1. Education updates Questions & Answers
Dionne Billick, Director of Education
Education updates Questions & Answers

2. Main Topics - Education
Curriculum Updates
Q&A
New Programs
eBooks
Programmatic Accreditation
2015 Meetings
Catalog

3. 2015 Curriculum Reviews Nursing Assistant (complete)
In Progress
Projected
Nursing Assistant (complete)
Pharmacy Technician
Phlebotomy
Career Prep
Program
Launch
OMT
February
Dental Hygiene
March
Radiography
EMT
May
HCA
BSRS/BSRT/BSHCA
June
Paramedic
July
PTA
August
VTA & VTT
BSPTA
October

4. FIRST IMPRESSIONS They Really DO Make a Difference

5. Custom Publications

6. Pharmacy Technician
New Requirements
PMI Actions
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) required by 2020
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)
ABHES Clinical Hour Minimum Set
ASHP standards integrated into curriculum
Will set organization plan for ASHP accreditation
Chula Vista clinical hours increasing to match other campuses & meet new ABHES standards

8. Q&A Current programs
Can curriculum reviews be done every 3 yrs instead of every 2? Why is a 2 yr cycle better than a 3 yr cycle?
Quarterly admissions updates on programs (benefits/changes). Wendy/Dionne keep reps updates?
MAA online program?
Coordinate software with curriculum updates?
Smoother curriculum transitions – guidance on old/new (recent MA challenges – books, computers & software.

9. BSN 2015 2015 FALL START Dr. Susan Gonda, Approval Status
Corporate Nursing Director
Nursing Growth Projects
Nursing Initiatives
Liaison between Nursing & Administration
Approval Status
Online Course Building
Programmatic Accreditation
2015 FALL START

10. Sterile Processing Technician Surgical Technology
Certificate Program
900 clock hours
10 week extern
Behind the scenes instrument prep
Wonderlic 16
Degree Program
Curriculum development launch mid-March

11. Patient Care Technician
East Valley Launch 11/3/14
● Certificate Program, 760 hours
● Career Prep, Emergency Room, Electrocardiography Hemodialysis Sequences, 7-week Extern
● BONENT Certification needed for Dialysis Technicians
● Instructor Quals:
◦ Hemodialysis Sequence: (4) years of dialysis experience hours in the last three years in clinical work. Bachelor’s degree in related field
◦ Other Courses: PCT or LPN grad

12. Health Information Technology
AAS Degree
Evening
Blended
(2 nights campus + online)
Market Trend & Culture
AHIMA Accreditation

13. Q&A New Programs
Are market surveys for degree programs only or certificate also? Required for transfer programs? How do we get them done?
2. How much lead time needed to submit a program to go through approval?

14. Programmatic Accreditation
What is your role related to programmatic accreditation?

16. Hiring – Minimal Qualifications
Job Description Update
Follow Job Descriptions
Exceptions – Signed approval Dionne & Liby

17. eBooks

18. 2015 eBook Plan Dental Hygiene Respiratory Therapy
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Physical Therapy Assistant
Nursing (5-semester only)
New starts only

19. eBook Contacts Corporate Contact: Jean Vanderzee
Keyboard & Tablet Issues:
Microtek: Mon-Fri 8:00 4:00;
Vital Source Login Issues:
Campus staff trained in Tier 1
Support
Book Access/Error Messages:
& Cc Jean

20. Q&A eBooks
Tablets for certificates? Timing?

21. 2015 Education Meetings
Academic Summit All Program Directors April 21, 22 & 23 Tucson, AZ Faculty Coordinators June or August, TBD

22. Q&A Program Directors & Faculty Coordinators
How do PD’s receive/request curriculum related resources i.e. new texts, new PowerPoints, instructional training?
Consistency training for transfer credits for Program Directors and Faculty Coordinators?
3. Are Compass Pro surveys going away? If so, will something replace them?

23. Academic Catalog Review & Comment Period Open through End of February
or call Dionne
Production & Agency Notifications
March 2015
New Print Catalogs
April 2015
New Catalog/Addendum Web Ex

24. Q&A Other
If a student fails a math course 3 times can they go to community college and pass it & transfer it in?
Should we assess a fee for certificate repeats?
CO & TX extending curriculum to 900 hours? How can CO & TX get more FA for DA?

26. Education Updates

27. Faculty Highlights Amy Soloman Denver OTA Program Director
Author (Slack book);
ACOTE Commissioner
Dennis Lopez
Las Vegas
VTT Program Director
Past President National Association of Veterinary Technicians
Shirley Jelmo
Colorado Springs
MA Lead Instructor
Blue Door Advisory Board, Cengage MA Conference
Jo Anne Thompson
East Valley
MAA Instructor
Development Cengage online resources MAA
Forrest Heredia
Tucson
Cengage book reviewer
Jennifer Serling
Blue Door procedural videos
Nicole Mornix
Houston
Optum scenario development,
Wolters Kluwer
Mindy Brown
Anthony Everest
RT Program Director
Speaker, Alpha1-Foundation conference
Kate Arnold
Aurora
Blue Door project
Therese Tomkie
Albuquerque
PTA Program Director
President NM Chapter APTA;
CAPTE Team Leader