Students Complete Internships at the Emergency Department of MBAL-Pazardzhik

For the second consecutive year, students from the Medical Assistant specialty at Medical University-Plovdiv are training at the Emergency Department of MBAL-Pazardzhik under the guidance of Deputy Head of the Department, Dr. Dimitar Bakalov, who is an honored assistant at the university.

The profession of a medical assistant is dynamic, responsible, with a high degree of autonomy, and is among those with the greatest shortage of personnel, which guarantees secure employment. MBAL-Pazardzhik is an accredited base for practical training of students from the Medical Assistant specialty.

During their internship, students acquire skills for quick and adequate patient triage, response to acute and critical conditions, and effective teamwork with doctors.

"The practical training of students includes acquiring important skills in the field. We teach them how to perform patient triage, how to conduct a quick assessment of patients' conditions and distribute them by urgency. It can be said that they gain very valuable experience, which they acquire in managing acute and critical conditions such as heart attacks, strokes, polytraumas, and shock states," explains Dr. Bakalov.

In a real environment, precise manipulations are learned, including placing peripheral venous access, taking blood for tests, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as well as placing tubes and catheters.

The training also includes working with medical equipment – defibrillators, ECG machines, perfusion pumps, and monitors for vital signs.

Together with doctors, students learn clinical and diagnostic thinking through the interpretation of laboratory results and electrocardiograms.

"The internship at the Emergency Department builds quick thinking, composure under stress, and stable practical skills, which will one day turn these students into confident and prepared professionals," Dr. Bakalov is convinced.

In support of young professionals, MBAL-Pazardzhik offers scholarship opportunities. This allows future medical assistants to focus entirely on acquiring knowledge and practical skills.

Source: marica.bg