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What Is it Like to Work as a Medical Assistant?

Amanda Beardsley, C.M.A. Medical Assisting Program Chair
Medical Assistant

Working in the healthcare sector doesn’t have to mean spending huge amounts of money and time getting a fully-fledged medical degree.    Becoming a doctor is just one of the routes into a job in the medical sector and there are a huge number of important careers in healthcare that don’t require spending four years at university.    Becoming a medical assistant means becoming a critical part of the rapidly growing U.S healthcare system. Medical assistants provide vital frontline support to doctors and nurses and are often the first point of contact for many patients.    Becoming a medical assistant..

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The Benefits of Vocational Training

Dr. Thomas Kenny, Chief Compliance Officer
vocational training

Vocational training provides you with a focused set of skills and knowledge needed to perform a particular job. It might be the administrative skills need to be successful as a business administrative assistant or the legal skills needed to become a paralegal.    Regardless of what you’re training for, there some huge benefits associated with vocational training, and today we’ll be discussing some of them. Focus on Your Career A standard four-year college degree is generally composed of specialized training combined with general education courses and electives that may not have any application to your chosen career.    With vocational..

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Using CPR During the Pandemic

Dr. Thomas Kenny, Chief Compliance Officer
CPR Pandemic

According to 2019 data, nearly 45 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims survived when bystander CPR was administered. Since four out of five cardiac arrests happen at home, so statistically speaking, if called on to administer CPR in an emergency, the life you save is likely to be someone at home: a child, a spouse, a parent, or a friend.   Unfortunately, while effective bystander CPR provided immediately after sudden cardiac arrest can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival, but only 32 percent of cardiac arrest victims get CPR from a bystander.   This rate has dropped since..

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Five Important Skills for Business Administrative Assistants to Acquire in 2021

Monica Jones, B.S. Business Administration Assistant Program Chair
Business Administrative Assistant

While they don’t get as much of the limelight as the executives they assist, business administrative assistants are vital to the efficient and effective running of any business.    The main task of a business administrative assistant is to support the company´s administration, taking care of things like travel organizing, arranging accommodation, managing invoices, planning the calendar meetings.     Growing and succeeding as a business administrative assistant means always looking to grow your skillset. So, if you’re a recent graduate looking for your first job, or are thinking about joining our Business Administrative Assistant Program, here are five skills you’ll..

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5 Important Facts About Student Finance

Dr. Stephanie Kenny, Chief Financial Officer
Student Finance

Student finance is a critically important link between people and the education they want, providing the necessary funding for them to achieve their goals. However, many of those who are able to apply for student finance don’t because think they are ineligible or because they simply don’t understand the process.   To help you understand how you can apply for the funding you need to get the education you want, here are five Important facts about student finance. The FAFSA FASFA stands for Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The FAFSA is the form you fill out on a yearly..

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