In this week’s episode of “Dental Assistant Talk with Megen Elliott”, Megen speaks with Megan Mousel, a dental assistant who has become a Purchasing Coordinator at Midwest Dental, about the support she provides to practices in this role, and how her previous experience as a dental assistant prepared her extremely well for it.
Episode Highlights:
- Megan’s professional history
- The role of the Purchasing Coordinator
- The value of having dental assistant experience in this role
Quotes:
“There is that ability to move through different roles within the company.”
“We can make sure that they’re on trend and on track for making them a successful practice overall.”
“We do have those people in place to see if we can get that product for that specific office.”
“I think that if offices had a chance, they would love to look at what their colleagues are doing, and you get to do that. That’s pretty cool!”
“We want to maintain really great products in all of our offices so we can continue the growth of the company overall and make sure ethically we’re doing great work.”
“There’s just so much relatability with being a dental assistant before.”
“I definitely miss running around the office like I used to, but it’s…a good change of pace.”
“I could utilize my skills from my experience as a dental assistant and really move forward onto just this different path of this different position.”
Links:
More Dental Assistant Talk Episodes: https://ataleoftwohygienists.com/dentalassistanttalk/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:
http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429
American Dental Assistants Association homepage: https://www.adaausa.org/
