Pima Medical Institute - East Valley is located at 2160 S. Power Road, Mesa, AZ 85209, Mesa, Arizona, USA. The following is a detailed introduction to the campus:

School Overview

Service Area: Mainly serves the Mesa, Gilbert and Apache Junction areas in the suburbs of Phoenix.

Geographical Advantage: The campus is located in the East Valley region of Arizona, USA, which has rapid economic development, rapid population growth, and increasing demand for various medical services, providing students with abundant internship and employment opportunities.

Professional Settings

Certificate Courses:

Medical Assistant: The course lasts about 9 months. Students will learn how to work closely with the medical team, perform a range of clinical and clerical duties, and act as a liaison between patients and doctors. The course will focus on anatomy, routine laboratory procedures, and common patient care procedures.

Medical Billing and Coding: The course lasts about 9 months. Students will understand the important role of medical billing and coding in connecting medical service providers, patients, and insurance companies. Courses include computer basics, billing procedures, advanced medical terminology, medical coding, and medical law and ethics, and the course is a hybrid online and offline course.

Nursing Assistant/Nurse Aide: The course lasts about 6 weeks, and students will learn to assist patients with daily activities, maintain patient hygiene, assist with patient charting/documentation, and assist doctors and nurses with diagnostic procedures and treatments. Students will also learn infection control, first aid procedures, interpersonal skills, etc.

Phlebotomy Technician: The course lasts about 3 months, and students will learn how to assist patients in collecting blood and other clinical specimens. The course focuses on drawing blood, relaxing patients, proper labeling and identity verification, and handling test specimens.

Veterinary Assistant: The course lasts about 9 months, and students will learn how to assist veterinarians in performing a variety of duties, including administrative and medical duties. The course will focus on office procedures, animal care, laboratory testing, diagnostic imaging, surgical procedures, and many other important elements of the veterinary assistant role.

Associate Degree Program: An associate degree program for veterinary technicians is available, which lasts about 18 months.

Teaching and Faculty

Teaching Method: The method of practical teaching is adopted as the main method. Through laboratory practice, clinical internship and other links, students can master professional knowledge and skills in practice and better prepare for their future careers.

Faculty: With an experienced team of professional teachers, teachers not only have solid theoretical knowledge, but also have rich practical experience, and can provide students with high-quality teaching and guidance.

Campus Features

Rich practical opportunities: Focus on the cultivation of students' practical ability, and provide students with a large number of practical opportunities, including simulated operations in the laboratory, internships in local medical institutions, etc., so that students can improve their professional skills and problem-solving abilities in practice.

Employment support services: Provide students with employment placement services, including resume preparation, interview skills training, career planning guidance, etc., to help students better prepare for employment, improve employment competitiveness, and smoothly enter related medical fields.