LEWISTON — The Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions has changed its name to better reflect its expanding role as a health care professions educational institution.

The Lewiston-based facility is now the Maine College of Health Professions, a name intended to better convey the college’s mission and the expanded courses of study it has developed over the past several years.

“The college’s board of trustees recognized during its strategic planning process that the organization’s name was rather cumbersome, easily confused with other organizations, and did not succinctly convey the college’s purpose,” said Maine College of Health Professions Board of Trustees Chairwoman Marsha Auster.

The Maine College of Health Professions, over a number of years, has expanded its clinical affiliations to organizations throughout the state. The college now has clinical connections with health care organizations in Lewiston, Portland, Bangor, Augusta, Waterville, Bridgton, Rumford and Farmington. These organizations include hospitals, outpatient clinics and long-term care facilities.

The Maine College of Health Professions offers two-year associate degree programs in nursing, radiologic technology, and nuclear medicine technology. These programs feature low student-to-faculty ratios and strong emphasis on clinical skills in both the simulation laboratory and at health care facilities throughout Maine.