Let’s describe a typical trip to the doctor. There is a bleak period in that cold waiting room where a generic TV show hums indistinctly in the background amid the chorus of coughing. You cross your arms and hold your breath, staring at the clock, counting the minutes that pass. Then, finally, a warm wind sweeps in and thaws the frigid mood: the medical assistant calls your name. You look up, relax, and follow the first promise of diagnosis and relief since your condition arose.
Medical Assistants welcome you.
There is a reason why we respond this way when the nurse finally calls our name. We are connected with the finest intermediary between ourselves and the doctor. We can talk to these professionals on the same level because they personally connect with us. They really listen. They know that they are seeing you on your worst day but their emotional calm and stability is a firm rock that you can lean on.
Medical Assistants are experts in caring.
Your nerves are calmed because you know they wrote down all the important details of your condition in a way your doctor can understand them. Your head may be spinning but theirs isn’t. This is because great medical assistants are detail-oriented and work quick on their feet, even when they are busy and on a tight schedule.
Do you have what it takes to be a great medical assistant?
If you find that you are often the calm within the storm, you can be a great medical assistant. If you love helping people and meeting their greatest needs, then this is the career for you.