Medical Bridges
Richard J. Daley CollegeOne of the City Colleges of Chicago
Medical Career Bridges
• Goals:•
• To fill-in the learning gaps of the student’s basic skills.• Give student’s hands-on experience in the health
vocational program using the contextualized training model.
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• 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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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
Three Healthcare Tracks upon successful completion of Bridge
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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 Specialty
Four Days per Week One Day per Week
Hours Week 1-7 Week 1-7*
1.5Workplace Mathematics
60 hours
Medical TerminologyAnatomy and Physiology
Hands-on demonstrations and assessment
1.5
Workplace CommunicationsEmployment Skills
Careers in Discipline84 hours
2Reading for Information
56 Hours
Computer Literacy56 Hours
AssessmentWeek 1 – TABE
LocatorTABE Level 9
Week 8 – TABE Level 9COMPASS testing
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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 146
Total students completing pre-bridge 13
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 103
Students completing CNA 75
Students completing PCT 64
Students registered for college credit 57
Students registered for LPN/RN prerequisites 41
Students enrolled in LPN program 4
Bridge Students pending program start for Spring 2010 29
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• HealthCare Bridge Uniqueness:
1. 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.
2. 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
3. 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.
4. All students are to complete externships at each level of training.
5. 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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