Monday, November 2, 2015
Amazingly Supportive
I am in constant amazement at the amount of support St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Shutterfly and the community have poured into our CAPS students so far. As I venture down this path as an instructor in CAPS it has become very apparent that my role as a teacher has changed dramatically to that of a facilitator, project manager, representative in the sales and marketing department and business acquisition. I am constantly sending emails to business professionals regarding the new CAPS program in Shakopee and the response is always positive. I have been meeting with professionals who are willing to come in to the classroom to co-teach with me and the process has been great. I believe partnering with experts in the industry brings validity to learning and the students are beginning to see the reasons for why they are learning what they are learning. I am honored to be a part of Shakopee CAPS and while everyday brings a new challenge I am happy I get to accept the challenge.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Call Don't Fall
With each passing day I am more and more amazed by the CAPS students. They are starting to intermix with each other and step outside of the box when is comes to ideas, thoughts, and proposals. The students studied quality in healthcare and Triple Aim and were given the task to research the top 3 hospitals that a patient would go to if they were going to have a procedure for heart failure. The students were introduced to the massive amounts of data out there and the organizations that post the data. They needed to distill out the most important information as it related to heart failure, chose a few identifying factors and compare and contrast the hospitals. From the top 3 they chose they had to select the hospital they would chose to go to receive care and why. It was interesting to see why they chose the hospitals they did and we discussed that this is most likely the case in the general public. Patients choose their particular hospital for a variety of reasons.
Later in the week we investigated the arena of risk management and some "Never Events" in a hospital. We took a tour of an acute care setting and looked at how they mitigate patient falls from there we toured St. Gertrude's and saw how a long term care setting prevented falls. Afterwards students were given an adverse health event and had to create a policy to implement into an acute care setting. Students met with health care managers related to their adverse health event and had to pitch their policy and see how it compared to the policy that was already in place in St. Francis. As I watched and listened to the dialogues taking place between the managers and the students I was impressed to hear a natural yet professional conversation taking place...AND LEARNING at the same time!
Later in the week we investigated the arena of risk management and some "Never Events" in a hospital. We took a tour of an acute care setting and looked at how they mitigate patient falls from there we toured St. Gertrude's and saw how a long term care setting prevented falls. Afterwards students were given an adverse health event and had to create a policy to implement into an acute care setting. Students met with health care managers related to their adverse health event and had to pitch their policy and see how it compared to the policy that was already in place in St. Francis. As I watched and listened to the dialogues taking place between the managers and the students I was impressed to hear a natural yet professional conversation taking place...AND LEARNING at the same time!
Monday, October 5, 2015
5 Weeks and Time is Flying
As I enter into the 5th week of CAPS my mind is spinning with all of the information that has been presented to my students thus far. We have seen so many knowledgeable, kind, and caring professionals in our classroom that truly want to share their information with the students.
As we started the course the students were introduced to employee orientation information. They received HIPAA training along with getting ID badges and the parameters for the Allina dress code. In addition they were able to meet with a patient representative, who taught the students about customer service and how the patients are the priority in every aspect of healthcare.
The CAPS students were given their first authentic learning opportunity when they were given a video project from the infection prevention team at St. Francis. In an effort to increase hand washing compliance measures the students were tasked with creating a video that was based on changing health care professionals behavior as it related to washing hands and not necessarily how to wash hands. Each group had to write a storyboard for the video, film and edit the video. They received lessons in iMovie and set off to work. I am looking forward to seeing the final products.
Other areas of interest we have see so far are a facilities maintenance tour where a maintenance manager showed us how the hospital is built and operates to function from an infection prevention lens. Students were in the "bowels" of the hospital as well as on the roof and by the helipad.
Last week, students were visited by 4 members of a surgical team. We were able to meet and listen to a general surgeon, nurse anesthetist, director of surgical services and a surgical nurse. They shared a great amount of information as it relates to collaborating as a team in an operating room. At the end students were able to gown, glove and mask up and try their hand at Operation.
I am amazed by the outreach the professionals from St Francis. They are truly committed to these students and providing them with knowledge and insight. I look forward the weeks ahead and what CAPS has in store for the students.
As we started the course the students were introduced to employee orientation information. They received HIPAA training along with getting ID badges and the parameters for the Allina dress code. In addition they were able to meet with a patient representative, who taught the students about customer service and how the patients are the priority in every aspect of healthcare.
The CAPS students were given their first authentic learning opportunity when they were given a video project from the infection prevention team at St. Francis. In an effort to increase hand washing compliance measures the students were tasked with creating a video that was based on changing health care professionals behavior as it related to washing hands and not necessarily how to wash hands. Each group had to write a storyboard for the video, film and edit the video. They received lessons in iMovie and set off to work. I am looking forward to seeing the final products.
Other areas of interest we have see so far are a facilities maintenance tour where a maintenance manager showed us how the hospital is built and operates to function from an infection prevention lens. Students were in the "bowels" of the hospital as well as on the roof and by the helipad.
Last week, students were visited by 4 members of a surgical team. We were able to meet and listen to a general surgeon, nurse anesthetist, director of surgical services and a surgical nurse. They shared a great amount of information as it relates to collaborating as a team in an operating room. At the end students were able to gown, glove and mask up and try their hand at Operation.
I am amazed by the outreach the professionals from St Francis. They are truly committed to these students and providing them with knowledge and insight. I look forward the weeks ahead and what CAPS has in store for the students.
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