Potential medical assisting students will find answers to the most commonly asked questions about medical assisting education programs and the career field. Students, program managers, guidance couselors, parents and friends of medical assisting students will all find the information in this easy to read and understand manual extremely useful. Starting with a brief note from the author, the manual goes on to answer questions that are frequently asked when students consider a career in the field of medical assisting. The following questions, among many others, are addressed in the manual: What can you tell me about the medical assisting profession? What do medical assistants do? What are the job prospects? How much money can I make? What classes should I take? These questions and many more are answered with honest and knowledgable information from a professor of medical assisting.