Brevard County Health Department Internship

I am participating in an internship this summer at the Brevard County Health Department Clinic in Melbourne. My preceptor is Tammy Massingill who is the operations manager at the Melbourne clinic. When I found out about the internship position I went in to talk to Tammy about the position. She took me on a tour of the clinic and showed me the medical records department and explained that this would be where I would be assigned.
I began my internship at the Brevard County Health Department clinic on Monday May 18th the first day of the summer semester. Before I could begin working with and handling the medical records I had to do a HIPPA security training program. This program was available to take online and consisted of readings about the rules and policies of HIPPA followed by assessments on the readings. After the security training I meet with Jennifer and Lisa who work in the medical records department. They then instructed me on how to create new medical record charts which they always need to have prepared before a new patient comes in. I then learned how the medical records here filled and was able to pull files when they were needed.