Medical Assistant Training at Beta Tech Gives Real World Experience

Real World Medical Assisting

By Chrystal Sturdifen, Medical Assistant Graduate

The Medical Assistant training program at Beta Tech gives the student classroom training in ECG/EKG. We learned how to recognize basic and abnormal EKG readings. Also, we learned to operate and clean a 12-lead EKG machine for EKG testing. As part of our training, Ms. Collins, Medical Assisting Instructor arranged for us to actually do ECG/EKG rotation at Chippenham/ Johnston-Willis Hospital. We would go in prior to our 8:30 class to assist and do EKG's.

Being at CJW was a great experience. The opportunity to use my medical assistant skills from the classroom allowed me the chance to use what I learned during the past 10 months. Being a Medical Assistant is not all book work; you need to be understanding, caring to an extent and have a personality that is versatile.

In my endeavor to help patients that can hardly move due to pain makes me want to become a certified medical assistant even more. Then there are the outpatients that are so concerned with their health that you can only imagine how scared they must be. I hope that Beta Tech will continue to offer experiences to keep the students in tune with what is actually going on in the "real medical world."