| Mission Statement: The mission of the Emergency Medical Services Education program is to provide quality educational programs for emergency health care professionals and other emergency response providers in central and northeastern Nevada. |
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| 1. Goal: Maintain quality, up-to-date curriculum. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
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1.1 Objective: Eliminated Last changed on 01/20/2010 by Cliff Ferry
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| 2. Goal: Select and develop high quality faculty, full-time and adjunct. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
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2.1 Objective: Implement programs for adjunct faculty. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Due 01 of 2011 |
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2.1.1 Task: Develop position descriptions and qualifications for adjunct faculty for EMT Basic, Intermediate and Paramedic courses. Last changed on 04/27/2010 by Karen Mowrey
Status: Ongoing |
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2.1.2 Task: Identify and recruit additional adjunct faculty to teach EMT Basic and EMT Intermediate courses in order to redirect workload of EMS coordinator to the Paramedic program. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Ongoing |
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2.1.3 Task: Identify and recruit adjunct faculty that are qualified to teach sections of the paramedic courses and/or serve as preceptors for clinical and field portions of the course. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Ongoing |
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2.1.4 Task: Develop and implement an orientation for EMS adjunct faculty. Last changed on 04/27/2010 by Karen Mowrey
Status: Ongoing |
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2.1.5 Task: Identify and qualified adjunct faculty for the outlying GBC service areas, including Nye County. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Ongoing |
| 3. Goal: Recruit and retain qualified students. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
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3.1 Objective: Begin advising students, Spring 2012. Last changed on 04/27/2010 by Karen Mowrey
Status: Ongoing |
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3.1.1 Task: Develop application, admission requirements, and selection process, limiting enrollment to 12 students. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Due 05 of 2010 |
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3.1.2 Task: Enhance enrollment by utilizing IAV, on-line courses and interactive courses with weekend skills labs to accommodate the non-traditional student. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Ongoing |
| 4. Goal: Maintain effective department organization and operation with adequate resources. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
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4.1 Objective: Actively seek funding sources through grants and employers for more laboratory space, equipment and adjunct faculty positions Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Ongoing |
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4.1.1 Task: Work with AHEC in identifying available faculty and equipment resources/ applied for a HRSA grant for $50,000.00 to equip room 106 as an EMT/Advanced nursing lab. The grant was awarded for this project and will probably be available in July 2010. Last changed on 04/27/2010 by Karen Mowrey
Status: Ongoing |
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4.2 Objective: Collaborate with other departments in Health Sciences and Human services to maximize our available laboratory space and equipment through innovative scheduling. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Due 08 of 2010 |
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4.2.1 Task: Develop a schedule for the use of the lab facilities for departments, including evenings and weekends to accommodate all labs. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Ongoing |
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4.2.2 Task: Combine lab sessions to accommodate more than one department for skills that are common to more than one discipline (e.g., medication administration for nursing and paramedic students). Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Due 08 of 2010 |
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4.2.3 Task: Develop additional clinical affiliation agreements for paramedic student clinical requirements and internships around the state of Nevada. Last changed on 04/27/2010 by Karen Mowrey
Status: Due 06 of 2012 |
| 5. Goal: Ensure quality of program and obtain/maintain accreditation. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
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5.1 Objective: Seek Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions (CoAoEMSP) accreditation. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Due 10 of 2012 |
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5.1.1 Task: Complete initial application. Last changed on 04/27/2010 by Karen Mowrey
Status: Due 06 of 2012 |
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5.1.2 Task: Submit application and self study. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Due 10 of 2010 |
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5.1.3 Task: Host site visit due 10/2011 Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Due 10 of 2011 |
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5.1.4 Task: Receive and respond to, as appropriate, the Evaluation and Assessment Report. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Due 10 of 2012 |
| 6. Goal: Meet the health sciences workforce needs in rural Nevada. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
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6.1 Objective: Market the Emergency Medical Services courses and programs, and continuing education and credentialing requirements throughout the GBC service area for Health professionals. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Ongoing |
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6.1.1 Task: Network with colleagues at local and regional conferences to develop a sense of their priorities and training needs. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Ongoing |
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6.1.2 Task: Market EMS courses and programs at school job fairs to promote a continuous pipeline of students seeking to enter the EMS professions. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Ongoing |
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6.1.3 Task: Market EMT-Basic and EMT – Intermediate classes as the first steps to qualifying for admission to the AAS Paramedic program. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Ongoing |
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6.1.4 Task: Offer Basic Life Support classes on a continuing basis to help students in obtaining prerequisites for the Nursing, Radiology, Certified Nursing Assistant, and EMS courses and programs. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Ongoing |
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6.1.5 Task: Offer Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) courses for those groups that require credentialing in these courses. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Ongoing |
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6.2 Objective: Establish an Emergency Medical Services Paramedic AAS degree program, incorporating new curriculum standards. Last changed on 04/27/2010 by Karen Mowrey
Status: Due 06 of 2012 |
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6.2.1 Task: Submit Associate Degree Program EMS-Paramedic to the Curriculum and Articulation Committee for approval due 2/2010 Last changed on 04/27/2010 by Karen Mowrey
Status: Completed |
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6.2.2 Task: Submit program to the GBC Faculty Senate. Last changed on 04/27/2010 by Karen Mowrey
Status: Completed |
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6.2.3 Task: Submit approved program to NSHE Academic Affairs Council 3/2012. Last changed on 04/27/2010 by Karen Mowrey
Status: Due 03 of 2012 |
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6.2.4 Task: Submit program to the Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities. Added on 01/04/2010 by Cliff Ferry
Status: Due 06 of 2010 |
