This article was contributed by The Wright Center. Scranton, Pa. – In one word, Melissa Lemus can sum up why she applied to the National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement while trying to jump-start her career and land a job as a medical assistant. “Flexibility,” she says. As a single mother of two, the Scranton […]
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The National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA) is pleased to announce the appointment of John Butt as Executive Director. He is based in NIMAA’s Denver office. John brings 18 years of higher education experience, most recently as the Director of Digital Learning for the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus. Previously, he served as Associate
Funding To Expand Innovative Talent Initiatives Across Colorado The National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA) is pleased to announce the receipt of a $50,000 grant from the Opportunity Now Colorado Grant Program to support making NIMAA’s medical assistant training program more accessible to prospective students and clinical partners in rural communities. Opportunity Now Colorado
One of the core components of NIMAA’s mission is to provide, not only education, but employment opportunities, creating a pipeline of well-qualified medical assistants for community health centers who are from the very communities that they serve. One of NIMAA’s founding organizations, Salud Family Health, has helped us achieve this goal in northeast and southeast
The National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA) is pleased to announce new partnerships with Colorado Mountain College, Colorado Mesa University and Western Colorado Community College that will allow graduates from NIMAA’s medical assisting program to transfer seamlessly into an associate-level degree program in medical assisting at the school of their choosing. These articulation agreements,
The National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA) is pleased to celebrate the graduation of its Fall 2022-2023 cohort, marking the 10th graduation since NIMAA was founded in 2016. Growing from two founding externship organizations, Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) in Connecticut and Salud Family Health in Colorado, to partnering with over 50 clinical partners
The National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA) and its founding externship partner Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) are pleased to announce that UpSkill NIMAA student and CHC Medical Assistant Stephanie Williams is one of the first MAs in Connecticut to administer a vaccination. Connecticut Medical Assistants became eligible to vaccinate effective October 1, 2022,
