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I Made a Difference

I've always wanted a job where I felt like I made a difference and was important, and I feel like that every day.” That’s what Shana Wilson says of her current job as a medical assistant for Goshen Family Practice/Healthsource Goshen, outside of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Shana graduated from the Cincinnati Campus in November of 2006 with an associate degree in medical assisting. She completed her externship at Healthsource Goshen in the fall of 2006, and was offered a job there in October – a month before her graduation.

Shana gives National College credit for preparing her for the workplace. “I completely felt 100% prepared when I got out of there,” she says. “Other schools have only six-month programs or nine-month programs, and they’re packing two years of stuff too quickly.” She acts slightly embarrassed when she relates conversations with fellow staff members, who have told her that although she was the first student from National College they had worked with, she was one of the best-prepared of any of their newly hired medical assistant. “I jumped right in and started from day one.”

A mother of two, Shana had been working at a retail store for seven years and “I decided I needed a change.” She was impressed with what National College had to offer. “I learn best in hands-on training,” she says, adding “you had a lot of one-on-one with the teachers.” As a working parent, she was also grateful for National’s student-friendly course scheduling. “They’re very flexible; they will work with your [personal] schedule and your work schedule.”

With two doctors, a nurse practitioner, and 15-20 employees, the family practice is never a dull place. Shana spends most of her day working with patients, exercising her clinical skills. Or, as Shana puts it simply: “you make sick people feel better.” A very important job indeed.