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Continuing Education Schools
Continuing Education came into existence for adults who wished to further their education and growth as part-time students and was especially suited to students beyond the traditional age of a college student. Generally, the Continuing Education adult student already had an education and was wishing to further his or her education on a part-time basis.
Continuing Education students ordinarily enrolled in non-credit-granting schools for personal enrichment through courses offered by small community colleges. However, Continuing Education studies now largely include credit-granting colleges and universities that offer courses either in a classroom setting or through distance learning.
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Effects of the Current Healthcare Crisis on Allied Medical Education
Many allied medical professions such as the medical assistant are seeing a rise in growth as a result of the current healthcare crisis in the United States. As major medical insurance companies try to cut their costs an increasing number of procedures once performed by physician, nurses and other higher trained healthcare professionals are now being done by less costly allied health professionals. This would include the medical assistant, medical technologists and related positions. Of course this shift in patient care has created a greater need for trained allied care professionals. In the past most of these allied professionals were trained on the job by physicians, nurses and other medical staff members. However now more of these allied health care aids are now receiving additional training via internet based distance education programs or traditional training programs.
The current acceptance into medical, nursing, and other schools in the health care field is often very competitive. For example, there are probably 10-20 qualified applicants for every vacancy in medical school. Most nursing schools have 2-3 year waiting periods (despite an alleged chronic shortage of nurses). Many highly motivated and talented people wind up going into other fields. Often are career in a basic allied healthcare profession such as a medical assistant is an excellent fit for these students.
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