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Re: Externship Expectations

Amy - Thanks for replying. You are right...you do have to ask questions. I like to do that by nature, so I'll have no prob w/that! :)

As far as my classmate is concerned, things haven't gotten any better for her. She is currently looking for another site but found out she's gonna have to do it on her own. She said the office is so unprofessional. She talked to the office mgr and addressed her concerns. The mgr is supposed to talk to the staff, but I'm not sure if that will happen or not. I say that bc its a small office and I'm sure she knows what is going on there. My friend/classmate said staff are contantly arguing & its been done in front of patients as well. It defintely sounds like I place I wouldn't want to drive to everyday. To me, that's bad business and if they're gonna be like that, they shouldn't take students. When you are trying to learn in an externship, that's the LAST thing you want to put up with. She said the kicker was when one of the MAs told her that she should have waited until she was finished w/the program before trying to do an externship. She said it in a nasty fashion. Whew...I'm glad I'm not going to that site!

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