BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and Community College of Vermont are partnering again for an accelerated program to prepare qualified candidates for jobs as certified medical assistants.
Enrollment in the one-semester program will be limited to 20 participants. Classes will be held on the CCV Brattleboro campus, and all clinical aspects of the course work will be completed at BMH.
As part of the joint initiative, BMH is providing full scholarships for eight successful applicants. Scholarship recipients will have their CCV tuition covered and will be hired as medical assistants at BMH upon successful completion of the academic program and certification exam.
Three informational presentations about the program will be held at BMH in the Brew Barry Conference Room #2. The first one is scheduled for Thursday, April 25, 2 to 3:30 p.m., the second will be held on Wednesday, May 22, 3:30 to 5 p.m., and the third on Tuesday, June 18, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The public is invited to attend to learn about program details, the application process, and available scholarship opportunities. Staff from BMH and CCV, as well as current BMH medical assistants, will be on hand to answer questions and provide technical assistance with the application process.
“This program represents an important investment in the future of healthcare and the future of BMH,” Steven R. Gordon, BMH's president and CEO, said in a news release. “We are excited to partner with CCV for a fourth year for this successful education and employment program."
Applications for the new College to Career Program are available at ccv.edu. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until Monday, July 15.
The first session of classes will begin Sept. 3. The curriculum will consist of a combination of classroom instruction at CCV and supervised clinical practice at BMH.