New York Institute Of Medical Careers

HORRIBLE experience! I took EKG & Phlebotomy courses at this institute.
1. The classrooms are TINY. Hardly any room to move around. It’s in a basement and there’s always noise from hearing people walk around upstairs to even the rooms next to you. The heat and AC are bipolar so you’re never comfortable.
2. The instructor was lazy and boring. He didn’t even bother to introduce himself, we had to ask him. The entire duration of the class he read from the book word for word. There was no actual teaching. Honestly I could read myself, I think he should’ve got up and actually TEACH! He frequently left the classroom unannounced, very unhelpful!
3. There’s no real PRACTICAL experience. The entire time we got to do 3 blood draws from a horrible fake arm that was butchered and falling apart. THREE blood draws that’s it! (1 syringe, 1 butterfly, 1 vaccutainer). he made us reuse needles so it was not any real practice. For EKG we saw the instructor hook it up just 1 time.
4. The staff is extremely unreliable! The DIRECTOR, Kini, is hardly there. When she is, she’s completely uninviting. She doesn’t care to be there or to help anyone.
5. For the exams the instructor gives you the questions before so of course you’ll pass. I believe it’s just to make the school look good because in reality you’re not learning anything.
6. The so called INTERNSHIP they offer after the course is complete BULL. It’s like pulling teeth trying to get a hold of these people. Never believe the director in calling you back because she’s super lazy. I had to nag her until she finally gave me a place to go to. It gets better… The day they set up my interview for with the internship, I go and they’re CLOSED. How did the set up the internship for a day that the office is closed?! When I called the following day the doctors office told me that the director never told them about me coming and that they were full at this moment so I have to wait a few weeks or month. It’s ridiculous how that school operates! When I called the school, of course they didn’t answer and i left a message which they still haven’t returned my call.
DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY!
The only plus you get here is that they’re cheap and they’re certified. So if you want to teach yourself and just get your NHA certification you can, but you will learn basically NOTHING from them.

First of all, I would like to say this only speaks to the school’s EKG/​Phlebotomy course. Second, if any NYIMC EKG/​Phleb alums feel this review is misleading or damaging to the value of their education, please PM me to discuss.
My plan was to take this EKG/​Phleb combined with a CNA class elsewhere in order to gain skills to get a job that would give me pre-​med clinical experience.
The only reason to take a phlebotomy course in NYC is to gain experience. I felt this school’s EKG/​Phlebotomy course took advantage of people needy and naïve enough to not complain about being treated with contempt. You do not gain experience or skills in this class; you listen to an instructor read a textbook out loud for 49 hours in a miserable basement.
By Week 4 (of 7) we had each performed exactly two needle sticks, in a rubber arm, with clogged needles.
When I finally complained, they told me they doubted I was telling the truth. Then I was told that all the real needlesticks happen in the «internship» period. The director of the clinic claimed to «not be in charge of that part» and didn’t know the names of the internship clinics. I asked for my money back. They offered me $ 75 of the $ 510 I’d paid to date. I was outraged but they told me it was the Department of Education’s «policy.» I asked to self-​study, pass their exam, and go straight to interning. I was then told that they weren’t likely to send out «complainers.» Finally, I was told that the internships were «somewhere» in Bayside or Flushing, which for me would be a three hour roundtrip commute. Not a price I can pay.
Because I finally managed to negotiate half of my money back, I give two stars. I did spend time there, breathing their air. The bathrooms were clean. If they hadn’t called me a liar and kept half my money, I probably wouldn’t be so angry.
I hope that the people who stuck out the Phleb/​EKG class found the jobs they wanted. None of them wanted to be CNAs. I worry, though, because the school’s alleged «job board» had no EKG/​phleb offerings and few CNA offerings, all in Jamaica or Flushing or Staten Island. Many of those jobs wanted prior experience.
If you’re hellbent on working as a Patient Care Tech, great. I suspect employers mostly just want certificates, experience, and a good attitude. If you’re okay with interning in Flushing or Bayside, and you can survive 49 hours being read to in a basement, then perhaps this school is your best budget option.
If you just need clinical exposure, though, and you’re a poor student already juggling jobs and classes, just start doing ER volunteering. Go through WECARE in Brooklyn or any of the NYP hospitals. Sign up for Hospice volunteering. It’s a much better use of your money and time.