A Tampa company is expanding it’s operations beyond the Southeast. UMA Education, Inc., the organization that operates Ultimate Medical Academy, has acquired American Institute., a career education school focused largely on healthcare training with five campus locations in Connecticut and New Jersey.
The expansion will lead to more programs offered by UMA, hopefully increasing the number of skilled medical technicians in an understaffed field.
What is the Ultimate Medical Academy?
Ultimate Medical Academy is an accredited, nonprofit educational institution that trains people in the vital work done in the healthcare industry. UMA works closely with healthcare companies to connect students directly to job opportunities.
Based in Tampa, Ultimate Medical Academy provides online healthcare education programs to students across the country. They also offer in-person instruction for clinical programs at its ground campus in Clearwater.
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Currently Ultimate Medical Academy’s has a catalog of programs that trains learners for roles such as:
- Patient care technicians
- Nurse assistants
- Phlebotomists
- Emergency Medical Technicians
- Pharmacy technicians
- Healthcare accountants
What is the American Institute?
American Institute is a career education school based in Connecticut and New Jersey. The school provides training in healthcare and skilled trades. The school’s mission is to provide quality distance and on-site education, realistic laboratory experiences and hands-on experiences in field-appropriate facilities.
Helping increase healthcare personnel
“Our nation faces a tremendous challenge of recruiting and training millions of new people to join the ranks of healthcare professionals in hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctor’s offices and more,” said UMA President Tom Rametta. “With this acquisition, UMA will amplify our ability to educate a steady pipeline of graduates to join the healthcare workforce. We are pleased to add to our family a school like American Institute that shares our value to champion student outcomes.”
American Institute will bring new programs to UMA, such as Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS) that trains ultrasound technicians.
“Both our schools are focused on the overarching goal of helping transform the lives of our students and addressing the urgent shortage of healthcare and skilled trade workers in our country,” said American Institute Senior Vice President of Ground Strategic Operations Christopher Coutts. “We have similar approaches to providing high-quality and student-first education and services, and I am thrilled we are joining the UMA Education, Inc. family.”