{"id":96755,"date":"2019-05-17T13:53:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T23:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=96755"},"modified":"2019-07-08T09:44:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T19:44:31","slug":"queens-kapiolani-cc-medical-assistants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/17\/queens-kapiolani-cc-medical-assistants\/","title":{"rendered":"Free tuition offered for future medical assistants through Queen\u2019s, Kapi\u02bbolani CC<\/abbr>"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Alayna Jansson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Free tuition is available to 26 Hawaiʻi<\/span> residents entering Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College\u2019s medical assisting program<\/a> through a partnership with The Queen\u2019s Health Systems<\/a>. Recipients will gain valuable work experience at The Queen\u2019s Medical Center, while going to school. Those who complete the 12-month program will be eligible to earn a University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> certificate of achievement in medical assisting.<\/p>\n

“Man, I wish they had this paid tuition program when I was going to KCC<\/abbr>!” said Alayna Jansson<\/strong>, a certified medical assistant working at The Queen Emma Clinic.<\/p>\n

Prospective students must apply for the physician practice assistant intern position<\/a> at Queen\u2019s–Punchbowl, job number 123500. The deadline to apply is June 10, 2019. Queen\u2019s will nominate candidates from the pool of job applications received. The Queen\u2019s contact person for the program is Kim Trujillo at (808) 691-8049.<\/p>\n

Applicants who meet Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr>\u2019s admissions criteria and qualifications will enter the medical assisting program and receive free tuition. Students are responsible for their own books and student activity fees. During the year-long program that starts on August 26, 2019, they will take classes at Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> and earn while they learn by working 16 hours per week at Queen\u2019s in a modified physician practice assistant role.<\/p>\n

“We are excited to be working with Queen\u2019s in this new partnership that will increase the number of well trained certified medical assistants in the workforce. said Lynn Hamada<\/strong>, Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr>\u2019s medical assisting program director. “At the end of this one-year program, students will earn college credits and a certificate of achievement, qualify to take the gold-standard national certification exam for the certified medical assistant (American Association of Medical Assistants) credential and be able to transition seamlessly into the associate in science degree program should they decide to continue their education at Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College<\/a>.” <\/p>\n

Medical assistants in demand<\/h2>\n

Medical assistants work with physicians in private medical offices and clinics, and hospital outpatient clinics. They assist with patient care, routine lab and diagnostic tests, and administrative and business procedures. <\/p>\n

“There is a growing need for medical assistants and physician practice assistants in the community,” said Jason Chang, COO<\/abbr> of The Queen\u2019s Health Systems. “Queen\u2019s is committed to developing the talent and providing the financial assistance, training and experience to help them succeed.” <\/p>\n

Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr>\u2019s Health Apprenticeship Director Sally Pestana<\/strong> added, “KCC<\/abbr> has a long and strong collaboration history with Queen’s in over a dozen healthcare education programs. We are looking forward to this new partnership for our medical assisting program that will provide highly skilled new medical assistants for Queen\u2019s healthcare teams.”<\/p>\n

Jansson graduated from the Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> medical assisting program in 2016. “Being a part of the program is like having a full-time job,” she said. “It was a lot of hard work—reading, studying, medical terminology—but it was an amazing experience. It takes quite a bit of dedication, but that\u2019s important because you\u2019re going to be taking care of people someday.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recipients will gain valuable work experience at The Queen\u2019s Medical Center, while attending Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr>\u2019s medical assisting program. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1114,165,63,1284,572,71,603],"class_list":["post-96755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-apprenticeship","tag-health","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-medical-assisting-program","tag-scholarship","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-workforce-development","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96755"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96761,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96755\/revisions\/96761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}