A community in which I feel the greatest alliance is my work community. I been working as medical assistant for the past 3 years. I really enjoy my place of work the people around and the patients I have to encounter with. I have contact with lot of kids since my work place is a pediatric clinic. The doctors at the clinic are very enjoyable to work for. A typical day at work consisted of a steady flow of patients coming into the office to be seen. The most enjoyable part of work is meeting new patients and becoming friends with the children and their families. I get the chance to know them on a more personal level instead of just names and information. However, communicating with some patients has at one point been difficult because of their languages. Medical assistants consist of everyday clinical and administrative duties under the supervision of a physician or other health care professional. We perform many administrative duties, including answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patients’ medical records, verifying insurance, scheduling appointments, and handling billing. Duties vary and may include taking medical histories and recording vital signs, explaining treatment procedures to patients, preparing patients for examination, and aide the provider during diagnostic examinations. We collect and prepare laboratory specimens or perform basic laboratory tests on the spot, dispose of contaminated supplies, and sterilize medical instruments, and prepare and administer vaccines. Our duties do change, however we all have specific assignment to do. It is a job that need a lot of communication between the patient and other health care provider. A medical assistant can be a defined as a group that might cover related occupational titles such as medical office assistant, clinical assistant, and ophthalmic assistant dental assistant. The occupation much time gets confused with physician assistants, who are licensed professionals trained to practice medicine and surgical procedures in relation with a physician. I work in a pediatric clinic, where we only specialize in children. As for other clinic who have different specialties and could see both children and adult patients. There are numerous professional specialties like orthopedic specializes in bones, cardiologist who specializes in the heart, and allergist who specializes in allergies to mention a few. After being a pediatric medical assistant for over 3years, I truly and strongly believe that only certain people have what it takes to work in a children’s clinic. …show more content…
It is hard to vaccinate a child and see them cry. It is hard to see a small child with so little lived in pain or suffering.
Know a days there is a lot of technology and in the medical field is one and we have had to learn from and had to transition with it. In today’s fast-paced and highly competitive marketplace, it is serious for groups easily adapt to change, in order to continue useful and up to date. How can employers remain in good conditions for a successful change process? And what can employees do to get through it? Human beings, by nature, do tend to dislike change and fight it strongly. The whole process can be very stressful to employees and bad emotions or reactions could be noticed. Denial is a first step to the transition. The change has been announced. Employees fight it and struggle to defend their status at this stage. Then Anger applies, where Employees realize they cannot possibly avoid the new happening the clinic change. Dejection this stage