u/EffectiveAttitude357

I got placed in an 160-hour externship at a non-surgical women's health clinic through my program. The supervisor told me that, due to "the nature of the specialty" and patient privacy concerns, externs are not allowed to work outside the front desk area. Checking in patients and doing repetitive office tasks (copying stuff etc.) that don't seem related to medical assisting are all I do. They told me that all externs here get their hours in this way, although I am currently the only extern so I have no way to know if it's true.

Is this a normal externship experience or am I at a wrong place?