Emily Smith

Highly motivated and committed student seeking a career in medicine with proven history of superior performance at individual, team, and organizational levels. Background of direct patient care with Medical Assistant Certification, clinical shadowing, and as a volunteer medic. Further experience in biomedical research first as a volunteer then as a research assistant in neuroscience. Multitasks and prioritizes workloads with little or no supervision. Looking to merge passion for patient care with scientific curiosity to pursue a career in academic medicine.

• CCMA - Certified Clinical Medical Assistant
• CET - Certified EKG Technician

New Braunfels Christian Ministries - Medical Receptionist

06/2021 - 08/2021 • New Braunfels

• Managing master calendar and scheduling appointments for providers based on optimal patient loads and clinician availability, helping patients complete necessary medical forms and documentation, organizing paperwork such as charts and reports for office and patient needs, coordinating with translators to offer personalized service to individuals from diverse backgrounds, managing multi-line phone system and pleasantly greeting patients, completing patient referrals to other medical specialists, supporting office staff and operational requirements with administrative tasks, using computerized data management systems to organize datasets and coordinate care details for large patient bases, and enhancing office productivity by handling high volume of callers per day.

New Braunfels Christian Ministries - Camp Medic

06/2021 - 08/2021, 06/2022 - 08/2022 • New Braunfels

• Facilitating therapeutic communication, administering treatment to patients and monitoring responses while working with administration to adjust care plans, following all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches, overseeing health services for camp of about 100 students and faculty, documenting patient vitals, behaviors, and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising director, responding to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance, evaluating patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms, and conducting ongoing monitoring and response to therapeutic intervention.

Texas A&M University - Volunteer Research Assistant

09/2021 - 12/2021 • College Station

• Contacting and scheduling patients, assessing patient muscle function through the use of electromyography, assessing muscle response to transcranial magnetic stimulation. Work during this semester resulted in a research paper that is in the process of being published.

Various Locations

11/2018 - 05/2019 • New Braunfels

• Shadowed doctors, nurses, and other health professionals at Resolute Hospital in clinical settings including labor and delivery, physical therapy, ER, NICU, ICU, and medical/surgical floors. Also shadowed at private practices in disciplines including family medicine, pediatrics, chiropractics, and physical therapy.

PAM Health Specialty and Rehabilitation Hospital

05/2021 - 08/2021 • Luling

• Shadowed a doctor and her team composed of a nurse practitioner and nurses in the infectious disease and wound care wards.