CAAHEP Communiqué October 2018

CAAHEP Communiqué

October 2018

From the President

Fall is upon us. For those of us in an academic setting, the fall semester is well under way as is the football season. The two go together like bread and butter. If you are fortunate enough to live in an area of the United States where there actually are four seasons, each with its own unique weather, you are experiencing the change in temperatures. The drop in temperatures forces us to change our wardrobe to warmer clothes with long sleeves and duller colors to match the gloominess of the autumn weather. In addition to the change in temperature and our wardrobe, the leaves on the trees are changing, time will change, and even menus will change in our favorite restaurants as well as on our dinner table at home. How I look forward to that first taste of warm cider from the harvested apples on a chilly day or to eat that first piece of pumpkin pie that was made from a large orange pumpkin that once grew in a pumpkin patch. Changes from summer to fall bring new opportunities so let’s embrace and appreciate them.

Whether you call it fall or autumn, this time of year can be associated with melancholia for some of us. Summertime fun is a memory and the cooler temperatures remind us of the bitter cold of winter that is approaching. These changes cause many people to turn inward, both physically and mentally. But to make lemonade out of the lemons, this period of melancholy inspired many writers and poets to write positively about autumn, perhaps to cheer us up. Here are three of my favorites quotes about autumn:

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking successive autumns." — George Eliot
"Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree." — Emily Bronte
"Summer ends, and autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night." — Hal Borland

So as we get back to CAAHEP business, ‘tis the season for strategic planning, again. It is hard to believe the plan that we developed three years ago has met its end, much like the once green leaves on the trees that brought us shade from the sun but now are turning to those beautiful bright colors and will eventually fall from the trees. I was reviewing past issues of the October Communiqué and found that two past presidents, Dr. McPherson (2010) and Dr. Skalko (2014), both led the charge to develop strategic plans for CAAHEP. So here am I, about to follow suit of these two leaders as we develop a new strategic plan in January 2019. As you think about where CAAHEP has been over the past years and where you would like to see CAHHEP go in the coming years, please share your thoughts with the Board, the staff and our executive director.

As the clock continues to tick and we all grow older, so does CAAHEP. All of us are well aware of our age and how our body changes as we grow older each year but do you realize that CAAHEP is growing older along with us? In 2019 CAAHEP will celebrate its 25th Anniversary . The staff and Board have already started planning for this special event in our history. We will officially kick off our anniversary in April at the Annual Meeting and will continue to celebrate our history through the following April. A special 2019 Annual Meeting Logo has been created to acknowledge this milestone. I invite you to be an important part of our 25 ^th anniversary by attending the 2019 Annual Meeting (April 14-15) at the Hotel Menger in San Antonio, Texas. The meeting theme is “ CAAHEP’s Silver Anniversary: 25 Years of Doing What Matters. ” Be a part of the celebration by attending the 2019 Annual Meeting. We are CAAHEP strong because of you!

There will be many activities in the next year as we celebrate our past and look to the future. In addition to the special celebration at the annual meeting in San Antonio to kick off our anniversary, some of the other activities will include guest blogs, which will be published each month, sharing photos from past events, a timeline of our history, and a special section on the CAAHEP website with historical information and highlights. If you have any photographs from past CAAHEP events, please feel free to send them to the Office so that your photographs can be included in the celebration.

As you continue to enjoy the fall weather, wearing your favorite warm sweater, sipping on a pumpkin spice drink or warm apple cider, or perhaps smelling the aroma of burning leaves from a neighbor’s yard, keep in mind that the CAAHEP executive director, staff and Board of Directors are all here for you and appreciate you as an important part of our organization. As we look forward to the change of season and the year ahead of us, I want to share one last quote about autumn with you. This quote is by Samuel Butler, "autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits." Have a great fall, may your football team be victorious, and may you enjoy a very Happy Thanksgiving dinner with your loved ones. We have much to be thankful for in the coming year as CAAHEP continues doing what matters. I am thankful for what you have done to make CAAHEP the great organization that it is today.

Gregory Ferenchak, Ed.D., R.T.(R)(QM)

President

What is CHEA and Why Does It Matter?

Submitted by Kathleen Megivern, JD, CAAHEP Executive Vice President

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is the non-governmental body that “accredits the accreditors.” CAAHEP has been recognized by CHEA since the very beginning of both organizations. We are deeply committed to the principle of “third party recognition.” So, it was deeply distressing when we received a letter from CHEA in March that threatened us with the loss of that recognition if we failed to fully meet the CHEA criteria by October 1 ^st.

CHEA has become very focused on transparency issues (as has the US Department of Education and others involved in accreditation). So, there were two areas in their criteria where they found CAAHEP to be deficient. The first had to do with the requirement that all accredited programs must post on their website the results of at least one student learning outcome (graduation, job placement, certification or licensure pass rates). Our Committees on Accreditation knew this requirement was coming and they all adopted policies about what should be posted. But progress in getting those links was very slow and, basically, CHEA ran out of patience! So CAAHEP staff, along with several of our CoAs worked all summer to compile the URLs for student learning outcomes. We were able to submit a spreadsheet on October 1 ^st that contained links for all but 7 of our programs with continuing accreditation. We even had several Initial programs that were able to supply links. In total, we submitted 1,920 URLs. But the job is not done as we learned when we began reviewing links that were fine a few months ago but were now broken. We need the cooperation of every accredited program to make sure you have a working link posted and to let us know if the URL changes (contact katie@caahep.org).

The second area of transparency has to do with publishing for all the world to see, the bases for accreditation decisions. While we had been doing that for adverse decisions, we needed to also include the information for awards of accreditation. That means that all citations (Standards not met) needed to be published every time the Board of Directors takes an accreditation action. In order to do that, we first had to amend our confidentiality policy because previously the content of award letters was considered confidential. We have now added the following statement to our confidentiality policy:

“In order to comply with the need for public disclosure, CAAHEP will publish the Standards citations that appear in accreditation award letters.”

So, after every CAAHEP Board of Directors meeting you can find a report on the CAAHEP website that discloses every action, the bases for those actions, whether and when progress reports are due and when the next comprehensive evaluation will take place.

CHEA has revised its criteria and it’s clear that in the future the issues of transparency and student learning outcomes will be even more “front and center.” Once the new criteria are finalized we will be reporting on the changes to come.

Two More Program Firsts

During its September 21st meeting, the CAAHEP Board approved initial accreditation of the first Clinical Research Professional programs. Congratulations to the Masters of Science in Clinical Research Management, Masters of Science in Clinical Research Management - Regulatory Science Focus, and

Clinical Research Management Graduate Certificate programs from Arizona State University in Phoenix!

The CAAHEP Board also approved the first Art Therapy program in September. Congratulations to Master's in Art Therapy program at Edinboro University, in Edinboro, Pennsylvania!

Report from the SDMS Liaison Meeting

Katie Kuntz, CAAHEP Vice President, recently attended the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) Liaison meeting in Orlando, Florida, and submitted the following report.

Twenty-one organizations including physician, scientist, certification, professional society, and accreditation organizations participated and gave input. Representatives from all three of the sonography related CAAHEP CoAs, the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS), the Joint Review Committee on Education in Cardiovascular Technology (JRC-CVT), and the Committee on Accreditation for Advanced Cardiovascular Sonography CoA-ACS), were also in attendance. Topics of interest to CAAHEP included a robust discussion of the ongoing challenge to define minimum standards vs advanced practice. Opportunities for career advancement currently exist for lead clinical technologists, lab directors, managers, and technical directors. SDMS stated they are currently looking at the minimum education standards including the desire to establish and require an entry-level academic degree for the professions and determining where advanced practice fits in. While no conclusions were drawn, some models discussed included exploring recognition of advanced practice that would fall outside an academic model, i.e., more along the lines of earning a badge or certificate based on demonstration of experiential achievements and continuing education which differs from the current CoA-ACS approach to formal academic education and CAAHEP accreditation. Overall, CAAHEP can expect that ongoing discussion regarding support for advanced practice models from communities of interest will continue.

Other key topics discussed were:

Work Relate Musculoskeletal Injury – in spite of over a decade of education and discussion, nothing has changed in numbers of career altering injuries. The American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) has launched a “Grand Challenge” to explore solutions.
An update of legislative actions to license sonographers was provided. Currently, only 4 states have licensure for the professions.

CAAHEP can expect updates on these issues that face the three imaging Committees on Accreditation and their professions.

WELCOME NEW COMMISSIONERS

Please join CAAHEP in welcoming the following new

CAAHEP Commissioners:

Daniel Herold, RPSGT , Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists

Teresa Beck, PhD, CTRS , Committee on Accreditation of Recreational Therapy Education

Visit the CAAHEP website for a full list of Sponsoring Organization

and Commissioners.

Accreditation Actions

Each profession in the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) system has a Committee on Accreditation (CoA) that consists of experts in the profession that are responsible for reviewing programs and making appropriate recommendations for accreditation to CAAHEP. CAAHEP reviews recommendations received from its CoAs in each profession, assures due process was followed, and takes final action on an accreditation status.

CAAHEP took the following actions at its September 21, 2018 meeting. Actions are identified by profession, action taken, and date of the next comprehensive evaluation. In some cases, the concentration and/or degree are also specified.Where available, links to the programs' website are provided.

The following programs were found to be in compliance with the accreditation Standards and Guidelines and were granted continuing accreditation , with the next comprehensive evaluation to occur no later than 2023 . These actions require no progress report and were approved on the consent agenda.

Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Allen College, Waterloo, IA (General)

Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI (Cardiac)

Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology, Delray Beach, FL (General)

Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology, Delray Beach, FL (Cardiac)

Georgia Northwestern Technical College-Rome, Rome, GA (General)

Georgia Northwestern Technical College-Rome, Rome, GA (Cardiac)

Georgia Northwestern Technical College-Rome, Rome, GA (Vascular)

Hunter Business School, Medford, NY (General)

Hunter Business School, Medford, NY (Cardiac)

University of Kansas Medical Center-University of Kansas School of Health Professions, Kansas City, KS (Cardiac)

Emergency Medical Services-Paramedic

Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, NC

Lexington Division of Fire and Emergency Services, Lexington, KY

Northern Virginia Community College, Springfield, VA

Point Loma Nazarene University/EMSTA College for EMS, Santee, CA

San Jacinto College North, Houston, TX

Texas Engineering Extension Service, College Station, TX

Western Technical College, La Crosse, WI

Orthotist/Prosthetist

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

The following program was found to be in compliance with the accreditation Standards and Guidelines and was granted continuing accreditation , with the next comprehensive evaluation to occur no later than 2024. This action requires no progress report and was approved on the consent agenda.

Medical Assisting

Capital Community College, Hartford, CT (Associate)

The following programs were found to be in compliance with the accreditation Standards and Guidelines and were granted continuing accreditation , with the next comprehensive evaluation to occur no later than 2027 . These actions require no progress report and were approved on the consent agenda.

Medical Assisting

Bryant & Stratton College-Parma, Parma, OH (Associate)

Century College, White Bear Lake, MN (Diploma)

Coastal Pines Technical College, Waycross, GA (Diploma)

College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL (Certificate)

Durham Technical Community College, Durham, NC (Diploma)

Harrison College-Evansville, Evansville, IN (Diploma)

Ivy Tech Community College-Marion, Marion, IN (Associate)

Macomb Community College, Clinton Township, MI (Certificate)

Northeast Texas Community College, Mount Pleasant, TX (Associate)

Owens Community College, Toledo, OH (Associate)

South University-Savannah, Savannah, GA (Associate)

Wayne County Schools Career Center, Smithville, OH (Certificate)

White Mountains Community College, Berlin, NH (Certificate)

The following programs were found to be in compliance with the accreditation Standards and Guidelines and were granted continuing accreditation , with the next comprehensive evaluation to occur no later than 2028. These actions require no progress report and were approved on the consent agenda.

Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Arkansas State University-Jonesboro, Jonesboro, AR (General)

Blackhawk Technical College, Janesville, WI (General)

Blackhawk Technical College, Janesville, WI (Vascular)

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL (General)

Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA (General)

West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, WV (General)

Neurodiagnostic Technology

Medical Education and Training Campus (METC), JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX (Polysomnography add-on)

Surgical Technology

Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA

The following program was found to be in substantial compliance with the accreditation Standards and Guidelines, with one or more Standards requiring a progress report to be submitted to the appropriate Committee on Accreditation (CoA). The program was granted continuing accreditation , with the next comprehensive evaluation to occur no later than 2022 . A link to the cited Standard is provided.

Medical Assisting

LDS Business College, Salt Lake City, UT (Certificate)

Standard:

III.C.2. Resources-Curriculum

Progress Report Due: November 1, 2019

The following programs were found to be in substantial compliance with the accreditation Standards and Guidelines, with one or more Standards requiring a progress report to be submitted to the appropriate Committee on Accreditation (CoA). The programs were granted continuing accreditation , with the next comprehensive evaluation to occur no later than 2023 . Links to the cited Standards are provided.

Emergency Medical Services-Paramedic

Advocate Bromenn Medical Center, OSF St Joseph Medical Center, and McLean County Area EMS System Paramedic Training Program Consortium, Normal, IL

Standards:

Progress Report Due: June 1, 2019

Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL

Standard:

Standard II.C. Program Goals-Minimum Expectations

Progress Report Due: December 1, 2018

Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, TX

Standards:

Progress Report Due: September 1, 2019

Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, CA

Standard:

V.A.4. Fair Practices-Publications and Disclosure

Progress Report Due: December 1, 2018

Dixie State University, St George, UT

Standards:

Progress Report Due: March 1, 2019

Fortis College-Smyrna, Smryna, GA

Standards:

Progress Report Due: June 1, 2019

Four County Career Center, Archbold, OH

Standard:

III.B.2.a.(8) Resources - Medical Director Responsibilities

Progress Report Due: December 1, 2018

Gadsden State Community College, Gadsden, AL

Standards:

Progress Report Due: June 1, 2019

Georgia Piedmont Technical College, Clarkston, GA

Standards:

Progress Report Due: December 1, 2018

Hendricks Regional Health, Danville, IN

Standard:

V.A.2. Fair Practices - Publications and Disclosure

Progress Report Due: December 1, 2018

Ivy Tech Community College-Madison, Madison, IN

Standards:

Progress Report Due: March 1, 2019

Kennebec Valley Community College, Fairfield, ME

Standard:

III.A.1. Resources - Type and Amount Program Resources

Progress Report Due: December 1, 2018

Loudoun County Fire and Rescue, Leesburg, VA

Standard:

III.C.2. Resources - Curriculum

Progress Report Due: December 1, 2018

Northern Maine Community College, Presque Isle, ME

Standards:

Progress Report Due: June 1, 2019

Panola College, Carthage, TX

Standards:

Progress Report Due: March 1, 2019

Pasco-Hernando State College, New Port Richey, FL

Standard:

III.B.1.a.(6) Resources - Program Director Responsibilities

Progress Report Due: March 1, 2019

Springfield College, Springfield, MA

Standards:

Progress Report Due: September 1, 2019

Thomas Jefferson Univ Hosp-JeffSTAT EMS Education Center, Philadelphia, PA

Standards:

Progress Report Due: December 1, 2019

Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College-Rice Lake, Rice Lake, WI

Standards:

Progress Report Due: June 1, 2019

Medical Assisting

Community College of Allegheny County-West Mifflin (South Campus), West Mifflin, PA (Certificate)

Standard:

III.C.2. Resources-Curriculum

Progress Report Due: August 1, 2019

Medical Assisting

Pensacola State College, Pensacola, FL (Certificate)

Standards:

Progress Report Due: May 1, 2019

Medical Assisting

Ellsworth Community College, Iowa Falls, IA (Diploma)

Standards:

Progress Report Due: November 1, 2019

Fairfield Career Center (EVSD), Carroll, OH (Certificate)

Standards:

Progress Report Due: November 1, 2019

Midstate College, Peoria, IL (Associate)

Standards :

Progress Report Due: November 1, 2020

National College-Memphis, Memphis, TN (Associate)

Standard:

III.C.2. Resources-Curriculum

Progress Report Due: November 1, 2020

Piedmont Community College, Roxboro, NC (Associate)

Standards:

Progress Report Due: May 1, 2019

The following programs were found to be in compliance with the accreditation Standards and Guidelines and were granted initial accreditation for a period not to exceed five (5) years . These actions require no progress report and were approved on the consent agenda.

Clinical Research

Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ (Masters of Science in Clinical Research Management)

Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ (Masters of Science in Clinical Research Management - Regulatory Science Focus)

Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ (Clinical Research Management Graduate Certificate)

Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Augusta Technical College, Augusta, GA (General)

Bellin College, Green Bay, WI (General)

Bellin College, Green Bay, WI (Vascular)

Sanford Medical Center Fargo, Fargo, ND (General)

Sanford Medical Center Fargo, Fargo, ND (Cardiac)

Sanford Medical Center Fargo, Fargo, ND (Vascular)

Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK (Vascular)

University of Kansas Medical Center-University of Kansas School of Health Professions, Kansas City, KS (Pediatric Cardiac)

University of Kansas Medical Center-University of Kansas School of Health Professions, Kansas City, KS (Vascular)

Emergency Medical Services-Paramedic

Alamance Community College, Graham, NC

Bay de Noc Community College, Escanaba, MI

Coral Springs Regional Institute of Public Safety, Coral Springs, FL

Excelsior Springs Area Career Center & Liberty Hospital Consortium for Paramedic Education, Excelsior Springs, MO

Henry Ford College, Dearborn, MI

Lone Star College-Montgomery, Conroe, TX

Lactation Consultant

Portland State University, Portland, OR

Neurodiagnostic Technology

American Institute of Medical Science and Education, Piscataway, NJ

Surgical Technology

Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO

Front Range Community College - Westminster, Westminster, CO

The following programs were found to be in substantial compliance with the accreditation Standards and Guidelines, with one or more Standards requiring a progress report to be submitted to the appropriate Committee on Accreditation (CoA). The programs were granted initial accreditation for a period not to exceed five (5) years . Links to the cited Standards are provided.

Art Therapy

Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA

Standard:

III.B. Resources-Personnel

Progress Report Due: March 21, 2019

Assistive Technology

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Standard:

III.C. Resources-Curriculum

Progress Report Due: December 14, 2018

Emergency Medical Services-Paramedic

Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira, NY

Standards:

Progress Report Due: June 1, 2019

Atlanta Fire Rescue Training Academy, Atlanta, GA

Standards:

Progress Report Due: March 1, 2019

Boone County Fire Protection District, Columbia, MO

Standard:

III.C.2. Resources - Curriculum

Progress Report Due: December 1, 2018

Central Kentucky Paramedic Program Consortium, Lexington, KY

Standards:

Progress Report Due: June 1, 2019

Chatham County Paramedic Consortium, Savannah, GA

Standard:

III.B.1.a.(6) Resources - Program Director Responsibilities

Progress Report Due: December 1, 2018

Louisiana Delta Community College, West Monroe, LA

Standard:

III.A.1. Resources - Type and Amount Program Resources

Progress Report Due: March 1, 2019

Munson Medical Center, Traverse City, MI

Standards:

Progress Report Due: December 1, 2018

North Central State College/Central Ohio EMS Training Consortium, Lexington, OH

Standard:

III.C.1. Resources - Curriculum

Progress Report Due: September 1, 2019

North Georgia Technical College-Clarkesville, Clarkesville, GA

Standard:

III.B.2.a.(3, 6) Resources - Medical Director Responsibilities

Progress Report Due: March 1, 2019

West Hills College Lemoore, Lemoore, CA

Standard:

IV.A.1. Student and Graduate Evaluation/Assessment - Student Evaluation Frequency and Purpose

Progress Report Due: June 1, 2019

Wizard Medical Education, Peoria, AZ

Standard:

III.C.1. Resources - Curriculum

Progress Report Due: December 1, 2018

Medical Assisting

Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute, Hudson, NC (Associate)

Standards:

Progress Report Due: August 1, 2020

St. Clair County Community College, Port Huron, MI (Certificate)

Standard:

III.C.1. Resources-Curriculum

Progress Report Due: August 1, 2019

Stevens Henager College - Boise, Boise, ID (Associate)

Standards:

Progress Report Due: November 1, 2020

The following program had a transfer of sponsorship approved, with a status of continuing accreditation, with the next comprehensive evaluation to occur no later than 2024 . This action requires no progress report and was approved on the consent agenda.

Exercise Science

Northern Vermont University - Lyndon, Lyndonville, VT

The following programs had a transfer of sponsorship approved, with a status of initial accreditation, for a period not to exceed five (5) years . These actions require no progress report and were approved on the consent agenda.

Emergency Medical Services-Paramedic

Adair County Ambulance District "The ACADemy", Kirksville, MO

Dean-EMTS Consortium, Pembroke, MA

The following program was placed on probationary accreditation , with one or more Standards requiring critical attention and timely resolution to bring the program into compliance with the Standards and Guidelines. A link to the cited Standard is provided.

Emergency Medical Services-Paramedic

Owensboro Community and Technical College, Owensboro, KY

Standard:

III.C.2. Resource - Curriculum

Progress Report Due: December 1, 2018

CAAHEP voted to withhold accreditation from the following program, due to noncompliance with one or more Standards. Programs are given the opportunity to appeal actions to withhold accreditation, so this action is not yet final. This list will be updated with the final action, once determined. Links to the cited Standards are provided.

Emergency Medical Services-Paramedic

Aiken Technical College, Aiken, SC

Standards:

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