California Community College Economic Development Network

Lead College Sacramento City College Los Rios CCD James L. Comins R.N.,M.S Initiative Director Health Care Delivery North Far North - Butte College Interior Bay Region-City College of San Francisco Central - Hartnell College Bay Area - Mission College Los Angeles - Mt. San Antonio College Orange Co. - Saddleback College Southcoast - Santa Barbara City College San Diego/Imperial - Southwestern College

HEALTH CARE INITIATIVE’S MISSION “Advancement of California’s health care industry through quality education and services.”

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Statewide Health Occupations Advisory Committee ED>NETSTWHOAC VATEA (Carl Perkins) Health Initiative RHORC Butte RHORC Hartnell RHORC Mission RHORC Mt. San Antonio RHORC Saddleback RHORC Santa Barbara RHORC Southwestern RHORC City College S.F.

Communication Flow Chart Statewide Health Occupations Advisory Committee RHORC’s N/FNorth Bay Area Central Interior Bay LA Co. Orange Co. San Diego/Imperial South Coast ED>NET Health Care Initiative Cal Comm. Colleges Health Occupation Programs VATEA Chancellor’s Office

Statewide Health Occupations Advisory Committee Advice to Health Initiative –Business trends –New workers/Worker updates and Retraining –Needed special services, curriculum design, distance ed, computer based training, both FTE generating and Contract Ed –New worker skill sets –Getting the word out to business & industry regarding community colleges programs and services

Statewide Health Occupations Advisory Committee VATEA (Carl Perkins) –Give advice to health occupations programs regarding statewide trends in health care –Forecasting need for new programs –Heads ups on expanding or contracting demand for workers –Changes in required worker skill sets –Suggestions for new or revised curricula –Feedback on quality of graduates in health care

Health Occupations Trends Advanced Technology –Health Office Information Technology –Increased Medical Technology Changing Demographics –Increasing age and diversity of population –Increasing consumer sophistication New Health Care Business Practices –Government regs –Cost cutting & multi-skilling, team based approach to care –Alternative therapies –Public/Private partnerships –New types of Physician Practice management firms

Important Future Skills Computer skills Written/Verbal skills Organizational skills Project/Multiple Priority Management Flexibility Team Multi-skill/cross training Dependability Efficiency Multi-lingualism CPR Training

Recommended Taskforces Enhanced Industry and Education Technology Growing Senior and Multicultural Population Employer-focused Skills Training Community Health Services Nursing Specialty Training Recruiting

Response to Identified Need Specialty Nurses Critical Care Curriculum STWHOAC Id need for CCN’s NFNorth & Orange Co. RHORC’s DACUM Orange Co RHORC convenes Curriculum Committee Orange Co RHORC partners with hospitals to deliver course using ETP funds.

North/Far North RHORC - Butte College Linda Zorn Conducted DACUM which served as basis of Critical Care Curriculum. Providing a Preceptor Training Inservice Program in May via videoconference. Developing a Health Occupations Awareness Program for community college counselors to use in recruiting efforts. Conducting Critical Thinking Skills workshop at Enloe Hospital in April. Developed Internet based PALS and ACLS continuing education program for Paramedics.

Bay Area RHORC-Mission College Dee Dee Bicocca Working with Hospital Council on developing recruiting programs for health care workers. Collaborating with Hewlett-Packard on development of telementoring program linking Health Academy students with business partners. Exploring need for Renal Dialysis Technicians and need for curriculum development for Renal Dialysis Technicians. Mission College has Community Ed Pharmacy Technician Program.

Central RHORC - Hartnell College Colly Tettelbach Developed online Medical Lab Technician program and coordinated its incorporation into the Health Care Division at Hartnell. Received Industry Driven Collaborative for Critical Care Nursing. Utilizing new Critical Care Curriculum developed by Joanne Gray to start Critical Care Nursing program at Hartnell. Exploring possibility of exporting MLT Program to San Francisco with Jose Ramon Fernandez- Pena.

Interior Bay RHORC - City Coll. of San Francisco Jose Ramon Fernandez-Pena Developed and coordinates Community Health Worker program, placing graduates in Community Health Clinics throughout San Francisco. Students may articulate with Health Education major at San Francisco State. Received $200,000 grant to disseminate Health Care Interpreter curriculum to partnering community college programs in region and the State. Working with Bonnie Adams to develop International Health Care Workers Assistance Centers in San Francisco and Los Angeles with CO-PHYLA.

LA RHORC - Mt. San Antonio College Bonnie Adams Developed Pediatric Critical Care curriculum in conjunction with Joanne Gray for Children's Hospital of LA. Developed Nursing Skills update for Psychiatric Techs in State Hospitals-trained 2100 (75,000 need program in State). Working in collaboration with Jose Ramon Fernandez-Pena to develop and implement International Health Care Workers Assistance Centers in LA and San Francisco. Applying for JDIC Grant to develop Pediatric Nurse Specialty with Children’s LA, Kaiser,Children’s Oakland, Children’s San Diego.

Orange Co. RHORC - Saddleback College Joanne Gray Developed a Critical Care Curriculum for Registered Nurses. DACUM Process job analysis conducted in Sacramento by Linda Zorn and Joanne Gray. Curriculum piloted with 21 nurses in Orange County with ETP funding. Being offered for credit at Saddleback Exported to Hartnell with Industry Driven Collaborative support by Colly Tettlelbach. Developing online database system for clinical placement for Orange County Health Ed Consortia.

San Diego/Imperial RHORC -Southwestern College Marlies Vandenberg Developed OR Tech Program delivered through asynchronous video-conferencing. In negotiations with Vancouver hospital employer to beam OR Tech program there. Working on developing a LVN-RN Step Up program via video-conferencing with San Diego Kaiser simultaneously offered to Ridgeview Community College in Cero Coso CCD.

Southcoast RHORC - Santa Barbara City College Marsha Roberson Developed Acute Care Nurse Assistant Curriculum. Coordinating planning for Paramedic programs in region. Developed CNA Evaluation tool to be used across South Coast Region for consistent performance evaluation of CNA’s. Conducting Internet Based/Distance Education Survey for nurses. Developed and piloted Internet Based/Distance Ed Home Health Care course.