PORT ANGELES — The donation of an Olympic Medical Center exam table to the Peninsula College Foundation is allowing 48 students in the college’s Medical Assisting Program to learn on the same equipment they would use in clinical settings after graduation.
“We are pleased that medical assistant students at Peninsula College can benefit from this piece of medical equipment that is no longer needed at one of our clinics,” said Kathi Pressley, OMC director of materials management/central supply.
“We understand the value of having the right tools to learn this important profession.”
In program classroom
The donated exam table is in the back of the Medical Assisting Program classroom in LE-1, adjacent to another exam table received through a supply exchange with the Peninsula College Nursing Program.
Program director and instructor Rachel Pairsh said the newly donated table “doubles our teaching and practice opportunities.
“It is very important that we have the right tools in order to train our students for the workforce, and this table, along with all the new supplies and equipment the college has purchased, takes us one step closer toward achieving all of our teaching and training goals.”
Students who graduate from the program are eligible to obtain their MA-C credentials from the state Department of Health and are ready to enter the local workforce immediately.
New curriculum
The Medical Assisting Program will offer a newly restructured curriculum in the fall.
It is applying for program accreditation at the national level.
Pairsh anticipates the department will submit a self-study to the accrediting body by the end of spring 2015, with a site visit by the end of fall 2016.
Applications for the fall quarter will be accepted until 5 p.m. June 1.
For information, visit the program’s Web page on the Peninsula College website at www.pencol.edu, email Pairsh at rpairsh@pencol.edu or phone 360-417-6414.
The Peninsula College Foundation accepts monetary and in-kind gifts that support instructional programs at Peninsula College.
For more information on the foundation, contact Getta Rogers at 360-461-7566 or grogers@pencol.edu.
