Blog 1: Summer Mentorship Component

Log of Hours
Sweet Succes Clinic
Laura Smith
909) 865-9754

3/13/2012 -- 3/15/2012

• 6 hrs 55 min
• Sweet Success medical clinic (office work)
• Gestational diabetes focus
• Introduction to duties and staff

3/20/2012 -- 3/21/2012

• 5 hrs 40 min
• Beginning to work on my own, asked a lot of questions.
• Started pulling medical files for the next day and making copies

4/3/2012 -- 4/5/2012

• 5 hrs 30 min
• Continued to perform regular duties, began sending faxes to doctors, started working on the computer

4/10/2012 -- 4/13/2012

• 6 hrs 10 min
• Performed regular duties
• Took over clerical duties after receptionist left until closing time

4/17/2012, 4/19/2012

• 4 hrs 25 min
• Office closed on the 18th
• Performed regular duties
• Throug hfilling out papers I learned how a pregnant woman with diabetes should eat and what is okay to eat

4/25/2012 -- 4/26/2012

• 4 hrs 20 min
• Performed Regular duties
• Introduced to sister clinic (Perinatal offices)

5/1/2012 -- 5/3/2012

• 7 hrs 25 min
• Performed regular duties and ran errands

5/8/2012 -- 5/10/2012

• 7 hrs 30 min
• Performed regular duties, ran errands, stayed late and closed the office

5/15/2012

• 1 hr 50 min
• Regular duties
• They gave me food ^.^

5/22/2012, 5/23/2012

• 4 hrs 20 min
• Regular duties

5/29/2012

• 2 hrs
• Last day, performed regular duties
• Invitation to volunteer over the summer...unfortunately, the volunteer offices wouldnt allow it. If I had been able to volunteer, I would have had the chance to work directly with patients since I would be able to come earlier during appointments.

Total Hours: 56 hrs 5 min

Literal:
After having worked in this type of setting for a few months, I came to wonder is there this much paperwork invole\ved in all medical fields? Do doctors have to fill out and handle this much work or is it just the secretary and receptionist?

Interpretive:
The most important thing I gained from working in this clinic was an insight into how medical professional spend their days; it's not at all like how it is in movies. However, I can only speak for secretarial work.

Applied:
I now know that I most certainly do not want to be a secretary of any kind. I cannot stand doing the same thing day in, day out. It helped me steer my focus into a different part of the medical field; one that is higher up on the chain than a receptionist. Hopefully, this way I won't have to deal with paperwork at least half the time.