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Ultimate Medical Academy (UMA): CollegeSurfing.com Featured School of the Week - June 23, 2008
by Amanda Fornecker
Want to work in an industry where the prospects are wide open? Consider a health care career. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there were 14 million jobs in health care in 2006. Furthermore, those in a health care career can expect the field to increase, as health care careers will likely make at least three million more jobs by the year 2016. And those with a health care education will have the best opportunities available to them.

Ultimate Medical Academy

UMA

 ) is one of the best places to get this type of health care education. There are a variety of programs offered at UMA that will help catapult any health care career. And these are very flexible programs, helping students looking to enter the health care field in both part time and full time positions.

Whether you already have a job, are looking to switch careers, or are starting fresh, UMA can accommodate you. Flexible scheduling is possible at UMA, where day, night, and weekend classes are available. In as little as seven weeks, students can receive the best hands-on health care training necessary to catapult a health care career. With two locations in Florida (Clearwater and Tampa) and other affiliate campuses in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and Virginia, UMA is easily accessible for many.

Some of the health care programs at UMA include nursing assistant, medical billing and coding, x-ray technician, and phlebotomy, so there are many different programs that can cater to a variety of health care interests. These programs reflect those health care professions that are extremely popular at other career schools and in the working world. Upon completion of the specified curriculum at UMA, students will receive the all-important certificates that will help them go farther. These health care certificates ensure that students have had the best and most up-to-date training possible.

Real world experience is often necessary before one goes out into the working world. That's why UMA provides internships and externships that will give health care students just the right kind of hands-on experience they can use to further their education. UMA helps place their students in local health care facilities. And they don't stop there either. Both during instruction and after graduation, UMA helps place students in part- and full-time jobs at local health care facilities, including hospitals, clinics, doctors' offices, and more.

Most importantly, the Ultimate Medical Academy is accredited by ABHES, which is the premier accrediting body for health care schools. At UMA, you'll be sure to get the best education at an accredited school that has taken the time to ensure their programs are properly equipped to send its health care students out into the real world.

If you want to embark on your health care career, it's never too late. No matter where you are in your education or career, you can always switch gears and pursue a health care career at a school like the Ultimate Medical Academy.

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Amanda Fornecker is a staff writer at The CollegeBound Network. Learn more about finding a school that's right for you.



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