u/PhysicalMetal522

I am about to finish my first week of externship, but so far I’m so underwhelmed. It’s definitely the site I got sent to. It’s just two MAs who are training ( if I can call it training ) me, one doctor and only one other MA performing venipuncture, ekg, vitals. Only one of the MAs training me has been doing great job showing me eclinicalworks, the other MA is just…mediocre at best. All she does is talk about patients, celebrity gossip and her personal life and gets in the way and distracts the one MA who has been really showing me around with pointless things. They’re always on their phone and I’ve asked if I can do or if they do anything around this time and they said no. I don’t have anything to do and the one doctor spends his time in his office not even seeing they spend so much time on their phones. . .i was told I can’t switch sites before I started or else I have to start all over again. 6 more weeks to go. I just needed to get this off my chest.

Hello! I wanted to share on here that I will be starting my externship on the 29! Pretty nervous and excited at the same time. I recently got my site where I will be completing my externship and its in internal medicine, I was wondering if there were any tips or get an insight on what to expect in that area. What can I do that would help me become more confident and knowledgeable. What to look out for? Thank you all in advance! I hope I learn from this experience.

Hello, I just wanted to get on here and ask some questions about externship and everyone’s experience. How was it for you? Were you nervous? Did you have a second job along with externship? So you have any tips on externship sites? Do you have any tips or what do you look for in a great MA? I will be starting my externship next month June 29 in the NYC area, I am currently working part time at Sephora and my manager is willing to keep me and give me hours despite my super limited availability since it will be unpaid, she would like to keep me so I have some sort of income for those 7 weeks of externship. I am very excited for what’s to come I do plan on continuing my education after some experience as an MA. Thank you so much ✨