Being a medical secretary is not an easy task. The doctors depend on you in terms of their appointments and all the paper works. To become a qualified medical secretary, one must have a comfort level with their superior doctor and in-depth understanding of the different medical processes and terms used. A medical secretary must have the ability to give the doctor a short report of the present condition of the patient in order to save time. Another important function of a medical secretary is to arrange appointments of the doctors to its patients and must be able to detect serious medical ailments for emergency purposes.