PTA Advisory Board Meeting
Meeting Minutes
March 18, 2009
Present: Wendy Bircher, Therese Millis, Amy Cooper, Jackie Underwood, Brittney Norman, Greg McManus, Regina Scheffing, Tom Wiley, and Don Blackburn
Next Meeting: June 17, 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 for online and on-campus programs will be stopped as early of February due to the economy.
III. New Business:
· Pass Rate for the Class of 2007 is 100%
· Pass Rate for the Class of 2008 is 78% (7/9 have passes exam; 2 still need to take the exam for
first time)
· Online Class of 2009 (19) – Two students are on a formal plan of action (POA) for academic
· reasons
· On-Campus Class of 2009 (7) – All students are on their final full-time clinical rotation
· On-Campus Class of 2010 – 8 students still in the program; one has dropped; two on POA
· Online Class of 2010 – 19 students still in the program; two have dropped; 3 on a POA
· Self-Study has been completed, reviewed, and accepted by Advisory Board members. Plan to submit final report the first week of May
· Kroll will be the additional background check company we will use prior to clinical placement
· Review of new Health Careers Brochure
· Discontinue fees collected for licensing exam beginning with next cohort in January 2010
· Compliment/complaint link has been added to PTA Program website at:
· 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%)
· Decrease in observation hours from 20 to 5 without site specific requirement
· Review and acceptance of the following policy and other changes:
o Academic Requirement Policy
o Clinical Competence and Resolution Policy
o Clinical Site and Academic Program Communication Policy
o Clinical Site Placement Policy
o Clinical Skills Assessment Policy
o Evaluation of Students Policy
o Student confidentiality statement
o Memorandum of Agreement
o Formal Plan of Action
o Program Fees for Online and On-Campus Students
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
· CEU’s for CI from the state of NM for a maximum of 10 contact hours in one year/one time only
· APTA Clinical Instructor Credentialing Course will be August 22-23 at San Juan College
Wendy Bircher, PT. EdD. 3-18-09
On-Campus PTA Program Director Date
Therese Millis, PT
Online PTA Program Director