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).
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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 ...
How many students should each externship organization have?
Each externship organization will determine their capacity to host students, but we are hoping that each will agree to between five and 10 students. Usually these students are spread out over multiple clinics of the externship organization, with ...
How does NIMAA support externship organizations?
NIMMA provides the following support to externship organizations: Access to experienced faculty, regular live and taped lectures and discussions, and online curriculum Preceptor training course to prepare for the program Preceptor training courses, ...
Does a clinic need to be offering patient-centered medical home and team care to be an externship organization?
Externship organizations need to be committed to, and already moving towards, person-centered, team-based care or they are unlikely to be interested in this kind of training. Moreover, just training the MAs in this fashion will not work well unless ...
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 ...