Present:
Wendy Bircher, Therese Millis, Amy Cooper, Jackie Underwood, Kim Noyes,
Brittney Norman, Barbara Christensen, Greg McManus, Regina Scheffing, Alicia
Souvignier, Tony Flores
Next
Meeting: March 18, 2009 PTA Lab Room #55333
I.
Announcements:
·
Previous
PTA Advisory Board Meeting Minutes are now available on the PTA Program
website: www.sanjuancollege.edu/pta
II.
Old Business:
·
Continued
additions to library to supplement material
for licensing exams.
·
Budgets
changes for online and on-campus programs may continue, due to the economy.
III.
New Business:
·
Pass
Rate for the Class of 2007 is 100%
·
Pass
Rate for the Class of 2008 is 66% (6/11 have taken exam; 4 have passed)
·
Online
Class of 2009 (19) – Five students are on a formal plan of action for academic
reasons
·
On-Campus
Class of 2009 (7) – All students are on their full-time clinical rotations
·
On-Campus
Class of 2010 – 9 students have been accepted into the program
·
Online
Class of 2010 – 21 students were been accepted into the program. Students
are from the
following places:
Ø Santa Fe, NM
Ø Pagosa
Springs, CO
Ø Albuquerque,
NM
Ø Hot Springs,
AR
Ø Morro Bay,
CA
Ø Lockeford,
CA
Ø Alamogordo,
NM
Ø Socorro, NM
Ø Cayucos, CA
Ø Marshalltown,
OH
Ø Homedale, ID
Ø Rapid city,
SD
Ø Lafayette, LA
Ø Grand
Rapids, MI
Ø Boise, ID
Ø St.
Martinville, LA
Ø New
Braunfels, TX
Ø Roselle, IL
Ø St. Pauls,
NC
Ø Edinburg, TX
Ø Santa
Teresa, NM
·
Section
One of the Self Study has been reviewed by PTA Program faculty. It will
be sent to college departments for responses, following that, the Advisory
Board will review it
·
The
PTA Program faculty have completed the revisions of all course syllabi and
ensured compliance with the “Normative Model of Physical Therapist
Education: Version 2007”
·
Review
of the PTA Program’s Systematic Evaluation Plan Overview to continue compliance
with CAPTE’s evaluative criteria on an annual basis
·
Due
to challenges with the criminal
background check, this policy is in the process of being revised, with legal
assistance from the college’s attorney. The current online background
assessment includes the following checks:
o Patriot Act
o Social
Security Alert
o Residency
History
o Criminal
Records
o Nationwide
Database
o NM
Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Scan
·
The
PTA Program Mission Statement was revised and the Advisory Board Members
accepted the revisions (this statement will be re-evaluated and revised at a
later date)
· The PTA
Program may host an APTA Credentialing Course for Clinical Instructors in May
2009, more information to come
· Tuition will
increase beginning this summer 2009 semester from:
o $30/credit
hour to $32/credit hour for in-state residents
o $40/credit
hour to $70/credit hour for out-of-state residents
·
Based
on Board approval from the college, the PTA Program may initiate additional
program fees for travel to online and on-campus clinical externships at the
following rate:
o $150/semester
for on-campus students
o $250/semester
for online students
·
Review
of the APTA’s Minimum Competencies of Physical Therapist Assistant Graduates
at Entry Level was submitted to the board for their review
·
The
College is in the process of developing a Health Science Career Brochure to
highlight the programs offered on-campus
·
Discussion
regarding the new wing of the Health Science building for the PTA Program
·
Discussed
the discontinuation of interviews in the admissions process for the PTA Program
Acceptance is now based on the following:
o GPA (65%)
o Health
Occupation Aptitude Exam (20%)
o References
(15%)
o New Mexico
Resident (5%)
o Re-applicant
credit for students’ waitlisted the previous year (1%)
IV.
Upcoming Workshops:
·
Free
Power Point Presentation on the general concepts of the PTA MACS for 6.0 CEU’s
·
Free
Power Point Presentation on the specific skills of the PTA MACS for 4.0 CEU’s
Wendy Bircher,
PT. EdD.
1-15-09
On-Campus
PTA Program Director
Date
Therese
Millis,
PT
Online PTA Program Director