Career Wiring

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

O*NET-SOC 43-6013.00 · interest code CSE

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

How this work is wired

O*NET rates every occupation 1-7 on six interest dimensions. This one leans Conventional — order and accuracy — records, systems, standards, detail held reliably — then Social and Enterprising.

Realistic2.4
Investigative3.0
Artistic1.0
Social4.1
Enterprising3.2
Conventional6.7

Preparation typically needed

Job Zone 2 — some preparation — usually a high-school diploma and a few months of training.

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