Meetings and Events

2011 DATES:
 

March 3-5, 2011 - Bedford, TX                                Meeting Agenda          Accreditation Actions

July 16-19, 2011 - Vail, CO                                      Meeting Agenda          Accreditation Actions

November 17-19, 2011 - Bedford, TX                    Meeting Agenda          Accreditation Actions

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2012 DATES:                                                                       2012 Third Party Comments List

March 22-24, 2012 - Bedford, TX

July 11-14, 2012 - Santa Fe, NM

November 1-3, 2012 - Bedford, TX

For additional details, please contact: Shelley Christensen (817) 283-2835 ext 100 or at shelley@coarc.com

CoARC Symposium: What Every RC Educator Should Know About

Accreditation of respiratory care programs by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) includes a comprehensive review of the program relative to the accreditation Standards. Accreditation decisions are based on the CoARC’s review of information contained in the accreditation application and self-study report, the report of site visit evaluation teams, the annual Report of Current Status, and any additional requested reports or documents submitted to the CoARC by the program. This symposium provides essential information designed to successfully navigate program faculty through the accreditation process.  Below are topics, presenters and outlines for the presentations: 

Reviewing and Analyzing Your New Annual Report

Stephen Mikles EdS, RRT, FAARC

Attendees will be provided with an update on CoARC’s new Web-based annual reporting tool, E-Accreditation. The presenter will focus on the processes and strategies for successfully reviewing and analyzing the annual report data.

How to Evaluate Students in the Laboratory

Gary C. White, MEd, RRT, RPFT

The presenter will describe the role of the respiratory care laboratory in preparing students for entry into the clinical environment and cover the CoARC standards that apply to the respiratory care laboratory and evaluation of students in the laboratory setting. The presenter will describe the structured activities that are common to laboratory instruction and discuss methods that may be utilized to evaluate respiratory care student performance in the laboratory setting. The presenter will also compare the commercially available tools for evaluating respiratory care students in the laboratory; Describe how to create your own laboratory evaluation instruments; and list the CoARC requirements for recordkeeping.

Developing and Evaluating Inter-Rater Reliability Measures

Pat Munzer, DHSc, RRT, FAARC

This presentation will give an overview of how one program developed an Inter-rater Reliability Program for use by their clinical instructors. Take home ideas will be given so participants can develop their own program.

Participants will be able to:

1. obtain ideas on how to develop an inter-rater reliability program

2. discuss how to use the program to evaluate the instructors

3. discuss what to do with the data

How to Evaluate Students in Clinical

Gary C. White, MEd, RRT, RPFT

The presenter will: (1) Describe the purpose of clinical instruction in the respiratory care curriculum (2) List the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) standards that apply to the evaluation of students in the clinical setting (3) Discuss the challenges faced by programs assessing the student’s clinical competence (4) Differentiate between global student evaluation and skill/competence evaluation (5) Describe the common domains assessed during a student’s clinical experience (6) Describe instruments that may be employed in the evaluation of students in the clinical setting (7) Describe the development of custom evaluation instruments (8) Discuss strategies that may be employed to improve inter-rater reliability among clinical faculty.

H.F. Helmholz Educational Lecture Series

Topic: Career Pathways in Respiratory Care

Presenters:

David L. Vines, MHS, RRT, Chairman, Department of Respiratory Care, Rush University

Thomas D. Jones, MEd, RRT, CPFT, LRCP, Program Director, Arkansas State University – Mountain Home

Career pathways may be used in the health professions to allow individuals who are already working in the healthcare field to move into other areas of practice.  Career pathways assist people in making the right career and educational choices so that they can achieve their goals.  Career pathways may expand individuals' skills sets, scope of practice, or allow them to move into management, education, research or specialized practice.  This presentation will offer the perspectives of a program director from an associate degree respiratory care program and a program director from bachelor's and graduate degree respiratory care program on how graduates can advance their educational and career goals.

This year, CoARC will continue with its "Meet the Commissioners" session.  Some of the topics will be:

• Recent changes to CoARC policies, procedures, and documentation involving the referee process;
• What is required for accreditation and what is recommended for improvement of the program; and
• How to communicate appropriately and effectively with the program referee and Executive Office staff.

Specific programmatic questions (e.g., reaccreditation timeline, program action letters, status of recent actions or requests, etc.) should be directed to the Executive Office at any time.

We strongly encourage Program Directors and Directors of Clinical Education to submit questions which will be addressed at the session by one of our Commissioners or Executive Office Staff. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions at the event.

Please pre‐submit any questions that you would like to be addressed to Shelley Christensen at shelley@coarc.com. Time and room location to be announced.

COARC WORKSHOP FOR NEW PROGRAM PERSONNEL

Don't Sleep on It!  Does Your Polysomnography Program Meet Current Standards?

Thomas Smalling, PhD, RRT, RPFT, RPSGT, FAARC

Attendees will be provided with an overview of the new accreditation standards and its implications for programs offering the polysomnography program option.  The presenter will focus on recent changes in accreditation of polysomnography programs and the strategies for implementing programmatic changes to address compliance with the new standards.

CLICK HERE to view the PowerPoint presentation.

What Every New DCE Needs to Know

Kathy Rye, EdD, RRT, FAARC

The presenter will cover issues relevant to the role and responsibilities of this key personnel position with emphasis placed on accreditation requirements.  The speaker will discuss the job responsibilities of the DCE, all aspects of the program; including the management, administration, continuous review and analysis, planning, development and gerneral effectiveness of the program.  The DCE's responsibilities in the program re-accreditation process will also be discussed.

CLICK HERE to view the PowerPoint presentation.

What Every New PD Needs to Know

Thomas Hill, PhD, RRT, FAARC

The presenter will cover issues relevant to the role and responsibilities of this key personnel position with emphasis placed on accreditation requirements.  The speaker will discuss the job responsibilities of the PD, all aspects of the program; including the management, administration, continuous review and analysis, planning, development and gerneral effectiveness of the program.  The PD's responsibilities in the program re-accreditation process will also be discussed.

CLICK HERE to view the PowerPoint presentation.

Methods for Improving Survey Return Rates and Result Reporting

Stephen Mikles EdS, RRT, FAARC

The presenter will discuss methods for improving the return rates of the CoARC Graduate and Employer Surveys, as well as, reporting of the results in the CoARC Annual Report of Current Status.  The presenter will also review methods for maintaining survey records and completing the Survey Worksheet section of the CoARC Annual Report of Current Status.  This presentation will be interactive with members of the audience sharing methods that have improved their survey return rates.

CLICK HERE to view the PowerPoint presentation.

Below is the history of the Dr. H. Fred Helmholz, MD Education Lecture Series presentations:

2011 - Career Pathways in Respiratory Care - David L. Vines, MHS, RRT and Thomas D. Jones, MEd, RRT, CPFT, LRCP.

2010 - “A Pedagogy for Today’s Learner” – Mark Taylor, MSW, EdD

2009 – “Evidenced-Based Guidelines and Practice: How are We Doing in Respiratory Care?” – Joe Sorbello, MEd,

           RRT

2008 – “Viva la Experience: Theory and Practice of Experiential Education in Respiratory Care – Jeff Ward, MEd,

           RRT

2007 – “Respiratory Care as a Profession: Are We There Yet?” – David Shelledy, PhD, RRT, RPFT, FAARC

2006 – “Using Simulation Technology to Prepare the Next Generation of Respiratory Therapists” - Viva Jo Siddall,

           MS, RRT

2005 – “Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Threshold Success” – Erna Boone, MEd, RRT and Bob DeLorme, EdS, RRT

2004 – “The Dynamic Web Classroom” – Sal Sanders, MS, RRT, CPFT

2003 – “Managers and Educators Working Hand-in-Hand” – Thomas Johnson, MS, RRT, and Mike Nazarro, MPH, 

           RRT

2002- “The Role of the Advisory Committee & Employers in Shaping the Future of Respiratory Care” – Garry

          Kauffman, MPA, RRT

2001 – “Teaching Patient Assessment to the Respiratory Care Student” – Robert Wilkins, PhD, RRT

2000 – “Student Recruitment and Retention: A Marketing Perspective” – William Turner, PhD

1999 – “Computer Technology – New Paradigms in Education” – Jon Nilsestuen, PhD, RRT, FAARC, Marilyn Childers,

           PhD, RRT and Stephen Fracek, PhD

1998 – “Critical Thinking in Respiratory Care” – Shelley Mishoe, PhD, RRT, FAARC

1997 – “The History of Respiratory Care” – H. Fred Helmholz Jr., MD