EPA Internship Opportunities
Emerson Practice Associates (EPA), has multiple “hands-on” clinical and administrative positions available within the multi-specialty medical practice. These opportunities provide students the experience to grow within a dynamic and ever changing healthcare industry. Many applicants aspire and have goals of becoming a clinician or a healthcare administrator. All majors are welcome to apply. Common majors are from the sciences, including biology, pre-med, exercise physiology, health-related and business.
Medical Assistant (School year only)
Opportunity for hands-on clinical training within a medical practice.
- Rooming patients, which includes performing vitals and medication list review
- Working as a team with a physician and/or advanced practice provider
- In-office procedure assistance
- Extensive daily interactions with providers
- Obtaining medication/testing prior authorization
- Triaging clinical questions to providers as appropriate
- Medical record uploading within the electronic medical record (EMR)
- Answering patient phone calls
- COVID-19 screening via phone
Clinical Office Coordinator (Year round)
Engage in front-end patient experience and revenue cycle processes, and gain further knowledge on clinic flow.
- Serving as a customer service ambassador for the practice
- Scheduling patient appointments
- Verifying insurance eligibility and referral status
- Patient intake, which includes demographic verification and copay collection
- Billing collection log completion and submission
- Scheduling further procedures, i.e. injections, endoscopies, surgeries (dependent on specialty)
- Answering patient phone calls
- COVID-19 screening via phone
Medical Assistant/Clinical Office Coordinator (Year Round)
Hybrid position that provides both clinical and administrative experience. Ideal for learning about healthcare operations, while gaining hands on clinical experience.
- All above functions at varying degrees, dependent upon practice and day-to-day schedule
- Flexibility and variability in daily tasks
- Key in helping future clinicians gain understanding of financial and operational processes that patients and non-clinical staff manage in seeking and helping to deliver care, respectively
- Opportunity to develop EMR knowledge and skills prior to using more advanced clinical functions
