After completing a medical assisting program, you may be excited and apprehensive
about beginning your new career. In this chapter, you learn how to maximize your externship
experience and gain the hands-on experience you need for securing a position
in medical assisting. Your externship is an opportunity for you to explore the different responsibilities that are required of a medical assistant.
After completing this chapter, you will begin to
search for a position; you will be able to complete a résumé,
a cover letter, and a thank-you letter. You will form
a strategic plan on how to secure a position in medical
assisting, and you will gain interviewing techniques
needed to compete in today's health-care world. |