Medical Secretary

Dear bloggers, I introduce myself as Laura. Two days ago, I had my 23rd anniversary and I am a medical secretary. It has now been 2 years since I work in this department, in the Michigan Medical Centre. The reason why I am a medical secretary is real simple. I always wanted to work in health and help others, however I did not have the grades for it, which then leads to this job. In addition, my parents did not have a lot of money, which would have certainly be expensive for them for medical school. As one of those secretaries, we might not be paid much, $14.93 per hour, yet I am pleased with what I am doing, and wouldn't want to do anything else then being a medical secretary.

Like I said before, I was not exceptionally good at school, so I decided to become a medical secretary. After high school, I did some training to do this job and learn it. It took me 3 years instead of 2 years because in the middle of one program, I took a sabbatical break for personal reasons, which did me good.

Presently, I work full-time and I am really happy about it. I need to pay my apartment, food, clothes, etc. Anyways, I'm also happy because I only work on business hours and that way, I have my nights free. Though, yesterday, it was an exception. One of my colleges called sick so I had to take his place. I thought everything would go crazy, though it did not. There was a time where there was a rush and we were only 2 to answer a lot of sick or injured people. Individuals complained now and then, babies cried and people coughed. It might seem awful, but to me it was a normal work day. Dealing with mail, taking care of reports and phone calls, making appointments and normal stuff a medical secretary does. Everything went well, except for twice, when a patient tried to shift in front of the line and when another one called, trying to change his appointment early, when there was no more room. However, this is pretty normal. It occurs currently, more often then one would think.

To conclude this blog of the day, I'd like to tell those who are willing to become medical secretaries or work in health, that it is really important to be people smart, since you will be working with others and interacting with them most of the time. Also, for few advice, it is important to develop excellent communication skills, socialism and sympathetic skills as well as you have to be organized.

Thank you for reading my first blog and I hope you enjoyed it. See you next time!