School of Allied Health News

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Now Offered at UAA: Earn your medical assisting certificate

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UAA is offering a streamlined path for students eager to enter the medical assisting field with a new degree offering.

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Building Confidence Through Collaboration: UAA's medical assisting program and Simulation Center

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Students in the medical assisting program at the UAA College of Health benefit from a unique collaboration with the Interprofessional Health Sciences Simulation Center.

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Slideshow: School of Allied Health Pinning Ceremony

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The School of Allied Health celebrates its summer graduates with a memorable pinning ceremony on July 27, 2023, at the Edward & Cathryn Rasmuson Hall of the Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ.

Medical Laboratory Science students in classroom prior to remote learning. Read More

Medical Lab Science Program Gets Creative With Online Learning

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While the pandemic keeps most classes online, UAA's Medical Lab Science program finds new ways to help students learn and share their research.

Brittney Horn reads off instructions to her lab partner as UAA Medical Assisting Program students learn to sterilize medical instruments during their first in-person lab of the Fall 2020 semester. (Photo by James Evans / UAA) Read More

Slideshow: In the lab with UAA's Medical Assisting students

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During their first in-person lab of the semester, UAA Medical Assisting Program students learned how to sterilize medical equipment. While most courses have shifted to alternate delivery this fall, in-person labs are still being offered for some fields in which hands-on learning is considered critical.