To prepare competent, safe, and knowledgeable Respiratory Care Practitioners ready to assume patient care responsibilities in all the different settings where respiratory therapy is practiced. To provide our service community with adequate numbers of qualified Respiratory Care graduates to meet the current and burgeoning needs of the industry.
The Respiratory Care Program at Butte College has been successful in meeting the goals of its mission statement by providing our service community with graduates that are highly sought after. The program has had an excellent reputation throughout Northern California and beyond since its first graduating class in 1970. The program grew from its traditional pedagogical cap of twenty-four students to forty students from 2007-2011. The program reduced enrollment to thirty-two with the class entering the program in the fall of 2011 due to required budget cuts in the Health Occupations area. This growth has been supported by equipment grant money through the Chancellor’s Office, an adequate associate faculty pool, an ongoing need in the industry of new graduates, and an increased student interest in the program. A waiting list continues to exist for the program on the main campus. To reduce the impact on the local clinical sites, rotations are being conducted in both the Redding and Yuba City/Marysville areas. Currently there are 61 students enrolled in the first and second years of the program.
Release Time and Stipend for Program Director and Director of Clinical Education
During the Committee on Accreditation of Respiratory Care programs (CoARC) site visit in 2011, and the Program Review process in the spring of 2009 and 2013, Validation Teams recommended either the addition of 20% release time for the program's Director of Clinical Education (DCE) or the decrease in the overall workload of the Program Director. The addition of release time and a stipend for the Program Director and Director of Clinical Education has given the faculty in these positions the time and compensation for the additional responsiblities associated with each of these roles. The program's DCE spends approximately 200 hours per year completing required functions of the role that are in addition the full-time faculty requirements, including documentation preparation for student clinical experiences and site visits to all clinical facilities. The PD also spends approximately 200 hours per year on duties associated with this role, such as completion of the Annual Report of Current Status, and surveying all students, faculty and Program Advisory Committee members and reporting of data. The PD is responsible for student advising and student tracking while in the program and after the program. The PD also tracks all credentialing exam scores and student job placement.
This request was combined with EMS to provide both programs with the additional time and compensation for duties dictated by our accrediting bodies, which are above and beyond typical faculty expectations. An amount of $39,000 was alloted for both programs for this purpose.
By funding this request, the Respiratory Care program is now in compliance with both their accrediting body's and Program review process recommendations. The program will be going through a Program Reivew in the 2018-19 term and an Accreditation site visit in 2021. Faculty stress has also been reduced, particularly with the addition of the release time for these positions.
Koko Spirometer and laptop computer
The Respiratory Care program requires its students to complete ~32 hours of volunteering, with an emphasis on health care related events. Historically, the program has provided pulmonary function testing (PFT) at health care events sponsored by our local hospitals, which has provided students with an excellent opportunity to solidify their PFT skills, along with interacting with the public. Our current PFT program was purchased in 2004, and is out of date and no longer functioning correctly.
Hand-held Pulse Oximeters
(20) hand-held pulse oximeters were purchased for the program in the Spring of 2017 to replace missing and broken devices in our clinic sites. Each site now has at least (5) pulse oximeters, which will allow each student to have one, which eliminates the students having to wait for one to come available to deliver patient care.
Respi-Sim Software
Over the past four years, the program has been building a Respi-Sim patient system. The software purchased has allowed us to finally complete the system. The simulator and software provides our students with breath sound anaylsis, patient/ventilator asynchrony recognition and resolution, and assists them with learning ventilator modes.
The program is in the process of conducting a review of all of its curriculum, as the initial part of the program review process. All of the courses will be submitted for curriculum committee review in the spring of 2018, and faculty have been conducting a "deep dive" on every course in the program.
At 98.4% the course success rate for RT is at the high end of its four-year range (94% - 98.4%). We see more students who are directly interested in the field of respiratory care in recent years, which has improved our course success rates. The program continues to recruit students via career fairs, reaching out to students on the RN program waitlist, and via “word of mouth”.
Twenty-six students earned an AS and a CA in Respiratory Care in 2016-2017; 46.2% of these graduates were male and 46.2% were female; 22.2% defined themselves as Hispanic, 42.3% as Asian, and 11.1% as unknown or other. 22.2% of this graduating class defined themselves as White. Veterans made up 7.4% of this class, and 46.2% of our students in 2016-2017 were economically disadvantaged. Foster Youth and African Americans remain underrepresented in the Respiratory Care program, though the program has made gains in other populations (i.e. Hispanics) since the previous Unit Plan.
At 100% Focused Persistence for RT students is at the high end of its five-year range (95-4% - 100%).
The Job Placement rate for RT averages around 84-96% over the last 5 years. Our service area for job placement for graduates includes all of Northern California, Northern Nevada and Southern Oregon. Some graduates are not willing to leave the Chico area to find work in Respiratory Care, though jobs are available in our service area. The program continues to notify graduates of any job opening via email contact groups of each class.
The Respiratory Care program supports the college in meeting the following Strategic Directions and Priorities:
1. d. 2. Collaborating continuously with industry, external agencies,and other institutions of highed education to ensure that programs are relevent and meeting current needs.
1. e. 1. Meeting standards and working to achieve goals for course success, retention, degree achievement, certificate completion, transfer, and credentialing.
1. e. 2. Providing activities and opportunities to engage students with employers and the community.
1 .e. 3. Examining and improving pedagogy and programs to support student completion.
1. i. 2. Using advisory committees to ensure that programs provide the skills and behaviors needed in the workforce.
2.a.1. Creating a culture of meaningful interactions with students
2.a.4. Empowering students to be active agents in their educational experience
RECOMMENDATIONS STILL OUTSTANDING:
1. Funding sources be identified for the software, laptops and tablets needed for the program. Ideally, Perkins funding will be identified. Alternatively, other (possibly district) funding should be pursued.
2. That the Respiratory Care Program add a full time faculty member to help reduce the significant overload currently required of the two full time faculty and to provide the opportunity for program expansion if needed.
3. Augmentation of the department budget to allow for reimbursement of all travel necessary to assure proper evaluation of all clinical sites. Mileage has also been funded through the Dean's budget.
ACTIONS STILL TO BE ADDRESSED FROM ABOVE:
1. We are requesting 6 more laptops to be shared with the Aliied Health Programs. These will be utilized for online testing, clinical simulations, etc. We currently do not have enough laptops to allow every student in our classes to use one at the same time.
3. There have been no augmentations made at this time to allow the DCE to travel to clinical sites. This visit is needed to maintain clinical relationships and ensure that students are having the most appropriate training at their clinical sites. These visits have primarily been paid for by the faculty member out of their own pocket.
The program's goals for the next year include:
1. Hire an additional full time faculty to assist with clinical instruction, classroom instruction and continuing education units (CEU) development.
2. Professional development in the field for the full time faculty (i.e. attendance at the American Association of Respiratory Care Summer Forum for educators).
3. Obtain a $10,000 stipend for the program's Medical Director, to compensate for the required duties defined by our accrediting body, the Commitee on the Accreditation of Respiratory Care programs (CoARC)
3. Maintaining program success rates for course completion, program completion, licensure and job placement, with an eye towards any additional measures that could be taken by the program for improvement as well.
Strategy 1 - Clinical Simulation Development
Collaboration with Nursing and Paramedic Programs on Clinical Simulation Development
The ADN, Paramedic, and Respiratory Care programs are interested in developing clinical simulations that involve students from each of these programs, utilizing our current technology in this area. 4th semester nursing and respiratory students, along with 1st semester paramedic students would be managing the care of a simulated patient from the pre-hospital scene to the emergency department of a hospital and beyond. The development of clinical simulations that involve so many facets of clinical care will require extensive time to plan, build and implement outside of the faculty’s normal workloads.
The Respiratory Care program is asking for a $1000.00 stipend for the Respiratory Care program faculty member who will be collaborating with the nursing and paramedic instructors in the development of these extensive clinical simulations. The stipend would be paid after the successful completion and implementation of a collaborative clinical simulation.
Strategy 2 - Clinic Site Travel by DCE
Budget Augmentation for Travel to Out-of-Area Clinical Sites.
The program is asking for an ongoing budget augmentation of the program's Travel and Conference budget of $1500.00 The program's Director of Clinical Education is required by our accrediting body, Committee for the Accreditation of Respiratory Care programs (CoARC) to regularly visit all of the clinical affiliates of the program. The program rotates students through hospitals in Southern Oregon, Northern Nevada, and the Sacramento area, as well as locally.
Strategy 3 - Continuing Education Units
Development of Continuing Education Units (CEU) for Faculty and Program Graduates
The Respiratory Care Program is interested in developing continuing education unit (CEU) courses via Canvas and in face-to-face formats to assist faculty and program graduates in completing the required CEU’s for ongoing licensure. The Respiratory Care Board of California recently increased the required number of CEU's from 15 to 30, and there are very few opportunities to obtain these units in the North/Far North of California
The Respiratory Care program is asking for a $2000.00 stipend for the Respiratory Care program faculty member(s) who will be developing and implementing continuing education units. The stipend would be paid after the successful completion and implementation of approximately 4-8 CEU’s.
Strategy 4 - UpToDate clinical decision support system
Up to date, library housed, current medical literature consolidating information from related medical articles into evidence-based synopsis for both research and clinical uses.
UpToDate® is the premier evidence-based clinical decision support resource, trusted worldwide by healthcare practitioners to help them make the right decisions at the point of care. It is proven to change the way clinicians practice medicine, and is the only resource of its kind associated with improved outcomes.
Medical librarians play a critical leadership role in ensuring that the clinicians in their institution have access to the most current medical literature and best available evidence. UpToDate goes well beyond compiling a list of evidence; we sythesize the latest research with the full body of existing information and make recommendations about how the evidence should be applied at the point of care.
The most trusted and widely used clinical decision support resource in the world, UpToDate has become an essential part of the everyday practice of medicine and is the only evidence-based clinical decision support resource associated with improved outcomes.
Our local physicians and Medical Director involved with our program recommend its use by our students.
We are waiting for further pricing information. It is approximately $5,000.
Strategy 5 - AARC Summer Forum Educators Conference
Faculty attendance at the AARC Educators summer forum conference in San Antonio Hills, TX in the summer of 2018.
RT Managers and Educators attend the AARC Summer Forum each summer which offers in-depth information and strategies for the leaders in the RT profession. They offer techniques, tips and technology to help run our department and classrooms effectively and prepare RTs for success in our quickly-evolving health care system.
We would like to have two faculty members attend athe summer of 2018, as one faculty member has never attended this very valuable conference, and the other faculty has not attended since the summer of 2014
Strategy 6 - Laptops for student assessment
Purchase of 6 additional laptops for the Allied Health Department.
The Allied Health Programs at Butte College have computers used for students to complete their simulated board examinations among other uses. There are currently not enough computers for all of the students enrolled in most of our classes. The RT Program is asking to purchase 6 more laptops at $1,200 each. This comes to approximately $7,200 total.
Strategy 7 - Adult Crash Cart
Crash cart for adult intubation supplies. These are used in the case of emergency resuscitation.
Our students are first responders in code situations in the hospital setting. A cart and equipment like this will help them improve their skills and timing for immediate, emergency recuscitation. The nursing program has a similar cart but it is dedicated to the simulation lab and not always available to the RT program.
Strategy 8 - Laryngoscope and blades
Adult and pediatric laryngoscope handle and blades.
The RT program lacks sufficient numbers of adult and pediatric laryngoscope handles and blades to meet student needs in the laboratory setting and in CPR and PALS certification courses. The program is requesting (3) adult and (3) pediatric laryngoscope handles and blades.
Strategy 9 - (4) Infant CPR full body manikins and corresponding face pieces
(4) Full body infant manikin and replaceable face pieces for practice with infant resuscitation.
Currently the RT program has to borrow infant mannequins to complete the simulations required for Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification, which is becoming more and more difficult. The program would like to purchase (4) infant CPR mannequins to meet all of their infant simulation needs.
Strategy 10 - Full time Faculty
The Respiratory Care program lost a full time faculty member last spring to another department, and a replacement is needed to address the excessive workload of the remaining program faculty, student clinical issues noted this year, and development of continuring education units (CEU) for program graduates and practicing RTs.
Currently the two (2) full time faculty carry workloads of 140% and 165%. Twelve (12) associate faculty carry the remaining hourly workload of 516%. For the first time in the 49 year history of the program, neither full-time faculty taught in the clinical environment in the fall of 2017. This change resulted in numerous complaints from our clinical sites regarding multiple student performances in the spring of 2018 during their practicum rotations. The number of complaints we are receiving by far in excess to the issues we have encountered in previous years (1-2 student in the past, as compared to 5-6 students this year).
We are requesting one (1) additional full time faculty position as soon as possible to alleviate the stress and burnout associated with these excessive workloads, improve student clinical performance, and develop CEUs to increase the College's FTES.
Strategy 11 - Pulse oximeters
The RT program needs (15) fifteen Nonin pulse oximeters for student use in our (6) six clinic sites.
The pulse oximeters purchased last year are being rejected by the hospitals' BioMedical departments; the Nonin brand of pulse oximeters is the only one acceptable to majority of our hospitals
Strategy 12 - Avea Ventilator
Enloe Medical Center, one of the program's primary clinical sites, recently purchased a fleet of Avea ventilators, replacing the PB 840 ventilator they have used since the late 1990's.
Access to the ventilators used in clinical practice in the laboratory setting ensure our students can provide safe and effective use of these devices on critical hospitalized patients.
Strategy 13 - Opti-Flow High Flow Nasal Cannula System
Opi-Flow High Flow Nasal Cannula system allows for independent titration of Fi02 and flowrate, using oxygen concentrations and flow rates not available with traditional nasal cannulas.
The majority of our clinic sites are ffrequently using this system to provide adequate oxygenation for patients in medical-surgical and intensive care. Our students spend the majority of their time in clinic in these two environments, and frequently work with these systems on a daily basis. The ability to learn how to use this device in the safe environment of the laboratory will ensure safe practice at the patient bedside in clinic.
Strategy 14 - Department Administrative Support
Create new full time Secretary I position to provide administrative/clerical support to Health Occupations
The workload in the Health Occupations Office has reached a point where the 1 full time Program Assistant is responsible for five Programs a year ((2)RN, LVN, RT, & Paramedic) + an academic discipline (ALH) and is also perpetually immersed in processing employment applications, managing the budget and paying bills for all of the Departments’ programs. When compared to the Academies who have 2 full time secretaries, each responsible for three academies a year + an academic discipline (either AJ or FSC), and a Program Assistant who manages the Department’s budgets, it is obvious the one assistant for Health Occupations is very heavily overloaded. The addition of this lower level clerical position would ensure that there is receptionist coverage during peak hours, reduce the challenge of trying to find coverage to keep the office open with the Program Assistant is ill or on break, and provide long overdue relief for the Health Occupations Program assistant.
Strategy 15 - (3) Pediatric Mannequins
Pediatric manikin for CPR and advanced life support training.
The RT program needs 3 pediatric CPR manikins for student training and practice. These manikins will be used for CPR and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications which are required within the program.
Strategy 16 - (3) Infant Intubation Heads
Infant intubation heads that allow for intubation practice.
The RT program's infant intubation heads are broken and beyond repair. Our students are required to demonstrate successful intubation of an infant as part of their Neonatal Resuscitation Program training and certification. The program is asking for (3) infant intubation heads to meet this need.
Strategy 17 - RT Medical Director Stipend
The RT program is asking for $10,000 yearly stipend to compensate our Medical Director for the duties and responsibilities as defined by the Committee on Accreditation of Respiratory Care.
The following are the duties and responsibilities of the Butte College Respirator yCare Program's Medical Director as defined by the Committee on the Accreditation of Respiratory Care (CoARC) Standards for Entry Level into Respiratory Care Professional Practice 2018:
1. Provide competent medical guidance to the program, including curriculum review.
2. Interact with Program Director (PD) and Director of Clinical Education (DCE) to ensure both didactic and supervised clinical instruction meets current practice guidelines.
3. Attend Program Advisory Committee (PAC) meetings
4. Interact with the students in both the classroom and clinical environments (i.e. provide at least (2) two classroom lectures per semester, along with clinical instruction in the hospital setting)
Strategy 18 - (2) Oxygen Analyzers
The RT program is asking for (2) MiniOx 200e oxygen analyzers to replace broken and unrepairable equipment.
Currently, the RT program has no functioning oxygen analyzers for use and practice in the laboratory setting. To properly use this device, students need hands-on experience with calibrating the device and demonstrating its proper use in simulated patient situations.
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| Original Priority | Program, Unit, Area | Resource Type | Account Number | Object Code | One Time Augment | Ongoing Augment |
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| 1 | RT | Personnel | $0.00 | $109,000.00 | ||
| Full time Faculty | The Respiratory Care program lost a full time faculty member last spring to another department, and a replacement is needed to address the excessive workload of the remaining program faculty. Currently the two (2) full time faculty carry workloads of 140% and 165%. Twelve (12) associate faculty carry the remaining hourly workload of 516%. We are requesting one (1) additional full time faculty position as soon as possible to alleviate the stress and burnout associated with these excessive workloads. |
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| 2 | RT | Personnel | $3,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| AARC Summer Educator Forum | RT Managers and Educators attend the AARC Summer Forum each summer which offers in-depth information and strategies for the leaders in the RT profession. They offer techniques, tips and technology to help run our department and classrooms effectively and prepare RTs for success in our quickly-evolving health care system. We would like to have two (2) faculty members attend the summer of 2018, as one (1) full-time faculty member has never attended, and the other has not been in five (5) years. |
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| 3 | RT | Personnel | $0.00 | $19,972.00 | ||
| Department Administrative Support | The workload in the Health Occupations Office has reached a point where the 1 full time Program Assistant is responsible for five Programs a year ((2)RN, LVN, RT, & Paramedic) + an academic discipline (ALH) and is also perpetually immersed in processing employment applications, managing the budget and paying bills for all of the Departments’ programs. When compared to the Academies who have 2 full time secretaries, each responsible for three academies a year + an academic discipline (either AJ or FSC), and a Program Assistant who manages the Department’s budgets, it is obvious the one assistant for Health Occupations is very heavily overloaded. The addition of this lower level clerical position would ensure that there is receptionist coverage during peak hours, reduce the challenge of trying to find coverage to keep the office open with the Program Assistant is ill or on break, and provide long overdue relief for the Health Occupations Program assistant. |
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| 4 | RT | Operating Expenses | $0.00 | $10,000.00 | ||
| RT Medical Director Stipend | The RT program is asking for $10,000 yearly stipend to compensate our Medical Director for the duties and responsibilities as defined by the Committee on Accreditation of Respiratory Care. The following are the duties and responsibilities of the Butte College Respiratory Care Program's Medical Director as defined by the Committee on the Accreditation of Respiratory Care (CoARC) Standards for Entry Level into Respiratory Care Professional Practice 2018: 1. Provide competent medical guidance to the program, including curriculum review. 2. Interact with Program Director (PD) and Director of Clinical Education (DCE) to ensure both didactic and supervised clinical instruction meets current practice guidelines. 3. Attend Program Advisory Committee (PAC) meetings 4. Interact with the students in both the classroom and clinical environments (i.e. provide at least (2) two classroom lectures per semester, along with clinical instruction in the hospital setting) |
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| 5 | RT | Equipment | $29,157.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Avea Ventilator | One of our primary clinic sites recently purchased the Avea ventilator, replacing the PB 840 ventilator they had been using since the late 1990's. Student access in the laboratory setting to the mechanical ventilators used in clinical practice is essential for patient safety. |
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| 6 | RT | Equipment | $2,873.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Pulse Oximeters | The RT program needs (15) fifteen Nonin pulse oximeters for student use in our (6) six clinic sites. The pulse oximeters purchased last year are being rejected by the hospitals' BioMedical departments; the Nonin brand of pulse oximeters is the only one acceptable to majority of our hospitals |
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| 7 | RT | Equipment | $946.00 | $0.00 | ||
| (2) Oxygen Analyzers | The RT program is asking for (2) MiniOx 200e oxygen analyzers to replace broken and unrepairable equipment. Currently, the RT program has no functioning oxygen analyzers for use and practice in the laboratory setting. To properly use this device, students need hands-on experience with calibrating the device and demonstrating its proper use in simulated patient situations. |
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| 8 | RT | Equipment | $1,600.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Infant CPR full body manikin | Currently the RT program has to borrow infant mannequins to complete the simulations required for Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification, which is becoming more and more difficult. The program would like to purchase (4) infant CPR mannequins to meet all of their infant simulation needs. |
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| 9 | RT | Equipment | $1,350.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Adult and Pediatric Laryngoscopes and Blades | The RT program lacks sufficient numbers of adult and pediatric laryngoscope handles and blades to meet student needs in the laboratory setting and in CPR and PALS certification courses. The program is requesting (3) adult and (3) pediatric laryngoscope handles and blades. |
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| 10 | RT | Equipment | $2,550.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Pediatric CPR Manikins | The RT program needs (3) pediatric CPR manikins for student training and practice. These manikins will be used for CPR and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications which are required within the program. |
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| 11 | RT | Equipment | $3,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Infant Intubation Heads | The RT program's infant intubation heads are broken and beyond repair. Our students are required to demonstrate successful intubation of an infant as part of their Neonatal Resuscitation Program training and certification. The program is asking for (3) infant intubation heads to meet this need. |
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| 12 | RT | Equipment | $7,200.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Laptops for student assessment | The Allied Health Programs at Butte College have computers used for students to complete their simulated board examinations among other uses. There are currently not enough computers for all of the students enrolled in most of our classes. The RT Program is asking to purchase 6 more laptops at $1,200 each. This comes to approximately $7,200 total. |
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| 13 | RT | Equipment | $2,767.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Opti-Flow High Flow Nasal Cannula System | Opi-Flow High Flow Nasal Cannula system allows for independent titration of Fi02 and flowrate, using oxygen concentrations and flow rates not available with traditional nasal cannulas. The majority of our clinic sites are ffrequently using this system to provide adequate oxygenation for patients in medical-surgical and intensive care. Our students spend the majority of their time in clinic in these two environments, and frequently work with these systems on a daily basis. The ability to learn how to use this device in the safe environment of the laboratory will ensure safe practice at the patient bedside in clinic. |
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| 14 | RT | Personnel | $2,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Development of Continuing Education Units (CEU) for Faculty and Program Graduates | The Respiratory Care Program is interested in developing continuing education courses via Canvas and in face-to-face formats to assist faculty and program graduates in completing the required CEU’s for ongoing licensure. The Committee on the Accreditation of Respiratory Care programs (CoARC) recommended during a recent site visit that the program provide a course for practicing RT’s on preceptorship of students as a tool for demonstrating inter-rater reliability during practicum rotations. The program is required to demonstrate that all persons evaluating students do so in a similar manner (inter-rater reliability) to maintain ongoing program accreditation; providing a course on preceptorship to all of our clinical affiliates, which includes information on student evaluations, would greatly assist the program towards this goal. The Respiratory Care program is asking for a $2000.00 stipend for the Respiratory Care program faculty member(s) who will be developing and implementing continuing education units. The stipend would be paid after the successful completion and implementation of approximately 4-8 CEU’s. |
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| 15 | RT | Operating Expenses | $0.00 | $1,500.00 | ||
| Budget Augmentation for Travel to Out-of-Area Clinical Sites and Conferences | The program is asking for an ongoing budget augmentation of the program's Travel and Conference budget of $1500.00 The program's Director of Clinical Education is required by our accrediting body, Committee for the Accreditation of Respiratory Care programs (CoARC) to regularly visit all of the clinical affiliates of the program. The program rotates students through hospitals in Southern Oregon, Northern Nevada, and the Sacramento area, as well as locally. |
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| 16 | RT | Equipment | $1,200.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Crash Cart | Our students are first responders in code situations in the hospital setting. A cart and equipment like this will help them improve their skills and timing for immediate, emergency recuscitation. The nursing program has a similar cart but it is dedicated to the simulation lab and not always available to the RT program. |
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| 17 | RT | Equipment | $5,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| UpToDate clinical decision support system | UpToDate® is the premier evidence-based clinical decision support resource, trusted worldwide by healthcare practitioners to help them make the right decisions at the point of care. It is proven to change the way clinicians practice medicine, and is the only resource of its kind associated with improved outcomes. Medical librarians play a critical leadership role in ensuring that the clinicians in their institution have access to the most current medical literature and best available evidence. UpToDate goes well beyond compiling a list of evidence; we sythesize the latest research with the full body of existing information and make recommendations about how the evidence should be applied at the point of care. The most trusted and widely used clinical decision support resource in the world, UpToDate has become an essential part of the everyday practice of medicine and is the only evidence-based clinical decision support resource associated with improved outcomes. Our local physicians involved with our program recommend its use by our students. We are waiting for further pricing information. It is approximately $5,000. |
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| 18 | RT | Personnel | $1,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Collaboration with Nursing and Paramedic Programs on Clinical Simulation Development | The ADN, Paramedic, and Respiratory Care programs are interested in developing clinical simulations that involve students from each of these programs, utilizing our current technology in this area. 4th semester nursing and respiratory students, along with 2nd semester paramedic students would be managing the care of a simulated patient from the pre-hospital scene to the emergency department of a hospital and beyond. The development of clinical simulations that involves so many facets of clinical care will require extensive time to plan, build and implement outside of the faculty’s normal workloads. The Respiratory Care program is asking for a $1000.00 stipend for the Respiratory Care program faculty member who will be collaborating with the nursing and paramedic instructors in the development of these extensive clinical simulations. The stipend would be paid after the successful completion and implementation of a collaborative clinical simulation. |
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