Instructional Faculty Consortium Committee Meeting (IFC-*)

Minutes

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OCTOBER 26, 2007
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9:05 AM est
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hEART OF gEORGIA tECHNICAL cOLLEGE, dUBLIN, ga
Program / CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY
Facilitator / Dr. Richard Miller
Secretary / Ms. Lauren Strader
Attendees / Dr. Richard Miller (Executive Chair from Southwest Georgia Tech), Kim Randolph (Lanier Tech), Lauren Strader (Vice Chair from North Georgia Tech), Mary Ann Hursey (Okefenokee Tech), Tony Dugan (Central Ga Tech), Charlotte Bates (Southeastern Tech), Dr. John Ridley (West Central Tech) and Karen Burgess (Valdosta Tech).
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Agenda Topics

Program Revision Process [Agenda topic 1]
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[Time allotted]
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[Presenter]
Discussion / Teresa Resch opened the business meeting. Dr. Resch summarized the statewide standards revision process. In the summary, an explanation of the changes to shorten the process was given. An emphasis will be placed on changes or revisions coming from the advisory committees through the IFCC committee.
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[Agenda topic 2] New Program Requests
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[Time allotted]
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Discussion / New program proposals will be filed electronically using the President’s password. When submitting the new program proposal, the justification of the new program and/or new course will be extremely important.
New programs that are embedded TCC’s will not be required to go through the entire new program approval process.
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[Agenda topic 3] Introduction to Curriculum Specialists
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[Time allotted]
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Discussion / Curriculum Specialists for the program areas were introduced. Kathie Ivester is the Curriculum Specialist for the MLT/CLT program.
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[Agenda topic 4] ) Licensure/Certification
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Discussion / Requirements for various certification examinations were discussed. AMT has changed its eligibility requirements for the MT exam and will be requiring a bachelor’s degree as the minimum education requirement. The Tissue & Blood Banking committee is re-examining several of the certifications currently accepted by GA DHR. North Georgia Tech is an examination site for the AMT exam.
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[Agenda topic 5] CLT 118/119
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Discussion / The two courses CLT 118 & CLT 119 are titled Licensure Review I and II. The Advisory Committee for North Georgia Technical College requested that the name be changed to Certification Examination Review I and II, since the State of Georgia does not have licensure.
Kim Randolph made a motion to approve a course title change and Charlotte Bates seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously. The paperwork was completed and turned in to Kathie Ivester at the end of the session.
Charlotte Bates suggested using a Clinical Laboratory Science Review CD purchased from the University of NC at Chapel Hill. The CD is about $50.00 each. For a preview of the CD go to www.med.unc.edu/ahs/clinical/review/player.html.
To order: Alice Pope, Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, 4100 Bondurant Hall, CB # 7145 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7145
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[Agenda topic 6] Student Background Checks:
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Discussion / The issue of student background checks was discussed. JCAHO requires background checks on students, but each hospital is requiring something different.
Some of the programs make the student responsible for providing a background check from local law enforcement. Several of the programs are required to use PreCheck (www.Precheck.com) because it is mandated by the clinical sites.
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[Agenda topic 7] Drug Screen Testing:
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Discussion / The issue of drug screening was discussed. Most of the MLT programs requiring drug screens have the students go to a testing facility and have the drug screen performed. Then a copy of the results is sent to the Program Director. Students are told beforehand that the drug screen must be negative in order to participate in clinical.
North Georgia Tech has a drug testing company perform on-site drug screens for the students. This is due to the lack of access in the area.
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[Agenda topic 8] SCT 100:
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[Time allotted]
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Discussion / IFCC groups reviewed and/or approved proposed revisions to SCT 100 course. Suggested additional competencies are: use of email, email attachments, database searches and use of Blackboard. Justification: students should be required to take SCT 100 before taking any on-line courses.
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[Agenda topic 9] Semester System Conversion:
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Discussion / John Ridley suggested using 4 week rotations for the 4 major areas. The committee agreed that 4 week rotations might be easier for the semester system. However, both Kim Randolph and Lauren Strader said this would present problems with the clinical sites, especially if the students must report to the college for 3 hours per week. Clinical sites shared by Lanier Tech and NGTC are adamant that the students have 5 weeks in each area with no campus site visits.
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[Agenda topic 10] CLT/MLT 109 course:
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Discussion / John Ridley proposed elimination of the CLT 109 course, since this is not a separate department. Committee members gave John several suggestions on how we handle incorporation of this course in to the 23 week CLT internship. Suggestions were: (1) use 3 weeks of CLT 109 as a 3 week phlebotomy rotation, or (2) separate 3 weeks and use one week orientation/phlebotomy, then put the other 2 weeks with the department rotation in which serology and urinalysis are performed.
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[Agenda topic 11] NAACLS Accreditation visits:
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Discussion / Karen, Charlotte, Tony & Mary discussed the trials and tribulations of their recent/current and scheduled accreditation visits. SETC has an accreditation visit in April 2008 and Valdosta’s accreditation visit is in October 2008. Committee members offered support and copies of self-study materials.
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[Agenda topic 12] COC Accreditation visits:
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Discussion / Committee members discussed a variety of issues surrounding getting ready for a COC accreditation visit. One of the issues was the requirement of a “capstone project”. Rich and Lauren suggested that a “capstone project” is only required for those programs that do not have a clinical internship/practicum component. Lauren explained how the Criminal Justice program incorporated their internship into a capstone project to show competency of skills. Lauren shared a rubric based on Bloom’s taxonomy used to demonstrate that the statewide standard course competencies are evaluated on the course final exam.
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[Agenda topic 13] CLEC meeting:
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Discussion / CLEC meeting in Feb 2008 was discussed. The meeting will be held in Savannah, GA, so please plan to attend.
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[Agenda topic 14] On-line 2 + 2 programs: / [Time allotted] / [Presenter]
Discussion / The 2 + 2 program that converts an associate degree MLT into a 4 year bachelor’s degree was discussed. There are a variety of programs offered, but Armstrong State College, Medical College of Georgia, Thomas University, University of Cincinnati and Auburn University offer an on-line 2 + 2 program for associate degree MLT graduates.
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[Agenda topic 15]
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Discussion
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Comments / Special Notes
Resource persons
Special notes
Meeting Adjourned / October 26, 2007 at 1:00 PM EST
Minutes submitted by: / Dr. Richard Miller, Chair(Southwest GA Technical College as per Lauren Strader, North GA Technical College)

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