Medical Bridges

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Medical Bridges

• Richard J. Daley College
• One of the City Colleges of Chicago

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Medical Career Bridges

• Goals
• To fill-in the learning gaps of the students
  basic skills.
• Give students hands-on experience in the health
  vocational program using the contextualized
  training model.

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Medical Career Bridges

• Objective
• Provide guidance to the students in their choice
  of health program pathways
• Provide instruction to the students who did not
  reach required score on academic placement test
  to be admitted into healthcare vocational
  programs.

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• Collaborative Departments of the College
• Adult Education
• Continuing Education

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• Structure of the contextualize learning
• Adult Education responsibilities
• Instructor
• ABE courses
• Basic Skill Instruction Contextualized to the
  Healthcare Industry
• Workforce Courses
• Employment Readiness
• Career Assessment And Exploration
• Workforce Bridge Course
• Continuing Education responsibilities
• Contextual courses
• Medical Terminology
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Computer Literacy
• Medical Law and Ethics

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• Funding Sources
• Adult Education Funds
• Grants
• WIA
• CHA
• ICCB
• Financial Aid
• Continuing Education

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Three Healthcare Tracks upon successful completion of Bridge
Healthcare Technician Nursing Track Administrative Track
CNA with Administrative Skills CNA with Administrative Skills Medical Billing and Coding
Patient Care Technician Practical Nurse Externship
Radiology Technician Ultrasound Technician Vascular Technician Registered Nurse State and National Certification Preparation Course
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• What is this man doing to the woman?
• Can you spell it?

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• Partnerships
• The Medical Bridges has been created in
  partnership with Central States SER.
• SER recruits the candidates and case management
  and researches funding sources for the pathway
  programs.
• Daley College - Arturo Velasquez offers the
  training and pre and post assessment of the
  students and gives the final recommendations for
  the students to progress into the medical pathway
  that begins with the CNA program.

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Technical Literacy Technical Literacy Technical Specialty
Four Days per Week Four Days per Week One Day per Week
Hours Week 1-7 Week 1-7 Week 1-7
1.5 Workplace Mathematics60 hours Workplace Mathematics60 hours Medical Terminology Anatomy and Physiology Hands-on demonstrations and assessment
1.5 Workplace Communications Employment Skills Careers in Discipline84 hours Workplace Communications Employment Skills Careers in Discipline84 hours Medical Terminology Anatomy and Physiology Hands-on demonstrations and assessment
2 Reading for Information 56 Hours Computer Literacy56 Hours Medical Terminology Anatomy and Physiology Hands-on demonstrations and assessment
Assessment Week 1 TABE Locator TABE Level 9 Week 8 TABE Level 9 COMPASS testing Medical Terminology Anatomy and Physiology Hands-on demonstrations and assessment
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• What are these legs wearing?
• What is the technical term?

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• Pre Bridge Learning Outcomes

• Contextualized basic skills Beginning skill
  levels between 5.0 to 6.5
• Improved reading for information scores
• Improved applied math scores
• Improved writing scores
• Soft skills
• Medical career skills
• Pulse Oximetry
• Apply Noninvasive BP Monitor
• Apply Antiembolism Stockings
• Vital Sign Monitoring
• Basic medical terminology
• Basic industry terms

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• Medical Bridge Skill level between 6.6 to 8.9

• Contextualized basic skills
• Improved reading for information scores
• Improved applied math scores
• Improved writing scores
• Soft skills
• All materials based on medical field
  applications.
• Medical career skills
• Pulse Oximetry
• Apply Noninvasive BP Monitor
• Apply Antiembolism Stockings
• Vital Sign Monitoring
• Basic medical terminology
• Basic Anatomy and Physiology
• Professional ethics
• Strategies for dealing with stress
• Customer service skills

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• Cohort Sections

Pre-Bridge 1 date 4/14/2008 6/4/2008
Pre-Bridge 2 date 10/6/2008 12/18/2008
Pre-Bridge 3 date 2/9/2009 4/14/2009
Pre-Bridge 4 date 4/15/2009 6/8/2009
MB 01 date 4/17/2007 6/14/2007
MB 02 date 9/11/2007 12/6/2007
MB 03 date 2/25/2008 4/21/2008
MB 04 date 4/17/2008 7/1/2008
MB 05 date 7/7/2008 9/11/2008
MB 06 date 10/6/2008 12/18/2008
MB 07 date 2/9/2009 4/14/2009
MB 08 date 04/15/2009 6/8/2009
MB 09 date 11/2/2009 12/18/2009
MB 10 date 2/8/2010 3/14/2010
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• Student completions

Total students enrolled in either pre-bridge or medical bridge Total students enrolled in either pre-bridge or medical bridge Total students enrolled in either pre-bridge or medical bridge Total students enrolled in either pre-bridge or medical bridge Total students enrolled in either pre-bridge or medical bridge 146
Total students completing pre-bridge Total students completing pre-bridge Total students completing pre-bridge 13
Total students completing medical -bridge Total students completing medical -bridge Total students completing medical -bridge Total students completing medical -bridge 132
Completion Rate 90.4
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• Statistics of Students

Students meeting scores to register and complete CNA Students meeting scores to register and complete CNA Students meeting scores to register and complete CNA 103
Students completing CNA 75
Students completing PCT 64
Students registered for college credit Students registered for college credit 57
Students registered for LPN/RN prerequisites Students registered for LPN/RN prerequisites Students registered for LPN/RN prerequisites 41
Students enrolled in LPN program Students enrolled in LPN program 4
Bridge Students pending program start for Spring 2010 Bridge Students pending program start for Spring 2010 Bridge Students pending program start for Spring 2010 29
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• HealthCare Bridge Uniqueness
• The innovative HealthCare Bridge blends of the
  Adult Education courses, following the state
  guidelines for Adult Education, and the
  contextualized skill training offered through
  Continuing Education with an affordable tuition
  rate for the students.
• All students are provided comprehensive support
  which includes case management, career advising,
  tutoring and educational enhancement from the
  initial assessment and enrollment throughout the
  program.

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• HealthCare Bridge Uniqueness continued
• The training approaches long term training and
  career goals in a way that ensures student
  comfort and helps the students build trust in
  themselves and in their program, through various
  attainable benchmarks.
• All students are to complete externships at each
  level of training.
• An Advisory Council has been created to provide
  guidance and management direction throughout the
  duration of the program. The Council is
  comprised of executive management from Daley and
  Arturo Velasquez Institute, SER, healthcare
  faculty representation, and industry experts.

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• HealthCare Bridge Sustainability
• Through a two-year process of improvement and
  formalization, the Pre-Healthcare and Healthcare
  Bridge model has continuously prepared
  educationally disadvantaged adults for Healthcare
  certificates in Certified Nursing Assistant
  licensure, Patient Care Technician utilizing WIA
  vouchers and to begin the LPN/RN prerequisites
  utilizing Financial Aid.
• The Healthcare Bridge program provides feasible
  ways for adults who would otherwise remain
  unemployed or under-employed to make the
  transition to a well-paying job in the Healthcare
  industry. In addition, the Healthcare Bridge is
  designed to provide a career pathway - to prepare
  these individuals not only for entry-level
  skilled jobs, but also for the additional
  post-secondary education and training they will
  need to develop an advanced Healthcare related
  careers.

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• Next Steps
• Continuous Cohort support
• Transitioning into the college credit course
  levels
• College Transition Pilot starting April 5, 2010
• Medical Bridge students will begin the CNA
  program
• One hour per day of transitional literacy will be
  offered
• Students will be pre and post tested within the
  training.
• Case manager will be assigned to each cohort to
  assist with continuous support for the students.
• Goal
• To enhance the student outcome to transition
  directly into the LPN/RN prerequisite courses
  without any further remediation

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Success
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• Thank You!!
• Questions?