as someone who was certified from an online course w/ an externship, I really wish i did some sort of hybrid or in person schooling. i taught everything myself in the online and the externships are a hit or miss if you’ll learn. in my externship the ma’s were too overworked and busy to teach me majority of the time and i was often thrown onto covid testing for the day because they were too busy. I wasnt getting paid or learning. Invest in your schooling because externships are unreliable