.

Medical secretaries
Offices of Physicians	176,040
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	116,200
Offices of Dentists	73,250
Offices of Other Health Practitioners	40,680
Outpatient Care Centers	14,680
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	7,080
Home Health Care Services	6,220
Nursing Care Facilities	5,150
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	5,090
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	4,790

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