First day of internship

January 4, 2012 lovesavannahrose

My first day of my internship was different than what I do most days. On the very first day I started my internship, I shadowed a medical assistant to see what they did on a daily basis. I learned a lot of things form shadowing Diana (the M.A.). I learned what medical assistants do, and what their purpose is in medical facilities, I got to interact with patients, and watch her give different pateints shots, I also got to learn how to take vital signs and got to take a few of the patients vitals myself. This was pretty exciting, but i learned that there is a lot of confidentiality, and so there was a lot that I was not allowed to see, or take part in so that was kind of hard.
After that very first day, I started working with a man named Javier in the referrals department. The first day I just had to make copies, and I thought that this was how it was always going to be, and that it wasn’t going to work out, but after that day I got access to the data base, got to start making appointments and talking to patients, I got to collect charts and learn more about the business side of the medical industry.
So far my internship is going very well, and I am still working in the referrals department and as of now am satisfied with the tasks that I am given!