Sarah Carmody
Medical Assisting Alumna, Tristan Medical
Medical Assistants are essential team members at physician’s offices, clinics, hospitals, and other medical facilities across the United States. Often, they are the first team members you meet when you walk into an office and interact with you at every step of your visit. Our Medical Assisting program has trained hundreds of students to pursue this in-demand career, and we recently got the chance to catch up with one of our 2010 alums, Sarah Carmody, who has been working at Tristan Medical Center in Raynham, MA for the past three years.
A self-proclaimed “tomboy” in her youth, Sarah loved spending time riding dirt bikes and never shied away from adventure. Because of this, she also learned quite quickly that unlike most little girls, she wasn’t afraid of scrapes and bruises. She was the one people would go to when they got injured – she knew she had a knack for helping others and had always seen herself working in healthcare.
Though she had a desire to go to college, with two young children and working full-time at the local Walmart, Sarah’s time was limited. She needed a flexible, convenient option, so she decided to enroll in the Medical Assisting program at our Taunton Campus (then Middleboro campus).
“The staff and faculty at Bay State College definitely get that their evening students have priorities outside of school, and are very accommodating to that fact,” says Sarah.
According to Sarah, the flexibility and convenience don’t take away from the quality of education she received.
“I feel like I gained a great deal of knowledge from my time at Bay State,” she says. “And I realized it even more when I began my externship at Tristan Medical. All the pieces started to fall into place.”
Sarah began her externship shortly before graduation and was hired on full time not long after. As a Medical Assistant in the Pain Management & Urgent Care departments, she finds her career path to be quite fulfilling.
“People come in with serious pain, and as Medical Assistant you’re in charge of knowing their complete medical history. It’s not just taking height and weight like some people think. It’s knowing the patient, being their advocate, and doing a bit of hand-holding until recovery. Knowing I’ve helped someone is the best, most rewarding part of the job.”
And though Sarah is enjoying her role as Medical Assistant, she has already taken more prerequisite classes at Bay State College with ambitions of enrolling in nursing school. For her, the more patient interaction she can get, the better.
Congratulations on a successful career, Sarah! And thanks for letting us stop by for a visit.
For more information on our Medical Assisting program, visit https://baystate.dev.fastspot.com/evening/academics/academics-programs/associates/medical-assisting/.