Medical sales school greets students

Jan. 13--Not every party offers the sight of bloody surgical films playing on video screens, but it somehow seemed appropriate for the grand opening of the American Institute of Medical Sales.
The Sunday night party and ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the arrival of the first 13 students at the new school, which will train them how to sell products such as artificial hips and knees.
The students have been taking online courses for four weeks and will be taking courses for another four in Memphis, shuttling between the class space tucked into a strip mall near the Wolfchase Galleria and a nearby extended stay hotel.
Once they're done with the coursework and dry runs in the school's mock operating room, they'll head out for jobs as orthopedic medical device sales reps.

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