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Dr. Solera’s lunchtime. Enter the following
appointments with this information in mind.
Remember to leave room for emergency
appointments and provide enough time for
each type of appointment. Use Figure 2.16 to
help you estimate appropriate times for each
type of appointment.
Jane Brooks—school physical
Lamar Smith—back pain
Ali Sims—complete physical exam
Jim Sykes—skin rash
Barb Engles—insect bite
Martel Brown—fever and flu symptoms
Gina Downs—pelvic pain
Robert Alquist—new patient
Josh Oines—remove stitches
Noah Collins—sports physical
Betty Franks—knee pain
Hannah Jacobs—sore throat
Kerry Long—blood pressure check
Marquis Linton—complete physical exam
Angie Olson—back pain
Quinton Zelman—new patient
Review the section on patient scheduling.
Check your schedule and add any information
you may have missed. What factor makes
actual clinic scheduling more difficult than the
schedule you created?
Angie Olson has called to cancel her
appointment. Make the necessary notations in
your schedule.
THINK AND ACT LIKE A
HEALTHCARE WORKER
24. Liam graduated from college with a degree
in biology and will start medical school in the
fall. He has been working as a personal care
assistant in the internal medicine department
at a medical clinic during the summer. One
of his patients requires an ear cleaning. Liam
has never done this procedure. He asks
Jesse, a fellow personal care assistant, to do
the ear cleaning procedure. Jesse, who has
been trained and has performed many ear
cleanings, completes the procedure while Liam
observes. Review the professional vocabulary
list for this chapter. Select two terms that relate
to this scenario and explain how they apply.
GO TO THE SOURCE
25. Use the Internet to learn more about careers in
health informatics services. Select two careers
of interest to you and complete a career profile
page for each career. Use at least one site
that ends in .gov and one site that ends in
.org. Record the following information for each
career:
• name of career
• tasks involved in this career
• personal traits and abilities needed
• educational requirements
• type of credential needed and how it is
obtained
• work conditions
• wages and benefits
• job outlook for the future
• list the websites you accessed
How do the two careers compare? Why might
you prefer one to the other?
DEVELOP YOUR HEALTH SCIENCE
CAREER PORTFOLIO
26. Create a résumé and introductory letter for
your career portfolio. Follow the guidelines
described on page 62. Then ask for feedback
on these documents from someone who knows
you well, and who has good writing skills, such
as an English or business education teacher.
Revise your work according to their feedback.
Place these items in your career portfolio.
27. Review the personality types chart in
Figure 2.17. Which two types are most like
you? Search the O*NET website for the two
careers you researched in the Go to the
Source activity. Do the interest types listed for
these careers match your selected personality
types? What conclusions can you draw based
on your findings?
28. Research HOSA competitive events listed in
this chapter. Use the HOSA website for this
activity. Select and note your top choice event.
List the reasons for your choice.