Author Question: How are your school's attendance and tardiness policies applied to the externship? What will be ... (Read 93 times)

nelaaney · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

How are your school's attendance and tardiness policies applied to the externship?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The medical assistant's role is to assist the physician, explain the procedure to the patient, and to provide ________ support to the patient during the exam.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

emilymalinowski12 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

This varies by school, but students should be able to respond with the correct knowledge concerning issues of absence and tardiness. Besides simply knowing the policies, students should be aware that being absent or tardy is not only a matter of their externship grade or school policy but also a huge factor in how professional their site supervising staff will see them. A one-time occurrence in the entire externship of a late day or an absent day with proper notification will not usually affect the site manager/staff's view of the extern, but habitual late days and no-shows are unacceptable.

Answer to Question 2

emotional