Career Confusion

While my current gig as an Office Assistant for my dentist is going relatively well, I find myself still not the happiest of campers. It's not that he's difficult to work for (he can be irritatingly impatient at times though) and he's a fair employer. I just feel that this gig isn't my calling. I'm definitely using the skills I'd learned in school, but it's not fulfilling as I'd hoped.

However, I do know that your first job will often not be the one you ultimately want. I really and truly wanted to be a Medical Records Clerk. I'll try my hardest to earn my coveted position. From what I heard, that position (depending on the office's needs) doesn't deal with patients all that much. Also, Health Information Management doesn't deal with patients hardly at all. If not Medical Records Clerk, definitely Health Information Management. I have enough training to be a Medical Records Clerk and perhaps Health Info Management.

Don't get me wrong, being at the front desk has taught me a LOT and given me new perspectives on why doctors' offices function the way they do. I'm forever grateful of that. However, I'm an introvert and I loathe being in the spotlight. I hate being the front line solider for anything. You'll be surprised at how badly patients can treat those in the medical profession. I'm not just talking about rude demeanor either. Is it really that difficult to call and cancel instead of leaving us high and dry? There are days where only 3 people show up and we work from 9am-4:30pm. (Well, sometimes we close at the last patient of the day, but you get the idea. All that time and hardly anyone shows up.)

I'll keep trucking at this job since it's near impossible to get hired in the first place until something better comes along.