Being a Medical Assistant Has Helped Me Find Myself
When I was 34 years old I knew my life needed to take a new direction. I wanted a career, not just a J*O*B! After searching my soul, looking at the possible opportunities, and talking with my loved ones I made a decision to go back to school and get a degree as a medical assistant.
From day one, due in part to a very special instructor Pat, I knew I'd made the right decision. It felt so right, I excelled, and found myself helping other's in the class that were struggling with all kinds of life issues. In hindsight, I truly believe that my eagerness and maturity played a huge part in my success.
If you are considering a career change, desire to help people, have compassion and respect in your heart then being a medical assistant may be a perfect fit for you too.
Thank you for visiting my lens and I encourage you to contact me anytime with your questions and feedback. We are in 'this thing' called life together!
#1 Compassion
Giving a little bit of my heart
No one can just tell you or wave a wand over you and then suddenly you have compassion. In my opinion, compassion is something a person has inside of them that bubbles forth, comes from the heart, gives positive energy to a moment in time or particular situation. I believe this to be the most important virtue of being a medical assistant. I feel blessed to have come to the realization that compassion is part of my nature and fits perfectly into my role as a medical assistant.
#2 Being Helpful
Preparing myself to help
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I've learned that not all people are informed when it comes to available medical services. How I've prepared is to know about all the services in our area, which in turn helps me to give direction to people that ask me questions. Here is what I've done:
♥ Bookmarked important websites; such as applications for low-income medical and maps to the local area hospitals.
♥ Created a notebook with key information that includes; area urgent care facilities with phone numbers, insurance specific services, plus more.
♥ Follow up with people, when I can, to see if they need additional information and to get valuable feedback.
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#3 Respect
Honor myself and those I work with
Respect goes both ways. I learned early in my career that docs are not gods, they are human too! With that said, I make sure to respect their role in patient healthcare, mind my manners by addressing them as doctor, and maintain that I am a valuable part of the healthcare team. Additionally, I've been open and honest with others that I work with. We work too many hours together, oft times under stressful situations, to allow petty differences to get in the way of patient care and our relationships.
#4 Ethics
My moral values matter
If you lose your health, you have lost something,
But if you lose your character, you have lost everything. ~Woodrow Wilson
As a newbie medical assistant I thought giving a shot to a screaming toddler meant I was a 'bad' or 'mean' medical assistant. The more I fit into my MA skin, realized my role as a healthcare provider, the less those feelings even entered my head. Forever and always though, I know that no matter the situation, I'll keep all of my moral values and beliefs intact!
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#5 Smiles Matter
Words to live by
For a writing project in my college English class we were asked to write a paragraph or two about our profession, then bit by bit we had to work on breaking down the writing into a 3-5 word sentence...this was mine, Smile, It's Infectious! You will find that if you truly smile at people they really do smile back...most times you can even catch the glint in their eyes and or see their face light up! Pretty cool, huh?
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- C-Joy C-Joy Jun 18, 2009 @ 8:45 pm
- I'm so glad you found your calling! Thank you for sharing your story :)
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- jooloo jooloo Jun 17, 2009 @ 3:17 am
- Correen, You have many layers to your creativity and brilliance. I'm a retired med tech and we worked very hard but it was so rewarding. We were taught to see Jesus in every patient and to treat both the dead and living with respect. B
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- Pmona Pmona Jun 14, 2009 @ 12:11 am
- Good job. Thanks for sharing your story with us.
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- KarateKatGraphics KarateKatGraphics Jun 13, 2009 @ 10:09 pm
- Great quote from Woodrow Wilson. I hope this inspires others going into the medical field. 5*****
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- sisterra sisterra Jun 12, 2009 @ 4:33 pm
- Excellent lens! I enjoyed reading it.
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