I want to volunteer in a health center for community service hours. What does assisting w/medical record mean?

Question

Is it like recording medical stuff or something like that?

Do you think it's boring assisting with medical record? I want volunteer to do this cuz I want to be a dentist in the future, and I think it would be beneficial for me. Do you think this will benefit me if I want to become a dentist?

Thanks!

Answer 1

doing medical records probably means using CPT and ICD-9 codes which are different from dental codes.  If you're into dentistry, this job won't help.  

Answer 2

Sure. It would benefit you to know how health care organization works. Electronic medical records are the future of health care, you may stumble   on something fun.

Read more about EMR here.

http://www.brighthub.com/health/technolo...

Answer 3

Basically, it means filing. Boring, and kind of tiring, stuff.

I don't think it would help out, but you could definitely talk about it with them and maybe get transferred into a dental department, and hopefully get some good contacts that you can later ask for recommendations from. :)