Most Important Skills For A Medical Assistant At Medical Clinic
Talia, a Medical Assistant and EMT, identifies teamwork as a crucial skill, emphasizing that "everyone working there is working as a team" in a medical setting. Effective communication and patience are also highlighted as essential for navigating the challenges and collaborative nature of the job.
Teamwork, Communication, Patience, Medical Skills, Interpersonal Skills
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Talia Wexler
Medical Assistant OR EMT
Medical Clinic and San Diego Ambulance for EMT
Loyola Marymount University
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Entertainment, Music & Arts, Fine Arts, Music
Healthcare, Medical & Wellness
Medical
Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. Teamwork is crucial in medical settings, requiring collaboration with various professionals such as physicians, nurses, and administrative staff.
2. Effective communication is essential for ensuring everyone is informed and coordinated, contributing to a smooth workflow.
3. Patience is vital when interacting with patients, particularly during challenging or stressful situations, requiring empathy and understanding.
Transcript
What skills are most important for a job like yours?
I would say probably, definitely the first one would be teamwork for a medical assistant. In any sort of medical practice, everyone working there is working as a team.
You have the medical assistant, sometimes you'll have a scribe. You'll have nurse practitioners or PAs or physicians, people who work at the front desk, and everyone kind of works together and plays an important role in running a practice. So definitely teamwork is important.
Also, communication, kind of going along the same lines, making sure you're communicating with everyone so everyone knows what you're doing and everyone's on the same page.
And then the other big one, I would probably say would be patience. Having patience. Patients can be difficult sometimes. So making sure that you have patience and you're able to work with them and listen to them, and then you can go complain about it later.