The successful graduate will perform any combination of the following duties under direction of the physician to assist in examination and treatment of patients: Interview patients, measure vital signs (such as pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, weight and height), record information on patients charts, prepare treatment rooms for examination of patients, drape patients with covering, position instruments and equipment, hand instruments and materials to doctor as directed, clean and sterilize instruments. The graduate will also know how to perform inventories order medical supplies and materials, operate electrocardiograph (EKG), and other equipment to administer routine diagnostic test or call to any medical facility or department to schedule patients for tests, give injections or treatments, and perform routine laboratory tests.