tommyhillfigger4
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After shadowing a dermatologist for about a month, I asked the doctor if she had any other opportunities available at her private practice. She said she was willing to train me as a medical assistant, but I could not take the job because my schedule only allowed me to be there once a week. I offered to do it for free once a week, as a volunteer, for a few hours a week and she agreed. I figured that this would be an extremely valuable experience. Basically what she did was train me the same way she trained her medical assistants and I did basically the same things, but only once a week.
I took vitals, ran labs through machines, assisted in small procedures, suture removal, and more. All of this was done under physician supervision. I encountered tens of patients every shift, and did so many activities and I felt like it was an amazing experience. I was basically an unpaid medical assistant, but only once a week.
I am having trouble listing this experience on my application. I am concerned about listing it as volunteering because what is the legality of an activity like this? The way I was trained was the same way she trained uncertified medical assistants (in my state, MA's do not have to be certified). How should I be listing this (what should I call this) and should I include all those activities that I mentioned? I'm sure that I'm just overthinking this, but I would like some insight or maybe someone who has gone through a similar situation.
Thank you!
I took vitals, ran labs through machines, assisted in small procedures, suture removal, and more. All of this was done under physician supervision. I encountered tens of patients every shift, and did so many activities and I felt like it was an amazing experience. I was basically an unpaid medical assistant, but only once a week.
I am having trouble listing this experience on my application. I am concerned about listing it as volunteering because what is the legality of an activity like this? The way I was trained was the same way she trained uncertified medical assistants (in my state, MA's do not have to be certified). How should I be listing this (what should I call this) and should I include all those activities that I mentioned? I'm sure that I'm just overthinking this, but I would like some insight or maybe someone who has gone through a similar situation.
Thank you!