Hello, I am currently working as a medical assistant in an urgent care, but patient volumes are low and they have cut all employees hours, including mine. As a medical assistant at the specific urgent care that I work at, I can triage patients, obtain their vitals signs, determine their chief complaint and medical history, give medications or injections, take X-rays, and draw blood. They provided me with on-the-job training. I am not certified, but I plan to become certified once I have been working at the clinic for a year. With the National Healthcareer Association (NHA), I could register for the exam and become certified once I have been working for a whole year (as of right now, I have been working with the company for five months). In December, I could become certified! I enjoy working as a medical assistant and currently have 455 hours of clinical experience. However, I am sad that my hours have been cut, and my hours of clinical experience have been paused temporarily. I am still employed with the company. My manager said that the average daily number of patients will increase in the fall, and they would put me on the schedule again. Before I was laid off, I was working 2-3 twelve-hour shifts a week. In the meantime, should I complete an EMT course to gain clinical hours as an EMT or is my experience as a medical assistant enough? Am I just over-reacting? I am sure they are going to put me on the schedule again, and I think going through an EMT course would be a waste of time since I already have clinical experience. I want to hear your opinion!
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