There are many reasons to become a medical assistant (MA). Perhaps you’ve read it’s the “Best of Allied-health Careers to Pursue,” or the “20 Reasons to Enter the Vocation, or “Half a Dozen MA Benefits!” Yet, have you heard “6.5 Reasons to Become an MA?” If not, read on!  1 To Help Others One of […]

Take a look into taking some personality tests that can help you find out which medical career suits you the best.

Monday Morning Another day! Race to put on the scrubs—regret that the dark green scrubs are still in the wash.  Place coffee on the dashboard. Drive.  Enter work. (Take coffee with you.) Clock in.  Race toward the Resident’s Lobby. Make a mental note to turn the TV volume down. (Who keeps cranking it up so […]

If you look for the letters “LPN” or “RN” on the badge of the friendly person taking your vitals at your last doctor’s visit, they might have been missing. Likewise, the cheery person behind the front desk billing your insurance might not have had those letters either. Who was this person? Nurses and physicians rely […]

Even as a small child growing up, healthcare was fascinating to Mrs. Fizzell. For this reason, she decided to work at a care home facility. There they taught her as a Certified Nurses Assistant (CNA). However, she did not want to stop at that level.  Because of this, she enrolled in an MA program and […]

Ms. Debora Freitas became a Medical Assistant with the plan for it to be a stepping stone into the registered nursing program. She completed her prerequisites for that program while working as a medical assistant, but “life happened.” She could not continue going to school but continued working as a Medical Assistant and eventually completed […]

When Karelly Escoto began the Medical Assistant (MA) program at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, Modesto Campus, in July 2021, she didn’t know how to use a computer. However, with a bit of guidance, she caught on fast. During her academic tenure, she overcame and exceeded several obstacles that might have easily held her back. […]

Did you once see yourself as a trained healthcare specialist or envisioned yourself wearing a white lab coat aspiring to help others? Feel like it’s too late in life? Or that your schedule is too hectic to fit in school? Well, don’t give up on that fitted lab coat just yet. Getting into a wellness […]

Reasons to Go Into Ultrasound Technology There are many reasons to consider an Ultrasound Technology educational program. Some advantages of an Ultrasound school include the following: Academic Satisfaction Going to New Places Internally Within Healthcare Learning How To Think Critically Creating a Bright Future. Below are just some tangible benefits of a modern Ultrasound program […]

Do you think you might want to be an ultrasound technologist? If so, understanding your sonography program is the first rung in becoming a technologist. The second rung is to complete an accredited sonography program. In brief, your sonography program should meet the specific educational requirements for your academic goals. Understand Your Sonography Program Most […]

What’s a Certified Medical Assistant? Are you interested in healthcare and hope to impact others’ lives significantly? Then a vocation as a Medical Assistant* may be a route worth pursuing. A Certified Medical Assistant is “a professional who performs administrative and routine clinical tasks in a medical setting.”1 Yet, in some health environments, the role […]

Why Go Back? Why go back? To answer that question, let’s ask one of our students, Akram. Akram Shafik, a native of Cairo, Egypt, worked as a high-school and middle-school teacher for nearly 18 years before immigrating from the Middle East to the US. With a desire to reinvent himself, Shafik consequently enrolled in what was […]