Westmed College : San Jose
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Westmed College : San Jose is a For-Profit, Non-Sectarian, Medical, Institute established in 1971 . The campus is located in San Jose, California, USA and hosts students with an endowment of .
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Stay away from this school
This school is a joke, I wish I had read reviews about this school before attending, I just started this school, past month. The administration is a joke, they don’t care about your educational goals. They just seem to care about the money their eating out of your pockets. I know that other M.A classes on campus don’t even have an externship site and they are graduating soon, I hope this doesn’t happen to me when the time comes. I am not paying 10 grand for them to be sitting on there asses all day, when we are paying them for our education, and they can’t be proactive about anything. I do not recommend this school to anyone. They told me there was going to a phlebotomy course, when I get into west med, turns out, it does not exist. They made me pay at $120 fee to save a seat because there was “too much” students. Came to my first day there were only 8 students in the course.. save your $$ and go some place else.
Can someone tell me more about paramedic school, preferably someone who went through their medic program or someone who know of someone who went thorough medic school at westmed?
This school sucks, do not go
Want to see how well Westmed follows “the rules”? Take an ACLS or PALS class there.
ACLS initial – supposed to be 16 hours, cards issuesd after 4 hours
PALS initial – ditto
TO ANONYMOUS
your postings on january 1, 2012 ….
this must be an adminstrator worried about the rep;utation of this school!!!
Yes the stories are true Westmed is a really bad school just look at the state of california website for LVN testing – the highest they have had for pass rates since 2007 was 75%. WELL BELOW THE AVERAGE for all other school listed on the state’s website. By some miracle they had 85% pass in 2007, since then they have average around 55-60% pass rate which is pitiful.
I am one of the 75% that did pass on the most recent course listed so I am fortunate.
Every bad thing people have said here is TRUE and the place is a waste of time money and effort. Save yourself the pain and go the HARD WAY and get into a REAL nursing program. RN program at a university or JC is the way to go, as I realized this now. I am lucky enough to have an LVN job guaranteed which is NO THANKS to westmed.
Know what their ‘job placement’ is? Some guy sits in the office and looks at craigslist and other cheesy websites, seaching for LVN JOBS all day. That’s it – so much for any supposed ‘placement assistance’. Also, good luck on them placing you in quality clinical site, cause I got stuck in the WORST nursing home on the planet, with examples of HOW TO BE A BAD NURSE. Guess what? Westmed thought the place was a “good” nursing home with good nurses in it. Clearly this indicates just how clueless westmed and their terrible instructors are.
DONT FALL FOR THE TRAP DONT SIGN UP FOR ANY OF THEIR CLASSES!!! JUST READ ANY OTHER REVIEW OF THE PLACE AND U WILL SEE JUST HOW BAD IT IS. IF YOU ARE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO SIGN UP, TRUST ME JUST GIVE IT 2 WEEKS AND YOULL SEE HOW BAD IT IS.
THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR FINALS (IF YOU EVEN MAKE IT) YOU WILL SEE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF AN EDUCATION BY SCANDALOUS CROOKS
I have formally submitted a complaint to the following agencies: BBB, Board of Consumer Affairs, NREMT, AHA, Red Cross and a few others.
This organization lacks the very basic skills, methodology, education and cadre of instructors to even call themselves a college. The experience there was PATHETIC and I can assure you, 100% of the negative commentary posted here is true and accurate. If you read ANY of the negative feedback, it is consistently the same issues: Poor instruction, poor staffing / lack thereof, tremendously UNPROFESSIONAL staff, inappropriate staff behavior. Lest we not forget: staff / student fraternization & harassment, poor response to ANY kinds of requests for assistance / student services. Moreover, even if this WERE a quality school, the instructors would need to arrive ON TIME…
The pass rates, student dissatisfaction, ineptitude of staff and ENDLESS poor reviews all speak for themselves.
On a closing note:
While I had the great misfortune of being a nursing student there, I befriended one of the Paramedic students. The EMT classes are just as horrible (actually WORSE) than the nursing program. I felt really bad for the Paramedics and EMTs, who got treated like garbage. The instructors were all egotisitical, sexist, vulgar male Firemen who truly did harbor a ‘holier than thou’ stance towards the EMT people. Including racially insulting an asian kid because he had a bad accent (mind you the guy had an advanced COLLEGE DEGREE; unlike ALL of the EMT instructors).
Chris Yamamura what a JOKE!!!! Full of himself!!!! Pac-Man what a JOKE!!!! Full of himself!!!!
Let’s start with Chris when he came and spoke in class WOW. Every other word was “Dude” or a cuss word…. Nice!!!! Or he really liked to talk about smoking WEED…. Ummmm that’s what I want a medic that loves to be high taking care of me or my family. When you speak in a class Bro, know your audience.
Pac-Man loves to come to classes and talk down to students, and be a smart ass because no one can ever know as much about being an EMT as him. In between playing grab ass with the female students Pac loves to use all kinds of four letter words. REAL CLASSY!!!!!
Both guys also like to inform the students of how much you better kiss there asses because once you finish the school if you do not have there approval you will never be an EMT…… Ummmm your an AMBULANCE DRIVER!!!! Wake up!!!
Westmed do you realize what goes on in class? Do you know that classes are disorganized??? Do you as a school approve the instructors to speak to students like they do??? Respect needs to be taught to your instructors and maybe they wouldn’t be so full of themselves…… but I doubt it because there EGOS are way to BIG to ever allow it……..
Completely disgusted, disillusioned and disenfranchised – that is your average West Med “College” student.
This organization works in the same fashion as: used car salesman, predatory lenders, drug dealers, organized crime…
The “nursing” program cranks out non-English speaking bafoons who blaze through the NCLEX at an amazing 50% pass rate or so (don’t believe me? Check the state website in California). The “Paramedics” are even more dismal of failures; random groups of vulgar, aggressive, perverse WANNABE firemen who pass the “lecture” days doing tobacco in class and cursing loudly throughout the campus.
Trust me – I disenrolled from the “nursing” program in San Jose and it was the best decision I’ve ever made.
Instructors – fail
Curriculum – fail
Admission standards – non existent
“Job placement” – ditto
Credits – 100% absolutely, no matter what they say NON TRANSFERRABLE & NOT RECOGNIZED ANYWHERE
Price – exorbitant
Students – either clueless foreigners, hard case ghetto welfare “moms” or mysogynist males
Staff – unprofessional, chronically tardy, poorly educated themselves & NOT QUALIFIED to “teach”
Facilities – mediocre
Parking – ridiculous
Prospects of being actually respected, as a west med “graduate”? – Good luck
If you google – search this “school” you will see that the resounding majority of reviews from BOTH current and formers staff and students are pitiful.
Mark my words: someday this place WILL end up embroiled in a massive lawsuit, debacle or scandal related to the utter incompetence, negligence and outright unethical nature of West Med!!!
The average west med student who does actually graduate AND certify or license is a liability.
as a current student i am truly displeased with the school. there are many things wrong with the school:
-Teachers are a joke, always unprepared, coming late, they grade off emotion, there are teachers pets
-faculty unwilling to help students, always saying they will help you later,never actually helping you. or directing you to someone else who has no clue what to do, having you running in a circle every time for one answer.
-the president is a joke, just cause you have a PHD doesn’t mean you can treat people like s**t. he always talks to you as if you were a kid, trying to read you.
-the faculty never has answer but they have a good vocabulary base, because of instead of saying no, they just beat around the bush.
-never go by that handbook that they give you, they “changed” the handbook rules around not telling anyone or giving the new version, and people were kicked out because of rules which no one knew. and when asked about it, they claimed in the contract you signed handbook is likely to change. You could change anything in the handbook anyone would know about it, unless you give a copy. also for the first half of our class we were graded 80% test and 20% class participation..but the hand book said 60% class participation and 40% test, no one knew until about 3 months in. then they went back and had to change all the grades. .and those who failed some course technically didnt and wasted days making up the work.
-the A&P there is a joke its 4 weeks of learning A&P you cant, we didnt even learn anything, we joked and took breaks the whole time.
there are many other things wrong with this school, i just dont have all day to sit here and write about a crap school…. COMPLETE JOKE waste of MONEY…listen to everyone…..i could probably tell you that Chris Yamamura and Gary Cruz are probably some one from westmed trying to make them self look better..
the only good thing about this school is that santana row is so close.
your better off going to unitech
Do not go to that school, it is all true just awful just the worst experience of my life and the teacher does give out the answer to the tests. It is because she wants to look like her students are making it. It’s not because of her lectures they are lame she complains if she has a long chapter and has to lecture for more than one hour. It is a major rip off to any intelligent student. It is true about teachers pet and she does talk s**t about other students to her student pets. She also travels to and from school with the same student every day. Giving that student answers to all the pre tests, post tests, and exams. I attended 18 months ago and looks like this remains the same. I am going to the BBB and anyone who will help this is a cash cow thats all.
This Yamamura (and the Cruz guy) are both complete fools.
The entire school is a joke, I cant believe I am stuck into this place for countless thousands of dollars. It is horrible, the LVN class is a joke and the Paramedics are worse.
When I was going there, the Paramedic class was only like 5 guys and they were just as miserable and unhappy as our nursing class. It is pathetic, not only do I feel unprepared for nursing, ALL of the other classes are unprepared and not educated good.
Yamamura is a fool who was scammed into believing this program is not a joke and the Cruz guy is also just as dumb.
If youre reading this notice that EVERYONE says it is a scam and a joke. I will report West Med to the state if they keep messing with me PS….. good luck getting transcripts. My nursing program was SUPPOSEDELEY worth lots of college credits, no school on earth takes ‘credits’ from this scam school.
if you sign up for nursing here, get a refund before it is too late. Same for the EMTS too. I would never want a nurse, emt or paramedic from this place to take ‘care’ of my family or me. My husband also hates this place because he is helping me pay all the money I owe for my joke of an ‘education’
I see not much has changed with WestMed college. Your best bet would be to go to the BBB, Board of Nursing, ABHES and any of the accredidation bodies. WestMed college has progressively gotten worse over the years. Perhaps the most educated person there is George who sits at the front desk but has very little professionalism. He gives personal student information out. Angelica, not sure if she is still there but I was very good friends with Dana one of the past instructors there and she said she literally harrassed her out of her job and continues to harrasse staff on a daily basis. Not really sure why they keep her as she has been working towards a BS degree for years according to the Dean JulieAnn Craven. Angelica is probably the most unprofessional people I have ever met. Makes you kind of wonder if she is in with National University in the whole “rob the students blind and give minimal education scheme” Not sure if Amber Deed is still there she was there when I was a student there I thought she was pretty good. Rashanda Roper I know is no longer there because I was able to see her in Mercy’s hospital a couple of weeks ago. I never met Carrie Mattmiller but I hear here Crystal, Alex just read the answers to their students so they can pass their exams. What are you all thinking. These people are going to have patients lives in their hands and you don’t even care. JulieAnn Craven needs to be ashamed of herself. At her age with her experience and with the speech she gave at my graduation she talked about how much she loved nursing. How could you when you work for one of the most unethical schools I have ever seen. The one thing JulieAnn did tell me as a student that proved true is that I would get my experience after leaving the school because not only is that where I got my experience that is where I got my education. Troy Roland was there as President when I was a student and the word around campus then was that he and the Paramedic instructor from San Jose were having an affair and we overheard JulieAnn talking about that to an instructor and George confirmed it. I am currently enrolled in the RN program and I am looking into doing anything and everything to make sure that WestMed College is put out of buisness for fear that the nurses they are producing could potentially harm myself or a family member. As healthcare providers we owe it to our community to do what is right. Starting with printing these comments and forwarding them to the Chancellor and to the Board of Vocational Nursing. Remember your oath to do what is right and ethical.
DON’T DO IT!!! EITHER THE SAN JOSE OR MERCED CAMPUS. SWEAR LITERALLY ON THE BIBLE YOU’LL REGRET IT. ITS A WAIST OF MONEY. LEARN TO BE A CNA FOR $43,000 & THE STAFF IS NOT THERE TO HELP YOU THEY JUST WANT ALL YOUR MONEY. OH, & IF YOU READ THE HANDBOOK THEY GIVE YOUR WHEN YOU FIRST COME TO CHECK THE PLACE OUT READ THE FIRST PAGE. “WE CAN CHANGES OUR POLICIES WITHOUT STUDENTS CONSENT.” HA YEA. SO THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU EVEN DARE COMING HERE. THE ACCREDIDATION BOARD WILL HOPEFULLY FIGURE OUT HOW SHADY & UNPROFESSIONAL THIS SCHOOL IS.
dont do it
Hi to anyone out there wanting to go to westmed college in Merced. DONT DO IT! I went there for about 6 months and learned nothing but they wanted my money. They do not care about you or if you pass your boards.It is the BIGGEST joke ever.I dropped out because i figured things out. The teacher gave you the answers to the test how in world do you learn anything that way.That to me means she didn’t do a very good lecture for you to understand if she has to give the answers. I really hope she feels good about herself. Then she had her teachers pets that she would talk s**t to about other students how professional is that. THen when you had problems they didn’t help you. Dela was the best teacher out there and she is not there anymore because she knew that was not a professional school.She was smart. I also heard alot of other teachers quit. What does that tell you? Me and some other students are going to the BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU so if there is anyone out there who is wondering what to do please come join us. The more the better.Have a great day. Dont get cheated like i did. I was dumb. WESTMED SUCKS!!!!!!!!! P.S. I would rate the school with all 0s but they all give you 1 for the lowest.
And I must agree. If you love the profession of nursing, Report this school to the BBB and the Board of Nursing as well as their governing body. We owe it to our friends and family whom these students will pass nursing school inspite of be incompetant and still work in a facility to care for our loved ones
I have to say that as along time healthcare provider I was very excited to see WestMed College come into Merced County. But after hearing from their students, working beside their new grads and talking to some of the current and former employers of WestMed College I think the school gives the profession of nursing a bad name. About the only positive thing I hear about WestMed college is that they let everyone in so there is no waiting list. Everyone passes that program, they refuse to kick people out who do not meet the grade and the Dean of Nursing needs to be ashamed of herself that she has a Masters in Nursing and this is a profession she is supposed to love and allows this sort of thing to corrupt this profession. Most people get into nursing because they love it. Thats not love for Nursing. I spoke with a few of you faculty members and some of which I am a little disappointed in but one in particular who has a long standing reputation with our facility and is an EXCELLENT NURSE and she still had nothing positive to say about WestMed. I heard you have a Physician on staff named Alex who used profanity in an email to students and the Dean was aware and did nothing about it. You have a campus director who makes promises to talk and explain things to her students but hides in her office. And most of your students are more educated than her. How are you a campus director with no degree and I am sure ACC and the Board of Nursing knows nothing about that. Your educational coordinator who yells at her children inthe office on the phone while searching the net and she simply has a high school diploma. Your admissions person and Financial Director are more qualified for those jobs than the people that are in them. I spoke to 5 former employees of WestMed and they all said that school would be so much more without Angelica. She is evil, back stabbing and manipulative. She could not get along with Dana; she left, she could not get along with Ryan and Connie; they left, and now I hear Rashanda and Amber are no longer with the school as well as DeVon. All nurses with excellent reputations within the community and they are all gone. The one equal party involved in this is Angelica and now it seem JulieAnn is taking over that role. Talk to your students. Set better morals and standards for your facility. Not only are you making the City of Merced look bad; your making the Nursing profession look bad. Does WestMed have potential; I dont know. But are they interested in improving the school and the profession of nursing no. Hopefully, the Board of Nursing and all the licensing bodies will take a second look at WestMed College and talk to people who are not going to cover up their mistakes, dishonesty, and unethical and uneducated staff.
(February 12, 2010 at 6:42 pm, “Ms. Camacho (Dean) is a stuck up b**ch that thinks shes all that and not professional at all. She needs to get into a car accident and die. Hahahaha. Yea can you believe the Dean would tell students that she hopes we get in a car accident. What kind of crap is that? just because we didn’t acknowledge her being a c**t to us and saying we were attacking staff when we really only wanted to ask questions. Oh yea Staff sucks. They do not help you at all. Jojo needs to get laid and Emily to. Valentines is this weekend. Maybe they’ll lighten up a little. Um, yea not worth the money unless you can teach yourself and get study groups. Or your screwed. Good luck. You’ll need it if you come here for the LVN program.”)
<<<—– Wow, I can't believe someone in our class would write this. No wonder our class looks bad. Just for the record people, don't down our whole class because of this comment that was made by ONE immature loud "Woman". This came from that ONE student that constantly has complained, doesn't get along with staff because she likes to talk back to the staff, and will talk behind staff & students back & try to be fake to your face. People like that get caught up & quite frankly looks very unprofessional & childish on their part.
This School Sucks $$$$$$$$$$$$. To many young talking kids they are stupid. They should be atleast 23 years old, how can they wipe any body’s ass when they cant wipe their own. I got tired of hearing all the bull s**t. They kicked me out,kids made rude comment’s I spoke back no respect for the elders at all I’m 54 years old.
The commentary thus far essentially all seems to be a ton of blame-shifting and resentment; one must overcome resentment. I am a student at this school, for a second time – and I feel personally, that while it may *not* be UCLA or UCSF it is education nonetheless. What is West Med one might ask? A private, post-secondary, certificate based, job specific institution.
If you are expecting the regimented, well-established comforts of UCLA or UCSF than yes – you likely will be let down and resentful. Yet bottom line, you are ultimately fulfill three roles when you attend a school such as this – you are A) a consumer B) a student and C) a mature, grown adult and the beholder of your own destiny. With regard to the three aforementioned roles you fulfill, take this into consideration: We all sign the contract, we all become students and we are all responsible for our success or lack thereof in our respective programs. Be it EMT, LVN, Paramedic or whatever the end-user of the product is the student…. The mature, adult learner who must make or break their own grades when it is all said and done.
Furthermore, if one expects West Med to have the resources of a public / federally funded and well-established institution such as UCLA, etc. you are foolish. Accept that for whatever reason, you made the decision (Not at gun point might I add) to enroll and you can drop just as easily.
The programs at this institution have been restructured, reformatted and re-invented numerous times. The school has expanded and contracted in various fashions, many of the ‘issues’ I have seen cited I feel are a result of proverbial ‘growing pains’. I feel that the remainder of the complaints lodged in an anonymous, unprofessional and childish manner are moot points and ‘red herring’ arguments. Even if West Med had PHd or BSN nursing instructors by the hundreds, with endless lab supplies and clinical sites the LVN students would complain regardless… If the Paramedic program was ran by former staff of the UCLA Daniel Freedman Paramedic program, with endless resources and everything one could dream of some one would not always be happy..
I feel that ultimately, one must take into account that school is: stressful, challenging and demanding. Add in any compounding factors such as children, spouses, work or even mundane life issues and it becomes even more difficult. I have read a lot of childish excuse making, cry-baby whining and shifting of blame. I have read a large volume of commentary on this website that sounds like stressed out, frustrated and unhappy students – which I have seen while attending not only West Med, but other colleges as well. It is unprofessional and lame to see people anonymously trash the staff and outright slander them the way high school students do on ‘myspace’.
I will offer this solution to any current (or former) West Med students of any discipline (EMT, LVN, Paramedic) – Come see me and I can show you how to write a formal business letter, if you feel that you are so incredibly disenfranchised and cheated in life approach the manner in an adult way and put your concerns into writing.
Otherwise, please refrain from being anonymous internet ninjas and practice some maturity. I am also completely willing to assist anyone from any class with studying as well. If you have some kind of feedback, please come talk with me – I am in room 103 Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 0800-1700; I will gladly tell you to grow up in person if you are childish and I will always be glad to help you if you are sincere about your career in medicine.
The instructors instruct, the students learn.
The consumer consumes…
The mature, intelligent adult takes responsibility for their actions.
Be part of the solution not the problem.
In closing, I concur with Mr. Yamamura – he illustrates many valid points and I know that what he alleges is true. Not one student in this school will have an instructor there when it is time to take that NCLEX or NREMT exam… So quit blaming the staff – we are the beholders of our own destiny.
I am disturbed by some of the commentary I read, you intend to be in medicine? I would suggest developing some coping skills before getting out into the real world. When someone upsets you you can’t call them ‘cunts’ and be passive aggressive, you have to be adult.
Build a bridge and get over it.
Learn “verbal jiu-jitsu”
Learn how to write a professional business letter.
Learn how to adapt to stress…
Learn how to be adult, life isn’t always fair.
I think the moral of the story is this: “Expectations are resentments”
If you expect something and the expectation is not met, naturally, one feels resentful.
This is where the whole being a big boy / big girl comes into play; move on….
Think: Bridge, build, get over it….
And to HERE’S THE TRUTH’s comment, all Ms. Camacho clarified was that her and her staff don’t want to be bombarded with question and that the students well being are not their main concern because they are “too busy”. I think the opinionated people in the class are just being smart because they want the best for there money. Any idiot would be able to tell that the school is a joke. And the nerve that you call your classmates hateful! I wonder who you are? I’m so glad I’m not in that class anymore.
Chris Yamamura, I’m glad Westmed worked out for you but just because you don’t agree with the negative things that people wrote here about your beloved Westmed, doesn’t mean they are wrong. And just because you wrote a fucking essay to prove your point on here, doesn’t make you smarter than anyone else on here. You seem like a prick with a big head. Try to understand where we are coming from before getting all defensive.
I knew I forgot some people because there is so many that I wanted to mention. If you need someone to hook you up with an opportunity, you have to call in Frank Navarro who will always work with you to make sure that you have what is needed to get out there in the field and also I forgot to mention Sam Morrison who is one paramedic I learned a lot from who teaches you from his experience that you don’t always have someone to rely on so you better know your stuff and be confident in the treatment that you need to give. Even after Sam comes back from his job that lands him somewhere in the world, he always finds himself coming back to WestMed to help out when and where he can. You cant find better dedication from past students and those that are out there on a daily basis but are always willing to put in time and effort to help those like me succeed. So thanks Frank for helping me find that job and Sam for giving me more personal confidence
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS
To all that are afraid to say who they are… Who the hell do you think you are or trying to prove?
All of the sudden you become some righteous smart-ass student and put individuals, a program and a school on blast. What i have to say to all of you is… GROW UP. People who do things like that on places like this are not adult enough to voice your opinions and eloquently express your feelings like an adult to the person or persons that you have a problem with, and address those issues that pains your feeble lives. remember “drama” only happens to those that partake in act of a poorly casted show of a badly written storyline. Why have or be part of a drama when you can script your own play. All the authors of the negative comments follow the same theme, all of you are followers of the “so-I-can-feel-better-about-myself” train, because leaders standout and all of you blend in; leaders show how to succeed and take pride of the success of others… And none of you are leaders… Just a bunch of chitter-chatter, you know, the peanut gallery… You.
Now I found out that most of you that posted a comment here are new to this school or individuals that don’t know any better and those mindlessly listening to a website (with a whopping 9 “concerned student” comments) over finding the truth for yourselves which leads me to believe you do deserve better, and find a school that offers a GED. Educated people will do their own research by finding the answers they are looking for, from the source itself and talking to the students and the instructors and even sitting in a class to make your own “educated” decision. For those of you that wrote these comments (I mean the LVN students) I know that you are still in the class… Why? Possibly because you couldn’t find another program that offers you what Westmed has to offer or do you have a better excuse, i mean explanation. I would love to hear someone reply how someone twisted their arm to enroll with this school.
Please tell me where do you find a school that has its administration staff talk to their class and instructors and puts themselves in a position of vulnerability, to show that their is nothing to hide and that they really promote the open door policy. Probably you wouldn’t know of one cause you never been to a college or higher level institution, where there is no such thing. This school exemplifies what the true definition of the “open door policy” actually means. This is truly a school where if you put in the effort, everyone in this school will reciprocate the effort ten-fold and back you in your endeavors. For those that think they should get a program on cruise control so that they can get an easy certificate because you paid all this money, is seriously delusional. As much assistance that I received from my instructors and the staff, I still went out on my own and looked for more resources and opportunities. From jobs, ride-alongs, to searching for preceptors and everything else in between, I went out on my own because I have the passion to gain more knowledge, a passion to better myself, a passion to prepare myself to be more proficient, a passion to be great in this field. These are things that the school would and will do for me and my peers because it is what they are supposed to do, but why not be more proactive in my education and goals, make a name for myself and set a precedence; because that is what adults who are self-reliant, confident and have passion in what they do, do.
Who am I, well I’m the guy who isn’t afraid of putting his name out there, i am also the recent graduate of the Paramedic Intern Program. I am the one that put in countless hours on top of the already long days that we have, picking the brains of my instructors and seeked guidance of administrators like Jolyn, Brian, Beatrice, Mike, Ryan, Emily, JoJo, Sandy and Fatimeh; and some of these people had nothing to do with my program but they were easy to talk to and ready to help. This program too, cost a little more than many other programs but now I can see why, and appreciate it. I’ve been with this school since I decided to begin my career in EMS with the enrollment in the EMT Program which was definitely affordable by any standard and then continuing my educational goals and enrolled into the Paramedic Program ASAP. Due to the passion by my instructors and staff, there was no other program or school which I would have continued with and be more proud to an alumni of. I tried everyday to mimic the passion and commitment that my instructors like Dave Garcia, Nick Trinidad, Ryan Ira, Jason Freeland, Paul Sandigo, John Kralovich, Capt. Brian Endicott, Brian Greene, Nephty Landin and Hannika, and the many others that spared their free time, had bestowed in my education and the diligence of the administration to get this school recognized in the manner of respect, which I had the privilege to be a small part of… oh thats right, because I put in that extra effort and interest to want to be a part of.
I am proud to be called a Westmed Paramedic Intern and be counted as part of the past, present and definitely future paramedics from Westmed College. I hope that you all feel the same if not now, at least someday when you realize who actually cares about your education and tries to share their real world experience so that you can find real world applications to correlate to those words found in a text book which you so “diligently” study for. Maybe this field isn’t for you if you cant deal with real people treating you like the adults that they think that you are, adults that i hope we have. Thick skin is the name of EMS, and within this field and just so you know, you will never get along with everyone and may not like what you always hear or thought you heard, but dammit you better still be able to perform your job proficiently.
I’ve associated and live my life by the phrases that I represented in my life: As a member of an elite secret society of fraternal gentleman, “Diligence and Commitment”; As a member of the worlds most honorable, bravest and finest, “Honor, Courage, Commitment, and Semper Fidelis”; And as a soon-to-be member of the most daunting but rewarding profession on earth, “Do No Harm.” May you find yours.
Now this here is a real comment
Its funny to see all these comments because I was in the class the day that the dean and Program Director and John came in. I agree things are hard but its because we have so many opinionated peopel in our class. Jojo has totally been there for me when I needed help and I know why our teacher gets frustrated. the dean is stern but she is far from the \”c\” word, I mean she came in trying to clarify things to the class. She even stayed and answered everyone\’s questions. She made a joke about her being in a car accdent she didn\’t say the students should be in one. I can\’t believe I am in aa class with such hateful people. Westmed trys to help us but our class just won\’t budge.
I was going to attend this school, I even took the stupid 12 minute timed test thAt a 3rd grader could pass. Then I came on here and read all these reviews and I am definatly not going to waste my money! I guess I will stick to the community college and just finish up my prereqs it will take a lot longer but it seems like a better education and wayyyyy cheaper! So thank you everyone who left a review now I won’t waste my time or my money!!
I agree this school is a complete joke and they are obviously only after your money and can care less about the well-being of their students. Staff and teachers are rude, unprofessional, and don’t want to answer questions that students have (like they’re hiding something from us). Their is no set lesson plan and I feel like 6hrs I spend in class is useless and unproductive. Also, the teacher for the Anatomy and Physiology class actually gives out the answers before the quizzes. Are you kidding me? I’m paying for an education and this is not the way to get one. Sorry, I am not going to invest $30k and my precious time in this shithole of a school. I’m being smart and getting myself out of this mess before it’s too late. I just wish my classmates would realize this before it’s too late for them, too.
Contact your District Attorney, Better Business Bureau FILE A LAW SUIT!!
All of you students should get in touch with the Better Business Bureau, the District Attorney, and contact your state representative and request retrubution for this fraudulent school.
Ms. Camacho (Dean) is a stuck up b**ch that thinks shes all that and not professional at all. She needs to get into a car accident and die. Hahahaha. Yea can you believe the Dean would tell students that she hopes we get in a car accident. What kind of crap is that? just because we didn’t acknowledge her being a c**t to us and saying we were attacking staff when we really only wanted to ask questions. Oh yea Staff sucks. They do not help you at all. Jojo needs to get laid and Emily to. Valentines is this weekend. Maybe they’ll lighten up a little. Um, yea not worth the money unless you can teach yourself and get study groups. Or your screwed. Good luck. You’ll need it if you come here for the LVN program.
Don’t expect the administrators or instructors to help you out or answer e-mails. Maybe one or two (there are the exceptions.) Bottom line, they want your $$$$$$$$$….questions and getting things answered or rectified, good luck! After you graduate, that’s it, they won’t be there to help you.
I did have a lot of fun and did learn a lot though.
Be prepared for idiot students who don’t give a crap and disrupt classes. Some of the instructors disrupt classes with their own agendas and lack of maturity.
Unfortunately, helping out does not work both ways there.
Make it work for you, whatever that takes. That’s all I can say.
It was fun, not perfect.
YOUR GONNA BE SORRY ONCE YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH QUICK SAND YOU HAVE JUST STEPPED IN…..YOUR GONNA THINK YOU CAN GET OUT BUT BEFORE YOU REALIZE YOU CANT, ITS OVER YOUR HEAD AND YOUR S T U C K!!! SO ONLY GO THIS ROUTE IF YOUR WILLING TO GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOUVE GOT AND ONLY IF YOU HAVE A STRONG MEDICAL BACKGROUND 2YRS MINIMUM…TRUST ME IVE BEEN THERE AND WOULD NOT STEER YOU WRONG…YOU BETTER BE HUNGRY CUZ ONLY THE STRONG WILL SURVIVE AND I DONT MEAN MAKING IT TO GRADUATION, IM TALKING REAL WORLD AS IN PASSING YOUR BOARDS AND MAKING IT AS THE NURSE YOU SET OUT AND SAW YOURSELF BEING!!!
This school sucks! The teachers are all different each class meeting, the administration is so disorganized that they have the office assistant to proctor the exams on exam days. The tutoring program is run by football players that lecture about the next game not the subject at hand. The director is a sarcastic male chauvinist that likes to pick on the pretty poor girls because he is going through his midlife crisis. The classmates I had were all punks that are racist against other classmates. Do not go to this school or else you’ll be sorry, whether they make you bleed your money out of you or make you freeze to death in their arctic classrooms. This is why I opted out, I did not want to graduate with a bunch of loser punks from highschool who need to be taught manners. Also I did not want to see that dick loser director again.
Hello to all dissatisfied students. I fully understand you and your compliants. I worked for WESTMED College in the past,when it first opened. Same compiants very little stock available for labs, often had to create something out of what we had to simulate needed material. Also had to work in very cold building with boiler on the blinks. Had to wear coats and gloves to try and stop the pain from the cold. Your also correct about the administration,you can’t trust what your told, I recall many compliants from students about feeling ripped off. You have to trust yourself, and that gut feeling. Much of the training you receive is because you (the student) forged on refusing to give up. Be strong, apply ourself, complete what you started if your a presentlly in this program.
If not think long and hard about the best program for you. Often it is better to wait even with a waitintg list. Take coures at your preferred College towards desired degree and it often gives you more of an upper hand. Above all follow up with your dreams. Have a great future. Connie Turney RN
i would like to warn everyone of this school. DO NOT COME! in our graduating class just about everyone of us were warned of the idiocracy of this school, yet we still came. 6 weeks before our graduation we find ourselves wishing we would have became hairdressers instead. high school was less drama. the administrators of this school are tricksters. they will say anything and everything to you to get your money. The students who actually do well are harrassed with childish punishments and the ones who have failed over half of their tests are still hangin on strong, with preferential treatment. I believe if it were not for the 2 teachers the merced campus has we would be absolutely hopeless. 27,000 dollars? FOR WHAT? to sit in our class day after day with NO direction and nothing to do but pick our butts. Then six weeks before we graduate we are bombarded with a huge final review that the administrators deem neccessary to pass our 200 pt. final. RIDICULOUS! maybe if they were taking vacations less and doing something to help their students we wouldnt feel like we are blind walking across the street…we are better off as hairdressers if you ask me. more qualified. oh and we have only had 40 actual clinical hours..the rest, as i said before were spent in our classroom…watching the clock…so i tell you PLEASE dont come here or all our future patients are dead under our care. have a wonderful day…
Think twice before plunking down $30k for a disorganized, sub-standard worthless education. The school cannot keep qualified instructors. The labs are poorly stocked. Clinical sites for my class was a total of 4 sites (1 site 2 days, 1 site 4 days, 1 site 8 days, 1 site 22 days ( 22 days of CNA training…you do the math 14 days Nursing Training and 22 Days CNA training…i thought this was a Nursing Program???). I hardly think that is sufficient LVN experience. The state requires 954 hours of clinicals and this school thinks passing off 36 days (288 hours) is sufficient? All the other clinical hours were spent in the classroom or lab (the lab that is substandard). Students fail major exams and are passed with “participation” grades. Um if you were participating you should have passed the exams. They just pass you along to get your money. Take a look at their pass rates on the NCLEX and see why you should pass this school up. http://www.bvnpt.ca.go… … 56% Pass Rate in 2008.