Udat na Mɛdikal Ɛsista? Lɛ wi no ustɛm dɛn pipul ya bi!

Yu dɔn ɛva si pɔsin de ɛp di dɔktɔ we yu go na klinik ɔ ɔspitul OPD? Sɔntɛm na dis pɔsin na di fɔs pɔsin fɔ aks yu fɔ yu ditil, chɛk yu wet, ayt, ɛn blɔd prɛshɔn. Da pɔsin de na di Mɛdikal Asisten we wi go tɔk bɔt tide. Dɛn tan lɛk di hiro dɛn we dɛn nɔ siŋ bɔt wɛlbɔdi biznɛs. Lɛ wi si udat na dɛn pipul ya, wetin dɛn de du, ɛn aw dɛn go bi wan.

Udat na dis Mɛdikal Asisten? Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan...

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dɔktɔ ɛstɛt na pɔsin we de kia fɔ wɛlbɔdi biznɛs ɛn we de wok wit dɔktɔ dɛn, dat na dɔktɔ dɛn, fɔ kia fɔ di wan dɛn we sik. Yu kin tink bɔt dɛn lɛk nɔs. Pan ɔl we dɛn gɛt sɔm tin dɛn we fiba, di say we dɛn de du dɛn wok difrɛn.

Bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ ɛstɛt dɛn kin wok na mɛdikal sɛnta dɛn we nɔ de na ɔspitul. Dat min se, na ples dɛm lɛk yu rɛgyula famili dɔktɔ (dɛn kin kɔl am bak `Primary Care Physician` ɔ `PCP`), ɔ na spɛshal riferal sɛnta ɔ klinik dɛm.

We yu go to dɔktɔ, di fɔs pɔsin we yu go mit ɛn tɔk to, sɔntɛm na dɔktɔ we de ɛp yu fɔ aks bɔt yu mɛdikal istri. Dɛn kin ɛp bak fɔ mek yu nɔ fred bay we dɛn kin ɛksplen aw fɔ du am bifo di dɔktɔ du ɛni tɛst ɔ tritmɛnt. Imajin, yu gɛt smɔl ɔpreshɔn we de kam ɛn yu de fred, aw i go kɔrej yu if pɔsin ɛksplen am to yu fayn fayn wan? Na dat dɛn pipul ya de du.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat, di mɛdikal ɛlda dɛn kin kip ɔl yu mɛdikal rɛkɔd dɛn kɔnfidɛns. Yu prayvet pat rili impɔtant to dɛn.

Dɛn mɛdikal ɛlda ya nɔto pipul dɛn we de wok dɛn wan. Dɛn de pat pan wan big tim we de kia fɔ wɛlbɔdi biznɛs. Jɔs lɛk dɔktɔ ɛn nɔs dɛn, dɛn kin wok togɛda fɔ kia fɔ yu di bɛst we. Ɔlman in input impɔtant fɔ mek yu kia fɔ yu fɔ wetin yu nid.

Wetin na di wok we dɔktɔ we de ɛp pɔsin fɔ du?

Di wok we mɛdikal ɛstɛt de du, dɛn kin sheb am to tu men kategori. Wan na klinik wok , ɛn di ɔda wan na administretiv wok . Di mɔni ɛn di kayn wok we dɛn de du kin difrɛn smɔl bay di lɔ ɛn rigyuleshɔn dɛn na di kɔntri ɔ stet usay dɛn de wok.

Klinik Duti dɛm - Wok we yu de du as yu si se i fayn

Dis min se we yu go si dɔktɔ, wan mɛdikal ɛstɛt go du di wok we yu si.

• Tɔk bɔt yu mɛdikal istri: Dɛn go aks yu bɔt yu sik dɛn we yu bin dɔn gɛt trade, di mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu de tek, ɛn di alɛji.
• Fɔ ɛksplen di tritmɛnt ɔ tɛst: Di dɔktɔ go ɛksplen di tɛst ɔ tritmɛnt we yu go du to yu insay Sinhala we yu go ɔndastand.
• Advays bɔt mɛrɛsin ɔ spɛshal it dɛn:Dɛn go gi yu advays bɔt aw fɔ yuz di mɛrɛsin we dɛn gi yu, ɔ pan ɛni spɛshal it we yu nid fɔ fala.
• Fɔ tek blɔd sɛmpul ɛn gɛda ɔda sɛmpul: Sɔntɛnde, dɛn pipul ya kin bi di wan dɛn we kin tek sɔm pan yu blɔd (`Blood Draw`) ɔ gɛda tin dɛn lɛk urine sɛmpul fɔ tɛst (`Lab testing`).
• Fɔ chɛk yu vital sayn dɛm: Dɛn de chɛk yu vital sayn dɛm (`Vital Signs`) lɛk yu bɔdi tɛmpracha, blɔd prɛshɔn, ɛn puls.
• Fɔ gi mɛrɛsin ɔ vaysin bay di advays we dɔktɔ gi: Dɛn pipul ya kin gi sɔm mɛrɛsin ɔ vaysin bak if di dɔktɔ tɛl dɛn fɔ du dat.
• Fɔ du ECG tɛst: Dɛn go pripia ɛn no aw fɔ du ECG (ilɛktrokardiogram) tɛst fɔ chɛk aw yu at de wok.
• Fɔ trit wund ɛn chenj bandej: Dɛn kin du tin dɛn bak lɛk fɔ klin smɔl wund, fɔ put mɛrɛsin, ɛn fɔ chenj bandej.
• Fɔ ɛp di dɔktɔ as nid de: We yu si di dɔktɔ, yu kin gi di dɔktɔ smɔl ɛp as nid de.

Administretiv Duti - Bihayn di sinis wok

Dis na di wok dɛm wae yu nɔr de si dairekt, bɔt dɛn rili impɔtant to di savis wae yu de gɛt.

• Welkam yu: We yu rich na di klinik, dɛn kin grit yu wit smayl.
• Fɔ ɔpdet yu mɛdikal rɛkɔd: Dɛn kin rayt yu nyu ditil dɛn, wetin dɔktɔ dɔn si, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn kɔrɛkt wan na yu fayl.
• Ansa fon kɔl: If yu kɔl fɔ aks kwɛstyɔn, dɛn go ansa am ɛn ɛp yu.
• Fɔ mek apɔntinmɛnt wit di dɔktɔ: We yu nid fɔ go to di dɔktɔ, yu kin mek apɔntinmɛnt.
• Fɔ arenj ɔda savis dɛn we yu nid: If yu nid sɔntin lɛk fɔ du lɛb tɛst ɔ fɔ de na ɔspitul, wi go arenj fɔ dat.
• Inshɔrans ɛn Bil Pepa: Dɛn kin ɛp yu wit tin dɛn lɛk fɔ dil wit inshɔrans kɔmni dɛn ɛn fɔ pripia bil. Dɛn kin ɛp yu bak fɔ ɔndastand am.

Aw yu kin bi mɛdikal ɛstɛt?

Imajin se yusɛf want fɔ du dis kayn valyu savis. So, lɛ wi si wetin yu nid fɔ du fɔ bi mɛdikal ɛstɛt. Dis na di jenɛral rod we dɛn kin fala:

• Edukeshonal Kwalifayeshɔn: Fɔs, yu fɔ dɔn kɔmplit di bɛsis edyukeshɔn kwalifayeshɔn dɛn lɛk Ɔdinari Lɛvɛl ɛn Advans Lɛvɛl.
• Fɔ Stɔdi Dɔktɔ Asisten Kɔs: Dɔn, yu nid fɔ stɔdi wan spɛshal dɔktɔ ɛstɛt kɔs. Dɛn kɔs ya kin mek yu gɛt ``Sɛtifiket``, ``Diplɔma``, ɔ ivin ``Asosiet Digri``.
• Fɔ pas wan sɛtifiket ɛgzam:Afta yu dɔn di kɔs, yu fɔ sidɔm fɔ ɛn pas spɛshal ɛgzam fɔ kɔnfirm se yu kwalifay. Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak pɔshɔnal sɛtifiket .
• Risɛtifikeshɔn: Insay sɔm kɔntri dɛn, dɛn fɔ ridyus dis sɛtifiket (`Recertified`) ɛvri fayv ia. Dis kin mek yu nid fɔ tek ɔda ɛgzam ɔ fɔ dɔn ɔda ɛdyukeshɔn program dɛn.

Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn de we, afta skul, kin jɔyn di fil dairekt na ɔspitul ɔ klinik, tru prɛktikal trenin (`On-the-job training`) . Bɔt fɔ du kɔs we dɛn no, de gi yu big prɔfɛshɔnal rɛkɔgnishɔn.

Dipen pan di lɔ dɛn na yu kɔntri ɔ rijyɔn, yu kin nid spɛshal laysens fɔ du dis wok. Fɔ no gud gud wan wetin dis min, yu fɔ chɛk wit di wan dɛn we de wok fɔ di wɛlbɔdi biznɛs na yu kɔntri.

Wetin dɛn kin tich na dɛn kɔs dɛn ya we de ɛp dɔktɔ?

Insay dis kɔs, yu go lan bɔku tin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit di mɛdikal fild. Imajin, yu go gɛt no bɔt tin dɛn lɛk:

• Human Anatomy and Physiology: Di strכkchכ εn di wok we wi bכdi de du εn aw εvri כgan de wok.
• Famakɔlɔji: Na di stɔdi bɔt mɛrɛsin, aw dɛn de wok, ɛn di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛm.
• Mɛdikal Tɛminɔlɔji: Spɛshal wɔd dɛn we dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz ɛn wetin dɛn min.
• Fɔs Ɛp: Na di fɔs ɛp we dɛn fɔ gi if aksidɛnt ɔ sik apin.
• Mɛdikal Lɔ ɛn Ɛtiks: Ligal ɛn ɛtiks tin dɛn we yu fɔ fala we yu de dil wit di sik pipul dɛn ɛn protɛkt dɛn infɔmeshɔn.
• Rikɔd Kip: Na di prɔses fɔ rikodɔ di ditil dɛm fɔ di pɔsin ɛn di tritmɛnt rɛkɛd dɛn kɔrɛkt wan na dɔkyumɛnt.
• Akɔntin: Bikɔs sɔntɛnde yu kin gɛt fɔ du smɔl smɔl wok dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit mɔni, yu nid fɔ no bɔt dat bak.

Dɛn kɔs ya rili inklud prɛktikal trenin (`Practicum`) . Dat min se, yu rili gɛt fɔ go na ɔspitul ɔ klinik ɛn praktis wetin yu lan na klasrum, ɛn wok ɔnda pɔsin we gɛt ɛkspiriɛns. Dis kin mek yu gɛt bɔku ɛkspiriɛns.

Wetin na akreditɛd mɛdikal ɛstɛt kɔs?

Insay bɔku kɔntri dɛn ɔlsay na di wɔl, spɛshal institiushɔn dɛn de we de mek shɔ se dɛn kɔs ya we de ɛp pipul dɛn fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn fayn. Dɛn kin tek kɔs dɛn we dɔn gɛt sɛtifiket frɔm dɛn institiushɔn dɛn we se "Accredited" as di bɛst. Bikɔs, we yu du dis kayn kɔs, di wan dɛn we de gi yu wok kin no se yu dɔn gɛt di rayt no ɛn trenin.

Bɔku tɛm, fɔ rayt di prɔfɛshɔnal sɛtifikeshɔn ɛgzam we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt, yu fɔ dɔn kɔmplit da kayn akreditɛd kɔs de. So, bifo yu jɔyn dɔktɔ ɛstɛt kɔs, i rili impɔtant fɔ no if na akreditɛd institiushɔn. (Fɔ ɛgzampul, na Amɛrika, institiushɔn dɛn de lɛk `CAAHEP` ɛn `ABHES` we de rɛkɔgnayz dɛn kɔs ya.)

Aw lɔng di kɔs we pɔsin kin du fɔ ɛp pɔsin fɔ wok fɔ di dɔktɔ dɛn kin tek?

Bɔku tɛm, i kin tek wan to tu ia fɔ dɔn wan kɔs lɛk dis. Dis kin difrɛn frɔm wan kɔs to ɔda kɔs. Wan ia kɔs kin mek yu gɛt ``Sɛtifiket`` ɔ ``Diplɔma``. Tu ia kɔs kin mek yu gɛt ``Associate's Degree``.

Wetin na dis mɛdikal ɛstɛt sɛtifiket?

Dis tan lɛk wan dɔkyumɛnt we de sho se yu gɛt sɛns fɔ du yu wok. I de sho se yu kwalifay fɔ wok as mɛdikal ɛstɛt. Sɔmbɔdi we gɛt dis kayn prɔfɛshɔnal sɛtifiket (`Professional Credential`) de na ay dimand we i de luk fɔ wok. Bɔku say dɛn fɔ wok kin put di wan dɛn we gɛt dis sɛtifiket fɔs.

Fɔ bi sɛtifiket mɛdikal ɛstɛt, yu fɔ dɔn di akreditɛd kɔs we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt ɛn afta dat yu fɔ pas wan patikyula ɛgzam. (Fɔ ɛgzampul, na Amɛrika, if yu pas di ɛgzam we di American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) de du, dat de gi yu di Certified Medical Assistant (AAMA)® ɔ CMA (AAMA)® sɛtifiket.)

Us kwaliti dɛn wi nid fɔ bi gud mɛdikal ɛlda?

I rili impɔtant fɔ gɛt no ɛn sɔm ɔda kwaliti dɛn fɔ dis wok.

• Fɔ du gud ɛn fɔ fil bad: We yu de dil wit pɔsin we sik, yu nid fɔ ebul fɔ tɔk fayn ɛn ɔndastand aw i de fil.
• Gud kɔmyunikeshɔn skil: Yu fɔ ebul fɔ tɔk klia wan, di we we di pɔsin we sik ɔndastand, ɛn tek tɛm lisin to wetin di pɔsin de tɔk.
• Peshɛnt: Sɔntɛnde, di wan dɛn we sik kin nɔ rɛst ɛn dɛn kin vɛks. Da tɛm de, yu nid fɔ peshɛnt.
• Ɔganayzeshɔn: Bikɔs yu fɔ du bɔku tin dɛn di sem tɛm, yu nid fɔ ebul fɔ du ɔltin ɔganayz ɛn plan.
• Trustworthiness: Bikɔs yu de wok wit kɔnfidɛns infɔmeshɔn bɔt di pɔsin, yu fɔ rili trɔst.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mek yu mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

A op se yu dɔn gɛt gud aidia naw bɔt udat na Mɛdikal Asisten, wetin dɛn de du, ɛn aw fɔ bi wan.

Mɛmba se, dɔktɔ ɛstɛt na impɔtant pat pan di wɛlbɔdi biznɛs. If dɛn nɔ bin de, i nɔ go izi fɔ mek dɔktɔ dɛn du ɔl dis fɔ dɛnsɛf.

Di nɛks tɛm we yu go to dɔktɔ, nɔ fɔgɛt fɔ gladi fɔ di dɔktɔ we de ɛp yu. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ dawt, nɔ fred fɔ aks am. Dɛn kin rɛdi ɔltɛm fɔ gi yu di tin dɛn we yu nid ɛn fɔ kɔrej yu. Dɛn kin sakrifays bɔku tin dɛn fɔ mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi.

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