Amanda Christine Dickson
**** ********** **** ***** **********, Ohio 43110
******.*********@*****.***
Emergency Medicine Physicians, Lancaster, Ohio January, 2014
Physician
to
Currently working in the emergency department at Fairfield Medical Center.
Assistant present
Primary duties include initial evaluation, diagnosis and management of patients in
collaboration with the physicians. Also perform various procedures including
Experience
suturing, and I&D of abscesses.
Other Experience
Research Assistant
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Conducted research experiments for alternative non invasive immunization strategies for
1.
otitis media so developing countries may be more readily immunized.
2. Presented research findings at the American Society for Microbiology conference and The
Ohio State University Medical Center Research Celebration.
3. Mentored undergraduate students conducting their own research.
June, 2009
to
April, 2011
Residential Health Advisor
Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio
Provided basic first aid to residential students.
August, 2008
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May, 2009
Health Officer
Camp Otterbein, Logan, Ohio
Responsible for the health care needs of all children and staff members which included providing
basic first aid and dispensing medications.
Summers
2007 2008
Education
Masters of Physician Assistant Studies
Kettering College, Kettering, Ohio
Clinical Rotations: internal medicine, family medicine, general surgery, emergency medicine,
pediatrics (general inpatient, orthopedics, endocrinology), OB/GYN, psychiatry, dermatology.
July 2013
Prerequisite Courses
Columbus State Community College, Columbus, Ohio
2010 2011
Bachelor of Science, Biology and Chemistry
Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio
2009
Activities
Volunteered at the Physician’s Free Clinic in Columbus, Ohio where I assisted with
1.
registration and filing charts, as well as taking patients to the exam rooms. (2010 2011)
2. Traveled on a medical mission trip to Matamoros, Mexico where we delivered a free
medical clinic and pharmacy to local underserved communities. (July, 2008)
3. Volunteered for Teen Alliance at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio where I
gained experience in the histology lab and the billing department (summers, 2005 – 2006)
Technical Skills
Suturing, incision and drainage, injections, minor surgical procedures including skin lesion
biopsy/removal and sebaceous cyst extraction, cryotherapy, casting, pelvic exams and pap smears
Certifications and Memberships
Physician Assistant National Certification Exam: passed 8/2013 (recertification due
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12/2019)
5. National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants: #1111321, expires 12/2015
6. State Medical Board of Ohio: License #50.003895
7. BLS, ACLS, and BDLS (Basic Disaster Life Support) certified
8. Member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants