Emerging Issues in Health Career Education
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Emerging Issues in Health
Career Education
American Association for Community Colleges
Annual Conference
Boston, Massachusetts
April 11, 2005
Panel of Presenters
Barbara R. Jones, PhD,
Dean of Arts and Sciences
Louisiana Delta Community College, Monroe, LA
Janell, Lang, EdS
Dean, Health Technologies Division
Owens Community College, Toledo, OH
Carol Miller, PhD
Director, School of Allied Health Technologies
Miami Dade College/Medical Center Campus
Goal
To provide participants with solutions to
address current emerging issues when
planning and delivering health career
programs in community colleges
Allied Health Education
~ Issues
Increased demand for some Allied Health programs
Instructional space limitations
Limited facility/clinical sites
Funding for high cost programs – faculty, equipment,
technology
Decreased availability of some Allied Health programs
Declining enrollments for some programs
Funding issues - high cost, low enrollment programs have
been closed
Difficulty recruiting and retaining applicants
Faculty
Educational workforce (faculty) are aging and retiring
Faculty seeking higher salaries
Accreditation Regulations (i.e., JCAHO, OSHA, CAAHEP,
NAACLS, CAPTE, etc.)
Presentation Overview
JCAHO Regulations pertaining to Criminal
Background Checks of Faculty and students
Increasing Health Career Program Access
and Capacity
Collaborative Efforts for Delivery of Health
Career Programs
Health Career Education Organizations
Overview on the Status of the Allied Health
Reinvestment Act
JCAHO
Criminal Record
Background Checks
Carol Miller, PhD
Director, School of Allied Health Technologies
Miami Dade College/Medical Center Campus
[email protected]
Criminal Background Checks
What is driving this effort?
How are educational institutions addressing
this need?
Challenges associated with implementation
Determining the guidelines for applicants
Health Care Programs Monitor:
State Laws
JCAHO Standards
Individual hospital policies
Increasing
Health Career Program
Access and Capacity
Janell Lang,EdS
Dean, School of Health Sciences
Owens Community College, Toledo and Findlay, OH
[email protected]
An Even Greater Need…
The “tipping point” in health care in America:
the point at which a crisis can become a disaster.
Over 600,000 nursing positions
will be open by 2012. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Allied Health: An Even Greater Need.
Health Information Technology
Medical language experts who interpret, process, store, and
retrieve health information.
Employment is projected to increase by
47% by 2012. (BLS)
Specializations include:
• Coding
• Billing
• Reimbursement
• Transcription
Cancer Information Management
Cancer registration is the basic method by which information
about the incidence, type, extent of disease at time of
diagnosis, treatment methods used and survival rates is
systematically collected.
Laws:
• Cancer Registry Amendment Act (Public Law 103-515) 1992
• State Laws: 1993
Medical Laboratory Technology
Genetics
Stem Cell Research
Forensics
Cellular structure, chemical composition and functions of
normal and abnormal tissue and the skills to prepare, fix,
process, embed, section, and stain tissue.
Computer technologies and base line analyses.
Fields in Homeland Security
Paramedic
to
RN Bridge
Program
Food Safety
Opportunities:
Short Term Programs
Certified Nursing Assistant
Home Health Aide
Sterile Processing
EKG
Phlebotomy
Opportunities:
One Year Certificate Programs
Practical Nursing
Polysomnography
Medical Coding
Medical Billing
Medical Reimbursement
Medical Transcription
Opportunities:
Postgraduate Programs
Computed Tomography
(CT)
Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI)
Mammography
Expanding Program Capacities
More Challenges
Health career education programs are
expensive to develop and create
Funding for higher education has been cut in
many states in recent years
Legislatures are reluctant to approve
differential tuition for high cost programs
Accreditation/Licensure issues
Lack of qualified faculty
Lack of clinical sites and training space
Expanding Program Capacities
More Solutions
Distance Learning
Grant Opportunities
Ohio Learning Network
Saturday and Sunday clinicals
7P-&A clinicals in specialty areas
More community-based clinical education sites
Spina Bifida and MDA summer camps
The Giving Tree
Utilization of college-based clinical sites
Disability Services
Health Centers
Transition to Independent Living Skills Project
Collaborative Efforts
for Delivery of
Health Career Programs
Barbara Jones, PhD
Dean of Arts and Sciences
Louisiana Delta Community College
Monroe, LA
[email protected]
Why Collaboration?
Limited funding
Limited physical
resources
(i.e., space, equipment,
technology)
Limited faculty
Accreditation/regulations
Use of available
expertise and
established programs
and resources
Institutional Partnerships and
Collaborations:
Employee/faculty sharing
Sharing of Classroom and Clinical space
Student tuition stipends or reimbursements
Equipment sharing
Grants for program development
Funds for faculty salary or program support
Endowments
Continuing education
Collaborations
Develop collaborations at the institutional,
local, state, and federal level to:
Increase funding/off-set costs
Increase supply of students in the health
career education “pipeline”
Participate in development and best practices
research
Increase and improvement of health care
delivery to meet community needs
Collaborations - Local
Medical facilities - institution
Faculty sharing
Classroom/clinical space
Distance learning
Funding
Stipends
Endowments
Equipment Donations
Medical Centers
Vendors
Other
Tech Prep
Local AHEC
Collaborations - State
Higher Education: Institution - institution
Distance Learning
Remote site programs
Incumbent Worker Training Programs
Health Care Workforce Boards
Collaborations - Federal
National Health Systems (i.e., HCA)
Workforce Investment
HRSA - Allied Health Project Grants
Nursing Reinvestment Act
Proposed Allied Health Reinvestment Act
Health Career Education Professional
Organizations for Two-Year Colleges
Health career
educational
organizations
provide
opportunities for
networking, sharing,
and collaborating
The purpose of the National Network of
Health Career Programs in Two Year
Colleges is to promote and encourage
innovation, collaboration, and communication
among two-year colleges sponsoring health
career programs.
The National Network is an organization of
health education leaders from across the
nation from two-year colleges dedicated to:
Promoting and encouraging innovation,
collaboration, cooperation, and communication
with two-year colleges sponsoring health career
programs
Developing new leaders in health career
education
Expressing and advocating the interests of health
career programs in two-year colleges (i.e.,
accreditation issues, practice issues, federal policy
issues, etc.)
For information
Executive Director
Cullen Johnson
714 Harsh Road
Marblehead, OH 43440
Phone: 1-800-592-1299 pin# 50
Email: [email protected]
http://www.nn2.org
National Organization for Associate
Degree Nursing (N-OADN)
N-OADN is the leading advocate for
associate degree nursing education and
practice, and promotes collaboration in
charting the future of health care education
and delivery.
National Organization for Associate
Degree Nursing (N-OADN)
N-OADN strives to
Maintain eligibility for registered nurse licensure for
graduates of associate degree nursing programs.
Educate students and promote AD nursing programs at
community colleges nationwide.
Provide a forum for discussion of issues impacting AD
education and practice.
Develop partnerships and increase communication
with other professional organizations.
Increase public understanding of the role of the
associate degree nurse.
Participate at national and state levels in the formation
of healthcare policy.
Facilitate legislative action supportive of the goals of NOADN.
National Organization for Associate
Degree Nursing (N-OADN)
For information:
Executive Director
Belinda E. Puetz, PHD, RN
7794 Grow Drive
Pensacola, FL 32514
Phone: (850) 484-0514
Fax: (850) 484-8762
Email: [email protected]
http://www.noadn.org
Other Organizations
American Association of Community Colleges
(AACC) – Nursing and Allied Health Initiative
Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)
Health Resources and Service Administration
(HRSA)
Accrediting Agencies (CAAHEP, NAACLS,
CAPTE, etc.)
Health Professions Network
American Association of
Community Colleges (AACC)
American Association of Community Colleges
(AACC) – Nursing and Allied Health Initiative
Roxanne Fulcher
Director, Health Professions Policy
202-278-0200, ext. 274
email: [email protected]
Allied Health Reinvestment Act
Senate Bill 473
Sponsors: Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jeff
Bingaman (D-NM) and Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
More co-sponsors needed
Purposes of this bill:
Public service announcements
Increasing educational opportunities
Expanding enrollments in related programs
Enhancing workforce through retention
programs
Developing retention strategies
Expanding centers of excellence
Developing clinical education
Supporting State/Local campaigns
Important Legislative Action Needed
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Questions and Answers
Emerging Issues in Health
Career Education
American Association for Community Colleges
Annual Conference
Boston, Massachusetts
April 11, 2005