Community understands the need to recruit highly qualified, professional and patient-focused individuals to work with physicians, nurses and patients in our physician offices and ambulatory clinics. We want to be proactive in providing clinical training experiences that help develop successful medical assistants. Community affiliates with several medical assistant training programs by providing high-quality externships that are required by your training program. We provide a preceptor and a practice setting for the number of hours required by your program. The training experience is guided by your school checklist and requirements. This specialized offering is designed to strengthen clinical and educational preparation as well as open the door to employment opportunities.

You must be actively enrolled and in good standing in a school with an affiliation agreement with Community Health Network.
Request for placements must be submitted once approved by your school instructor.
Your instructor will direct you to our application at the appropriate time.
Placements will primarily be in family medicine and internal medicine offices. A few specialty experiences are available, such as cardiac, endocrinology, pediatrics, etc.

At Community Health Network, our values are important to our culture and the exceptional experience we provide our patients and team members. In order to ensure students uphold these values as well, we require all students to sign a Confidentiality Agreement. You will complete this step when applying.

For questions about medical assistant externships, contact Meghan Scarzo, MSN, RN, CNML at mscarzo@eCommunity.com.

Medical Assistant Extern - School Sponsored

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