Academics
Submitting Student Support Request Form
1. When logged into Populi, click on Forms just right of the dashboard. 2. You can scroll down to Student Form - Student Support Form or search for it in the top bar. 3. The form will open, and you can begin to fill out the form. In the link in the ...
How do I see my total externship hours?
Viewing Weekly Externship Hours Reported To see how many externship hours have been reported by your preceptor/program coordinator: Log in to Populi. Go to Home > My Profile > Student. On the right side of the page in the Student Information panel, ...
Accessing Seminars, Huddles and Skills Labs
The Conference tab is where you go to access synchronous sessions, such as weekly seminars, huddles and skills labs. For most sessions, you will receive a calendar reminder to your email prior to the session once your instructor has started up the ...
Forum subscriptions
What does it mean to "subscribe" to a forum? To subscribe to a forum means that you will be receive email copies of all new posts in that forum. It is a good practice to subscribe to forums in courses in which you are participating so that you do not ...
Where is NIMAA located?
Our headquarters are in Denver, Colorado, but we have externship sites all over the U.S.! Check out our current list here.
What is NIMAA?
The National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA) is a nonprofit education institute that trains Medical Assistants to work effectively in today's high-performing primary care settings. NIMAA was created by community health centers to ...
How is the NIMAA program structured?
NIMAA takes place over 29 weeks for about 30 hours/week. Instruction takes place online through live and recorded sessions, interactive materials in the learning management system, and online discussion groups. At the same time, students observe and ...
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Weekly Seminar 101
Attendance You are expected to be present and on time for all synchronous seminars. You must notify your instructor if you will be late or absent from a synchronous seminar. Failure to notify your instructor before the seminar, outside of extenuating ...
Installing and setting up the Populi app
The Populi app can be used to view course information, pay balances, access important links, see the school calendar and more. Installing the App To install the app: ioS (Apple) Devices Go to the app store on your phone or iPad. Search for Populi. ...
Registering for CU Learning
Click on the link to CU Learning from within your course content (https://cuelearning.org/sign-in/). You will be brought to this page to register with the CU e-Learning website. Click the Register button. You will be brought to the following page to ...
Setting Up Your Student Email Account (Office 365)
Welcome to NIMAA! When you join the NIMAA program, you’ll get an official student Office 365 account with email (e.g., FirstName.LastName24@nimaa.edu). This is the email where all NIMAA communications will be sent, so it’s important to set it up ...
Working with the Applied Medical Assisting PDF summary documents
Click on the link for the case file you were assigned either from within the lesson, from the Files tab below the lesson Pages list or from the course Files page. The PDF will open. In the new window that displays, click the three vertical dots icon ...