Pima Medical Institute - Tucson — Attraction in Tucson

With any schools, you have to really think about if you are willing to go into debt for them. Is this school worth that? I did the MA program. I can't speak for the other programs. But for my experience, I wouldn't recommend this school for the MA program. I regret the debt. I do like that they help with job placement for life. That's fine However, they will tell you over and over that you can take a MA cert. to other fields such as Phlebotomy/Lab or EKG monitoring or Pharmacy(the sky is the limit)All you have to do is take their national tests and get the certification . I came to find out that that is a LIE. Healthcare places do not want ppl on their team who haven't been trained in that field because that person will be a liability to the company(which is fair. That's their right). That's why national certifications are specific to each job. I feel like this part that they sell you is complete false advertising. Do not listen to that. Essentially you're the secretary to the doctor and that's it. Your career pathway is MA to Lead MA. If you're happy being that along with pay being the same pay as a Target and McDonald's worker, that's awesome for you and your life. But to give ppl hope that you can soar, that's wrong. In reality you would have to go back to school and start over(especially so because the credits you earn here don't transfer to most schools)You have a better chance to progress if you are a nurse or a rad tech just in general, not referring to the school nurse and radiology programs.

The MA program is rushed. The pre-reqs are nice. It's the computer and lab courses that are unacceptable. The computer simulations give you an idea somewhere in the ball park of what EMRs/EHRs do but in the real world, its quite different. So you leave that course under prepared.

That lab course is crazy. We spent too much time on vitals and no time on other things(maybe because that was going to be the things you mainly do as a MA. You don't do a lot of in office procedures unless you're in Derm or urology maybe sports med. Doctors do things for themselves) . We skipped some things actually. The blood part has an appropriate amount of time. They require you to do like 25 vitals on 25 different students. However, 1 your class may not have that many 2 if your classmates want to stick with their own cliques, have fun with that(and the bullying if you're even more fortunate) And PMI will try to sell to you and keep reminding you about a bachelor's degree for medical administration. Now wait a minute...If my MA cert can supposedly fly me to the moon, why would I need that?

I feel like this school ran for 50 years because of false advertising and people not fully grasping that ma work is not what they portray it to be. But again this is just my experience in the MA program. Maybe it's better for the nurse program. They have more activities and stuff for them which makes sense because they are going to be nurses lol.

And where is the principle? I only seen him like 2x my whole year there. I feel like the office ladies really try to keep him away from the issues of the school and cover up everything. And he's thinking it's milk and honey but it's cottage cheese and cough syrup. But again this is just my experience in the MA program. It could be different in the other programs and in the other PMI location in PHX.

Pro: job placement,Scrubs that you can wear to interviews, pre-reqs, BLS/CPR certified Cons:False advertising of what MA work is and what the certification entails, Unorganized program, the constant hounding to buy a bachelor's degree, high school culture in adult education, biases for certain students.Teachers will gossip about other students to students. But it's okay guys! They aren't using their names! Gossip=gossip🙄 Stop gaslighting ppl to believe something is nothing(hmmm,very reflective of healthcare field)

I 1000 percent regret attending this school and going into...

Look if you are thinking about coming to these schools for dental assisting or vet assisting, i urge you to really think about it hard! schools like these shoot out kids left and right! i only know about 2 people besides me in my class of more then 15 that actually got jobs. the rest went back to whatever jobs they had before... there aren't enough dental offices and for sure! not enough vet offices to help everyone with jobs. i no longer do dental assisting and will never go back, but if you have a regular job, at lets say dennys, taco bell, mcds, a resort etc. be ready to think about paying a 100+ a month on a student loan. and please don't think this will be for you and you will stick to it and you have no choice but to succeed. I was the same. and then boom real life came knocking on my door asking for a loan payment. i at least got a job at what i went to school for, but most don't see any action after your extern is over. Now i am self employed and can pay this back with in a few years at a nice and easy steady rate. but some will have to ask for deferment on your loans to pay them back. ( i did) i cant tell you about the other programs here at this school because i don't know. my girl friend is at medical assistant and she loves it. and there are a lot of jobs for that. but before you get excited about wanting to start something new please please think about all of the debt you can have with just this choice... I wish you the best and if you do decide to do it, be ready and good luck!

PROS MEET NEW COOL PEOPLE ( WILL THEY HELP YOU PAY YOUR BILLS AFTER - NO) -MAYBE FIND A BF OR GF AT THIS SCHOOL (I KNOW I DID ;) ) -COOL SCRUBS AND BACK PACK! GET YOUR REAL SIZE THEY DON'T STRETCH COOL TEACHERS -NICE GRADUATION CEREMONY

CONS!!! 12K AND UP DEBT FOR A VERY LONG TIME NO WORK SO YOUR BACK AT YOUR OLD JOB ANSWERING QUESTION ON WHY YOUR NOT WORKING AT WHAT YOU WENT TO SCHOOL FOR. FINDING OTHER EXCUSES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL THROW AT YOU. THE BACK PACK DOESNT LAST THAT MUCH LONGER AFTER YOUR 9 MONTH PROGRAM YOUR DRIVING DOWN GRANT AND YOU SEE PMI AND YOU GIVE THEM THE FINGER EVERY TIME FOR LYING ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR YOU ( AT LEAST I DO...

I am currently enrolled in an online program with them and the organization is not what I expected from an online school. I chose PMI over Grand Canyon University for the simple fact there isn't group projects. There isn't group projects which I enjoy but there are some other issues that I have come across: broken links in some of their classes, when their website was updated they didn't update their tutorials (so the layouts do look different but are manageable), the Microsoft Office they want you to buy or download does not match the one they teach off of (so there are some issues with their tutorials); there is a downloaded book for a resource, each new objective section has little notes the instructor adds, added videos they found on YouTube (that sometimes work), and links to helpful sites; the main issue with all of these different sources is they don't match up to each other, so when a question is asked there could be 3 different correct answers or ways to do things but they only seem to grade off of one of the sources and it is a gamble as to which one is the correct one. Another issue that I have run into is the discussion boards, they are a school for working professionals but when it comes to the boards they give a 3 to 4 day span to complete the objectives that are given (which is fine) but you will loose points if you are not on the boards on "major" days; since PMI is a health care education school I would expect a little more leanency on professionals who can put in 12 to 24 hour working shifts, as long as you finish the objectives in the time frame given (or I could just be whining on this last item). Overall not happy with the way things have been going but I am currently starting my 5th and 6th classes, will update review as I progress through. Good point: the tablet that they send to you is...