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• What are the responsibilities of a NIMAA externship organization?

  NIMAA externship organization responsibilities include the following: Host medical assistant students for their 29-week externship, enabling students to gain hands-on experience at the clinic. Appoint a Program Coordinator who will act as the ...

• Who is responsible for the performance and actions of the student in the clinic?

  NIMAA was founded by clinics; patients always come first. The patient is always the responsibility of the clinic and like any other externship, the clinic should supervise student actions and performance in their facility. NIMAA provides the ...

• How much work is involved by a participating externship organization in preparing to support the NIMAA model?

  To be successful, externship organizations need to establish leadership and systemic support of the NIMAA program. This typically starts with an internal executive sponsor who sees the value NIMAA can bring to your health center, and who then ...

• Is the externship organization responsible for providing training rooms/space?

  Externship organizations need to provide a conference room or exam room for skills practice two times per term (NIMAA's 29 week program is divided into four terms).

• What websites will students need access to from our clinic when participating in the program?

  Students will be accessing the following when on your premises and hence over your network. You may need to speak with your IT team to ensure that the following domains are not blocked by your network firewall so that students can successfully ...