Professional Medical Assistants support doctors in facilitating care in clinics and offices. They help ensure that appointments run smoothly, performing tasks such as checking a patient’s vital signs or measuring their height and weight. Although medical assistants may ask patients pertinent healthcare questions, they are not able to give medical advice, as they are not licensed for that kind of care. Medical assistants can be responsible for a wide range of both administrative and clinical tasks depending on the demands of the clinic.