Medical Should I list COVID testing experience separately?

[TheBoneDoctah]

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I am beginning my second year as a medical assistant and since the onset of COVID, my job has changed drastically. My job went from the typical medical assistant responsibilities to swabbing 300+ patients a day, running rapid tests/ sending out PCRs, etc. Should I list this as a separate experience since it's a complete 180 from what I was doing a year prior, or include the hours in my medical assistant experience?

What would you list it as? I don't think it really will make a difference. Just don't count your hours for both (180 for COVID and 180 MA).

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

I thought I could list it as "COVID Testing" but if it doesn't make a difference I guess I can just include it within my MA description

If you aren’t doing your other MA duties it may look good to separate it out and have two experiences with a good amount of hours.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

Great, I’ll do that then

I mean, this is what I would do if I were applying. Regardless of what you do, as long as the hours are there, I don't think it will really matter, haha.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

If your original MA duties include "duties as necessary", then it's not completely necessary to list it separately, but I will say you have that option and could list it that way. From my own reading of applications, I can recommend that clearly noting any additional duties in MA in your description will be helpful, but listing it separately will help make it stand out when I read it.