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Alumni Spotlight: Jenny Kwon - Providing positive patient care as a medical assistant

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Medical assisting alumna shares her experience of working as a certified medical assistant and why she chose a healthcare career.

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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 University of Alaska Anchorage.

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Slideshow: Medical assisting students learn EMT skills

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Medical assisting students learn EMT skills from UAA's Fire and Emergency Services program director during Medical Assistants Recognition Week.

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.