| I find that working in this field offers me the | | | | preform and surgeries to set up. I also love the |
| variety that I was looking for in a job. We see | | | | patient contact. Nothing pleases me more than to |
| everything from heart patients, to common | | | | help someone to their car when they are confined |
| cough and cold. Working here has also given me | | | | to a wheelchair, or holding their hand while they |
| the opportunity to learn about different medicines | | | | are getting lab work done. Sometimes just a smile |
| and what they are used for. I have found this is | | | | will brighten the day of someone who is ill. The |
| helpful in dealing with issues in my own family. | | | | terminal patients always make me sad, but I |
| Working for an internal medicine doctor has also | | | | never let it show. My wish is that when they |
| allowed me to get acquainted with several hospice | | | | leave my office, they can say they were treated |
| programs and nursing homes. My doctor is the | | | | with respect and dignity. In the rush we all get in |
| director of the nursing home in our hometown. | | | | from time to time, it is easy to overlook people |
| I have enjoyed getting to know the staff and the | | | | and forget this. |
| patients there. Working in the medical field has | | | | For all of its good points, there is one thing that |
| also given me an advantage in dealing with difficult | | | | you must be warned about working in all medical |
| people and situations. I have found that learning | | | | offices, the drama. Most of the time, the majority |
| tolerance when dealing with older patients is key. | | | | of people in a medical office are women. That can |
| Most of the time they just want someone to | | | | be a recipe for disaster! Most of the time, it all |
| listen to them and their problems. I have found | | | | works out, but it can make for a few interesting |
| that if you take just a minute of your time and | | | | days. Just make sure you can get along with the |
| listen, it makes things go much smoother. Working | | | | ones you work with. There are few problems |
| in a medical office has helped me a better | | | | that cant be resolved with a cool head.In |
| organized person. I never knew how much went | | | | conclusion, if you are looking for a career that is |
| in to working at a medical office! It has opened | | | | both challenging, and rewarding, then you should |
| my eyes and gave me a new found respect for | | | | look into the medical office profession. I have |
| anyone working with the public. | | | | never regretted my decision. Because even in the |
| Along with problems with insurance, there are | | | | recession we are in now, people will always get |
| precepts and referrals to deal with. Working with | | | | sick and need health care. |
| an internal medicine doctor, there is also test to | | | | |