Now Offered at UAA: Earn your medical assisting certificate
UAA is offering a streamlined path for students eager to enter the medical assisting field with a new degree offering.
UAA Alert! Anchorage Campus Inclement Weather Notice for Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.
Due to unsafe road conditions for Anchorage and surrounding areas, UAA’s Anchorage campus will be on a delayed start today, Thursday, Dec. 4. Campus will open at 10 a.m. to allow for safer travel.
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News & Stories
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Building Confidence Through Collaboration: UAA's medical assisting program and Simulation Center
Students in the medical assisting program at the UAA College of Health benefit from a unique collaboration with the Interprofessional Health Sciences Simulation Center.
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Alumni Spotlight: Jenny Kwon - Providing positive patient care as a medical assistant
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
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
Medical assisting students learn EMT skills from UAA's Fire and Emergency Services program director during Medical Assistants Recognition Week.
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