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Risk and the Reward: Navigating Uncertainty to Pursue a New Career

2024-08-21T20:31:08+00:00

If you’re entertaining a new career, odds are you’re less than satisfied with your current work. Whether it's pay, stability, or purpose, something new is calling you. While this can certainly be exciting, many of us feel overwhelmed and intimidated by change, especially if it’s a big transition like going to school for a new career! While you might feel alone in this, it’s a completely normal feeling that many students, HMC students alike, have navigated to pursue their goals.  Assessing the Need for Change: The first step in this transformative process is an honest self-assessment. Reflect on your current career, [...]

Risk and the Reward: Navigating Uncertainty to Pursue a New Career2024-08-21T20:31:08+00:00

Navigating Parenthood and Studies: Tips for Student Parents

2024-08-21T20:31:08+00:00

Being a student parent comes with its own set of challenges and rewards. Balancing the demands of your program requirements, classes, and homework with the responsibilities of parenthood requires strategic planning and resilience. Though challenging, succeeding as a student and parent is possible. Create a Realistic Schedule: Start by developing a realistic and flexible schedule that accommodates both your program’s commitments and parenting responsibilities. Prioritize tasks and allocate dedicated time for studying, attending classes, and spending quality time with your child. Communicate with Professors: Establish open communication with teachers and academic advisors. Inform them about your role as a parent [...]

Navigating Parenthood and Studies: Tips for Student Parents2024-08-21T20:31:08+00:00

Hawaii Medical College Opens Homecare Business

2024-06-22T08:06:25+00:00

Honolulu, HI, April 24, 2023. Seeing the growing need for trained, consistent care for our aging population, HMC HomeCare was conceived within Hawaii Medical College. The license to operate was granted in April 2023. HMC HomeCare aims to deliver constant, trusted care through trained staff, assessed and monitored by experienced leadership. Hawaii Medical College has prepared a large number of staff members and taught them by qualified caregivers. HMC HomeCare offers families seeking assistance for an aging or ill adult experienced, trained care that is not only task-oriented. The caregivers strive to engage with those they care for. They are there [...]

Hawaii Medical College Opens Homecare Business2024-06-22T08:06:25+00:00

What It’s Like in The Medical Field: Advanced Nurse Aide

2024-06-22T08:10:50+00:00

' The decision to enter the medical field is an exciting prospect. The purposeful work that takes place within this career path can take many shapes and forms. This diversity and the number of roles one can play within this world is enough to overwhelm anyone who’s at the onset of their journey and deciding which path to commit to. One of the quickest ways to enter the medical field, and a path that many of our students choose, is becoming an Advanced Nurse Aide or Patient Care Technician. The Hawaii Medical College program to enter this career takes 252 hours [...]

What It’s Like in The Medical Field: Advanced Nurse Aide2024-06-22T08:10:50+00:00

Is Your School Legit? Why Accreditation Matters

2024-06-22T15:33:56+00:00

Accreditation matters! In recent years, attention has flocked to stories of educational institutions whose purpose was profit over students. These schools, also called “diploma mills,” are primarily interested in churning out graduates as quickly as possible so they can maximize how much they pocket from tuition payments. Recently, one institution was exposed to stories of diploma mills and educational institutions that take advantage of students. A recent investigation exposed multiple Florida-based nursing schools for selling thousands of fake diplomas, allowing those who purchased them to sit for national nursing exams. Those who managed to pass have been working with patients across [...]

Is Your School Legit? Why Accreditation Matters2024-06-22T15:33:56+00:00

What It’s Like in The Medical Field: Medical Administration

2024-06-22T15:41:29+00:00

The medical field offers a wide variety of careers with endless possibilities. With so many options, it can be difficult to decide which path to pursue. One popular choice among our students is becoming a Healthcare Administrator. HMC provides both a 15-month healthcare diploma program and a 24-month Associate Applied Science (AAS) program to begin your journey in this profession. Unlike medical assistants who interact with patients, healthcare administrators do valuable work behind the scenes to prepare the information needed for billing and payment of medical care. If you’ve ever received a medical bill, you may have an HMC graduate to [...]

What It’s Like in The Medical Field: Medical Administration2024-06-22T15:41:29+00:00

HI NOW Feature: Preparing Students With Externships

2024-06-22T16:05:56+00:00

Hawaii Medical College (HMC) prepares its students and graduates for future careers in the healthcare industry. They partner with healthcare employers like Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience, which provides a pathway to employment in the healthcare field for students and graduates through externships. Check out our feature by HI NOW.

HI NOW Feature: Preparing Students With Externships2024-06-22T16:05:56+00:00

HI NOW Feature: Preparing Students For Future In Health Care

2024-06-22T16:34:10+00:00

Hawaii Medical College is a local institution with 15 years of experience providing the state with medical assistants. With the growing need for medical care, HMC assists their students to become well-trained support roles in the in-demand field of healthcare. Within 15 to 24 months of training, students are able to leave with an associate's degree or diploma. Hawaii Medical College’s passion is to provide all their graduates with well-paying, stable careers, providing both online and in-person classes along with financial assistance. Check out our feature by HI NOW.

HI NOW Feature: Preparing Students For Future In Health Care2024-06-22T16:34:10+00:00

Healthcare Admin in the Medical Industry

2024-06-22T17:00:10+00:00

Have you ever wondered who’s behind the scenes in a hospital or clinic? Who are the people making sure that the doctors and nurses are being assisted? Exactly who is it that’s ensuring that patients are billed correctly and that the insurance companies handle their end of the bargain? This is the role of the Healthcare Administrator, Billing & Coding professional, and Hawaii Medical College has an amazing program that can take you there. These crucial team members work behind the scenes to make the decisions for the proper running of healthcare facilities. They help maintain records of patients for the [...]

Healthcare Admin in the Medical Industry2024-06-22T17:00:10+00:00

Billing, Coding, and You

2024-06-22T07:35:23+00:00

Are you detail-oriented? Great with math or numbers? Want to work in the fast-paced and growing healthcare field? If so, you are probably a perfect fit for our Healthcare Administration, Billing, and Coding program at Hawaii Medical College. In today’s healthcare field, medical billing and coding professionals play an essential part in the Hawaii healthcare industry. As a professional medical coder, both the healthcare environment in which you work and the insurance companies depend on you to correctly prepare the information needed for billing and payment. But what exactly does a medical coder do? Medical Coders are responsible for translating what [...]

Billing, Coding, and You2024-06-22T07:35:23+00:00
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