Medical Assistant?

[Knicks17]

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I Have been working as a MA at a busy mutlispecialty clinic, I triage about 300 patients a day and give vaccines and take blood from infants to 90 year olds. I will probably have 3,000 plus hours by the time I apply. Would this be considered good clinical experience. Also would volunteering at the clinic count even if I work there (UNPAID OFFCOURSE) ?

 

[Catalystik]

I Have been working as a MA at a busy mutlispecialty clinic, I triage about 300 patients a day and give vaccines and take blood from infants to 90 year olds. I will probably have 3,000 plus hours by the time I apply.
1) Would this be considered good clinical experience.
2) Also would volunteering at the clinic count even if I work there (UNPAID OF COURSE) ?

1) Yes. Excellent, in fact.

2) Yes. But since you have clinical experience well covered already, you might consider giving that time to some nonmedical community service to those in need, instead. You don't need clinical volunteering if you have clinical experience through employment.

 

[Knicks17]

I am also volunteering for Hospice is that sufficient enough?

 

[PatchA]

I am also volunteering for Hospice is that sufficient enough?

Hospice is also clinical. Food bank, crisis hotline, big brothers/sisters and the like would be some non-clinical voluneer options

 

[marcelo12]

I Have been working as a MA at a busy mutlispecialty clinic, I triage about 300 patients a day and give vaccines and take blood from infants to 90 year olds. I will probably have 3,000 plus hours by the time I apply. Would this be considered good clinical experience. Also would volunteering at the clinic count even if I work there (UNPAID OFFCOURSE) ?

I also had great clinical hours, but I did a lot of non-clinical volunteering. Interviewers actually LOVED my volunteering (mentor, nonprofit, translating) which made me more unique. Most applicants have clinical experience, so it's often harder to differentiate that.

 

[ciestar]

I also had great clinical hours, but I did a lot of non-clinical volunteering. Interviewers actually LOVED my volunteering (mentor, nonprofit, translating) which made me more unique. Most applicants have clinical experience, so it's often harder to differentiate that.

My nonclinical volunteering came up in basically every interview I had last year. I don't remember actually being asked about my clinical stuff..

 

[marcelo12]

My nonclinical volunteering came up in basically every interview I had last year. I don't remember actually being asked about my clinical stuff..

Same here! It got to the point where at the end of an interview I asked the interviewer if he even wanted me to talk about my clinical experience. Lol

 

[Knicks17]

So I was thinking about Volunteering for the International Rescue Committee, I would help refuges with education, health education and help developing programs to support Refugee Youth. Would this be considered Non-clinical? I really wanted to do it but couldn't due to schedule constraints but can make room for it now.

 

[marcelo12]

Yeah that sounds great! And it's always better to do something you genuinely believe in

 

[Knicks17]

Ok Thank you so much!

 

[cbrons]

I Have been working as a MA at a busy mutlispecialty clinic, I triage about 300 patients a day and give vaccines and take blood from infants to 90 year olds. I will probably have 3,000 plus hours by the time I apply. Would this be considered good clinical experience. Also would volunteering at the clinic count even if I work there (UNPAID OFFCOURSE) ?

I dont think as an MA that you do the triaging. If that is the case, thats incredibly dangerous.

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[Runner500]

I dont think as an MA that you do the triaging. If that is the case, thats incredibly dangerous.

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??

 

[cbrons]

??

Are you confused about something kid?

 

[Runner500]

Are you confused about something kid?

Yes, dangerous how?

 

[plinkko]

I dont think as an MA that you do the triaging. If that is the case, thats incredibly dangerous.

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How is this dangerous? lol

 

[cbrons]

Yes, dangerous how?

How is this dangerous? lol

tri·age
trēˈäZH/
noun

1. 1.
   (in medical use) the assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients or casualties.

This is a job for an R.N.

 

[Knicks17]

I don't think taking height, weight and blood pressure is dangerours

 

[Knicks17]

tri·age
trēˈäZH/
noun

1. 1.
   (in medical use) the assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients or casualties.

This is a job for an R.N.

I think that definition applies to the Emergency Room and or an emergency situation

 

[plinkko]

tri·age
trēˈäZH/
noun

1. 1.
   (in medical use) the assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients or casualties.

This is a job for an R.N.

At the private primary care practice I've been working in, "triaging" includes taking vitals, social history, basic medical history, and the HPI, maybe administration of basic hearing and vision screenings. At a neurology practice I spent time in, "triaging" is literally taking vitals. You don't need to be an RN to do that, no one is assigning ~priotity~ to urgent cases.

What you posted is the original ER/battlefield/disaster situation definition. Triage is commonly used to describe other activities in different forms of medical practice.

 

[cbrons]

I think that definition applies to the Emergency Room and or an emergency situation

Is that no where the OP is working?

 

[Catalystik]

Is that no where the OP is working?

No.