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2010 NAO ConferenceSustainability by Expanding Continuing Education Opportunities
Pam Bartley, RN, BS, CEN, CCRN Education Coordinator, Mid-Carolina AHEC
andBennie M. Pettit, MSEducation Consultant, Upstate AHEC
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Objectives
• Describe the critical elements in building and sustaining a consortium for Continuing Education.
• List the key points in grant generation for Continuing Education.
• Discuss the steps in conference planning as a fee-for-service activity.
• Recognize community and company benefits of serving as an American Heart Association Training Center
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SOUTH CAROLINA REGIONAL COVERAGE
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What is a Continuing Education Consortium?
con·sor·ti·um • A cooperative arrangement among groups
or institutions.
Membership in the AHEC CE Consortium allows all employees of the agency to attend Continuing Education programs free of charge.
NOTE: Meals, roster fees and books, if required for a specific program are not included in consortium membership.
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What is a CE Consortium?
• Agencies pay a yearly fee to become members of the CE AHEC Consortium.
• Fee is based on total FTE count of institution.
• Price per FTE goes down as FTE count goes up
• Sign a Contractual Agreement• Between institution and AHEC Center• Defines duties/responsibilities of
each organization• Defines benefits to each organization
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Consortium Building
Three of the four South Carolina AHEC Centers have consortium members:
• Lowcountry AHEC
• Mid-Carolina AHEC
• Upstate AHEC
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Consortium Benefits
• How does it benefit AHEC?-Allows CE income projection for FY Budget-Increases participation in CE programs
*less cancellation of programs
• How does it benefit Consortium members?-Can budget for CE via their annual budget-Participation in CE Advisory Group
*Needs Assessment-Decreases their CE Cost
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Building and Sustaining a Consortium for Continuing Education
• How to Build A Consortium?• Market the concept
– Meet one on one with CEOs and Educators– Printed material, e-mail blast– Website
• Do good work – word of mouth• How to Sustain a Consortium?• Provide quality programs that increase
competency• Keep customers happy• Be innovative (alternative delivery)
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Key Points in Grant Generation for Continuing Education
What types of grants are available to AHECs?
• Federal• State• Local• Corporate• Foundation• Private
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How Does One Learn About Grants?• Federal Register• Internet• Grants Newsletters• Grants Publication• Conferences• Agency Newsletters and Notices• Catalogue of Federal Domestic
Assistance• Others
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How Do I Learn To Write a Grant?
•Books•Articles•Workshops•Colleague or Mentor• Just do it
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What Do the Best Grant Ideas Look Like?
• Fits your Center’s mission • Consistent with your strategic plan• Solves a problem - you can
document the need• Gets you and your key staff excited• Targets a specific, definable group• Involves the community-
Collaboration is the key• Innovative• Sustainable
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What is an RFP? Request for Proposal includes:
• Abstract• Needs Assessment• Methodology• Work Plan• Evaluation• Organization Specific Information• Budget• Appendices• Letters of Support or Commitment
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All Parts of the Proposal are NOT Equal• Need: the extent to which the proposal describes
the problem (20 points)• Response: degree to which the proposed project
responds to the need identified (25 points)• Impact: the extent and effectiveness plans for
disseminating the project results or degree to which the project is replicable (20 points)
• Resource/Capabilities: the extent to which the project personnel are qualified by training and/or expertise to implement the project (15 points)
• Evaluation: effectiveness of the method proposed to monitor the project results (10 points)
• Budget: the reasonableness of the proposed budget (10 points)
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Grant Resources
• www.grants.gov• www.grantwritersonline.co
m • www.foundationcenter.org• www.TGCI.com• www.gsa.gov/cfda
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Conference Planning
• Discuss steps in conference planning as a fee-for-service activity
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Why AHEC as Conference Planners?• Familiar with the CE needs &
audiences in our areas• Knowledgeable about meeting
spaces in our areas• Approved provider of CE• AHEC Coordinators
– Organized– Eye for detail– Accustomed to planning a year in
advance– Administrative support
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Steps in Conference Planning• Conference budget• Select appropriate target
audience based on topic• Select dates that do not conflict
with other conferences• Select appropriate venue based on
budget & space, site visit• Negotiating venue contract based
on hotel rooms reserved, meeting space, & catering
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Steps in Conference Planning• Recommend speakers, call for
abstracts, assist with bio data & objective forms
• Recommend sponsors/exhibitors, develop sponsor forms
• Develop registration and evaluation forms
• Set agenda to maximize hours of credit
• Prepare session descriptions based on objectives
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Steps in Conference Planning
• Apply for credits, placing correct credit statements on printed materials
• Market conference through mailing lists, etc
• Process registrations!• Prepare conference syllabus• Prepare name badges, attach ribbons,
designate vegetarian• AV equipment• Compute evaluation summary post
event
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AHA Training Center • Recognize community and
company benefits of serving as an American Heart Association Training Center
• A Training Center is an organization that has contracted with the AHA to provide basic &/or advanced life support training courses to the community and healthcare providers
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Agencies That Are AHA Training Centers
• Colleges; i.e. medical, nursing, allied health, or community colleges
• AHEC’s• Public safety agencies• Hospitals• EMS training agencies
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What Does an AHA Training Center Provide?
• Schedules and conducts AHA courses– Basic life support (BLS)– Advanced life support (ACLS)– Pediatric advanced life support (PALS)– Automated External Defibrillator (AED)– First Aid
• Maintain course and instructor records
• Issue course completion cards• Train and mentor instructors
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Criteria for Being an AHA Training Center
• Knowledge of healthcare environment in your community
• Follow the mission and guidelines of the AHA
• Must have sufficient administrative, financial, and staff resources
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For Additional Information Please Contact:
• Pam Bartley, RN, BS, CEN, CCRNEducation CoordinatorMid-Carolina [email protected]
• Bennie M. Pettit, MSEducation ConsultantUpstate AHEC [email protected]