AARC Summer Forum
Monday, July 18, 2011
Plenary Session
8:00 am – 8:50 am
Cheryl A Hoerr MBA RRT FAARC
Chair, AARC Program Committee/Presiding
As I See It: Opportunities for the Profession
8:00 am – 8:50 am
Sam Giordano
Sam P Giordano MBA RRT FAARC, Irving TX
Yogi Berra is quoted as saying, “The future ain’t what it used to be.” This humorous saying is frequently interpreted by the more poignant and oft-quoted proverb, “Change is the only constant.” There should be little doubt that change is, in fact, the business of the day. Health care is facing tumultuous and volatile times—riddled with tremendous complexity and uncertainty. But with change comes opportunity. Join your fellow managers and educators in this joint session in which past, present and future trends and forces shaping health care will be addressed along with their implications for the practice of respiratory care. How will respiratory care be defined, how will respiratory therapists be impacted and what opportunities lie ahead?
Educators Track
9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Lynda T Goodfellow EdD RRT FAARC
Chair, AARC Education Section/Presiding
Technologies to Enhance Learning
9:00 am – 9:40 am
Vanessa King
Audience Response Systems: Can They Be Used in a Respiratory Care Program?
Vanessa King MEd RRT, Rochester MN
This presentation will provide an overview of the educational concepts and current literature for the use of audience response systems (ARS) in education. The requirements for software and hardware will be identified. Possibilities for application of this technology in an RC program will be demonstrated, including the design of slides to meet a range of teaching objectives.
9:45 am – 10:30 am
Bryan Wattier
Role of Audience Response Systems in Real-Time Clinical Simulation Debriefing
Bryan Wattier RRT, Rochester MN
This presentation will review the application (or blending) of ARS technology with medical simulation. Examples will be provided to demonstrate how ARS can be used as a tool to promote discussion during debriefing, assess learner knowledge and also evaluate scenario effectiveness.
10:35 am – 12:00 noon
Audience Response Systems Used in Developing Clinical Preceptor Feedback and Assessment Skills
Vanessa King MEd RRT and
Bryan Wattier RRT
This session will demonstrate how ARS can be incorporated into clinical preceptor training programs. Examples will be provided to illustrate how ARS can be applied in clinical preceptor development to facilitate improved feedback and enhance the preceptor’s student assessment skills. The ability to easily collect inter-rater reliability data is an added benefit to the use of the system. The session will be an interactive workshop to allow participants the opportunity to design, create and demonstrate the use of an audience response system.
Managers Track
9:00 am – 11:55 am
Bill Cohagen BA RRT FAARC
Chair, AARC Management Section/Presiding
View From the “C Suite”
9:00 am – 9:55 am
Garry Kauffman
Drivers of Health Care Change: With or Without Washington
Garry W Kauffman MPA FACHE RRT FAARC, Elizabethtown PA
This presentation will review current and anticipated forces that have changed and will continue to change the delivery of health care services. How have these changes impacted the profession? What changes are likely to come, and what can we do about them? The presentation will include an overview of these forces, followed by an interactive discussion with participants to address what forward thinking roles the AARC, the Management Section, and the RT Manager must play to proactively address these pending changes.
10:00 am – 10:55 am
Mark Valentine
Are RT Departments Expendable?
Mark Valentine MBA RRT
President of Baylor Heart Hospital, Plano TX
What do the executives in the administrative suite think about RTs? Do they see us through the lens of an RT as valued-added physician extenders, or do they see us as semi-professionals who can be replaced with lesser-skilled, lesser-paid caregivers? Do they see aerosol treatments and MDIs as a value-added intervention, or are they looked at as a necessary evil in which productivity is defined as “just get’r done”? This presentation will provide an overview to attendees what they must do as managers to show the value of their department to hospital executives.
11:00 am – 11:55 am
Movin’ on Up
Mark Valentine MBA RRT
The presenter, an RT, will share his experiences in making the transition to the executive suite. He will also provide recommendations for those considering the move to the “C Suite” so that they are ensured of a successful transition to this level of leadership. Pros and cons of executive level hospital leadership will be highlighted as well as the core competencies hospital CEOs look for when making hiring decisions for these roles. Be sure to attend this presentation and identify whether or not you want to make the jump to the next level.
Educators Track
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Lynda T Goodfellow EdD RRT FAARC/Presiding
Enhancing Your Teaching Skills
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Jackie Heisler
Motivation in the Classroom: Increasing Student Engagement
Jackie Heisler PhD MPH RRT, Greensburg PA
Student engagement occurs when students make a psychological investment in learning. Strategies will be discussed for creating and managing a positive active-learning environment in today’s diversified classroom. In addition, methods for measuring student engagement will also be reviewed.
2:50 pm – 3:35 pm
Teaching With Technology: How Savvy Are You?
Jackie Heisler PhD MPH RRT
Keeping up with technology savvy students and engaging them is a constant challenge in the classroom. New technology is constantly being introduced. Various types of technology that may be introduced in the classroom and clinical setting will be evaluated, as well as how they may be integrated into a respiratory program.
Tools, Tricks and Techniques for Teaching Online Courses
3:40 pm – 4:15 pm
Jody Lester
From Instructional Platforms, to Course Development, to Instructing Online
Jody Lester MA RRT, Nampa ID
Over the years, online education has gained considerable popularity and acceptance and has become a highly desirable method of teaching at the post secondary level of education. Most institutions provide some form of online delivery, but effective online education requires more than just knowledge of the instructional platform being used. It entails the complex and complicated issues of curriculum development as well as content delivery. The presenter will share her many years of experience and present specific tools for building and instructing online courses.
4:20 pm – 5:15 pm
Building Connections When Teaching Large Online Classes
Jody Lester MA RRT
It is difficult to create student-to-student and instructor-to-student connections in large online classes. The presenter will share specific techniques and ideas for fostering these connections without becoming a 24/7 instructor.
Education Section Membership Meeting
5:20 pm – 6:00 pm
Lynda T Goodfellow EdD RRT FAARC/Presiding
Reports from various Education Section Committees and Task Forces will be addressed as well as discussion and dialogue regarding issues related to the section.
Managers Track
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Bill Cohagen BA RRT FAARC/PresidingLean Workshop: What Every RC Manager Should Know
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Laurie Wolf
Darnetta Clinkscale
Laurie D Wolf MS CPE, St. Louis MO and
Darnetta Clinkscale MBA RRT, St. Louis MO
Continuous quality improvement has been an ongoing concern in hospitals for decades. However, the current economic climate as well as anticipated new financial constraints will further challenge hospitals to reduce operating expenses. This highly interactive workshop will be co-led by an industrial engineer and a Director of Respiratory Care services that are trained in Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean methodology. They will both educate the participants as well as provide them with tangible tools to utilize in implementing lean methodology in their departments.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
RC Education Research—Paper Presentations
7:00 am – 7:45 am
Nancy Weissman PhD RRT, Palm Beach FL/Presiding
Presentation of educational research papers. Each presentation will be followed by a discussion period. Complimentary continental breakfast will be provided.
Educators Track
8:00 am – 11:35 am
Lynda T Goodfellow EdD RRT FAARC/Presiding
CoARC Workshop: What Every RC Educator Should Know
8:00 am – 8:50 am
Stephen Mikles
Reviewing and Analyzing Your Annual Report
Stephen P Mikles EdS RRT FAARC, Pinellas Park FL
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.
8:55 am – 9:45 am
Gary White
How to Evaluate Students in the Laboratory
Gary C White MEd RRT RPFT, Spokane WA
The presenter will describe the role of the respiratory care laboratory in preparing students for entry into the clinical environment. CoARC standards will also be covered that apply to respiratory care laboratories 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 student performance The presenter will also compare the commercially available tools for evaluating RT students in the laboratory, describe how to create your own laboratory evaluation instruments, and list the CoARC requirements for recordkeeping.
9:50 am – 10:40 am
Pat Munzer
Developing and Evaluating Inter-Rater Reliability Measures
Pat M Munzer DHSc RRT FAARC, Topeka KS
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 obtain ideas on how to develop an inter-rater reliability program, will discuss how to use the program to evaluate the instructors, and discuss what to do with the data.
10:45 am – 11:35 am
Gary White
How to Evaluate Students in the Clinical Setting
Gary C White MEd RRT RPFT
The presenter will describe the purpose of clinical instruction in the respiratory care curriculum and list CoARC standards that apply to the evaluation of students in the clinical setting. An overview of the challenges faced by programs assessing the student’s clinical competence will be discussed, as well as differentiating between the student’s global evaluations vs. their skill/competence evaluation. The presenter will also highlight existing and custom-made instruments that may be employed in the evaluation of students in the clinical setting.
Managers Track
8:00 am – 11:55 am
Bill Cohagen BA RRT FAARC/Presiding
Management Best Practices: Why Reinvent the Wheel?
8:00 am – 8:55 am
Thomas Lamphere
Utilizing Protocols to Increase the Value of the RT
Thomas R Lamphere BS RRT RPFT, Sellersville PA
While protocols have been in use for several decades, many RT departments have been unable to streamline their use across all services offered within their hospital. This presentation will review the latest literature on the value of protocols and give specific examples of how protocols can demonstrate the value of the RT department. It will also identify what the traditional barriers for implementation have been from other hospitals and how you can avoid the same pitfalls.
9:00 am – 9:55 am
David Mantz
A Performance Improvement Model: Creating, Providing, and Demonstrating Quality Respiratory Care Innovations
David Mantz MBA BA RRT-NPS, Salina KS
In an environment of decreasing reimbursement, rising costs, and demands of quality, the role of all health care providers in the hospital will be scrutinized. In order to continue providing these essential services for patients, RTs must be able to add value at a level that renders us irreplaceable on the clinical team. Respiratory therapists are innovators by training and must continue to innovate both for our patients and the profession. Quality improvement methods are an essential part of this process. An overview of a successful PI model will be discussed with a review of proper format, implementation, and reporting of processes. The presenter will provide handouts and templates to attendees so they can immediately transfer learned skills into their everyday practice once they return home.
10:00 am – 10:55 am
Janice Thalman
Work Culture as a Determinant of Staff Performance
Janice R Thalman MHS RRT FAARC, Durham NC
Measuring work force satisfaction and engagement will identify areas for improvement in an organizational work culture. Leadership action plans to address improvement in work culture can be directly linked to staff performance. The success of a performance evaluation process and staff development can be further aligned with individual and supervisory accountability, thus leading to a high performing department. Attendees will leave this presentation with step-by-step instructions on how to create, implement and follow through on leadership action plans for your entire management team. Unhappy with the satisfaction, engagement, or performance of your team? Then this is a presentation you can’t miss!
11:00 am – 11:55 am
Bill Cohagen
How to Create a Budget and Sell It to Your CFO
Bill Cohagen BA RRT RCP FAARC, Phoenix AZ
This interactive program will demonstrate to managers how to create a budget that will allow their RT department to provide services in an appropriate and fiscally responsible manner. Specific instructions will be provided with respect to packaging the value of RT services that will compel executives to approve both capital and operating budgets. Handouts will be disseminated, including a spreadsheet that will assist managers in their own budgeting process. Already budget savvy? Not to worry…this presentation transcends your typical finance talk and gets at the root of how to “sell” your executives on a budget—or any other project!
Educators Track
2:00 pm – 5:35 pm
Lynda T Goodfellow EdD RRT FAARC/Presiding
Special Faculty Lecture Series
2:00 pm – 2:50 pm
Jerome Sullivan
Thoughts While Erasing the Blackboard: Personal Reflections on Teaching and Learning
Jerome M Sullivan PhD RRT FAARC
Professor Emeritus, College of Health Science & Human Service, University of Toledo
While many of our more experienced and seasoned respiratory care educators are approaching the golden years of retirement, the Education Section is pleased to recognize one of its more distinguished, respected and accomplished retirees with an opportunity to share his personal philosophies and experiences on teaching and learning. The lecture is reserved for a retired or retiring colleague possessing a resume of extraordinary accomplishment and contribution to the arts and science of respiratory care education. Join us as we pay tribute to one of our own as he shares his wisdom, experiences, expertise and personal reflections on teaching and learning over a truly illustrious professional career.
Education Potpourri
2:55 pm – 3:45 pm
Sara Varekojis
Georgianna Sergakis
Demystifying Research: Infusing Research into Your Respiratory Care Program
Sara L Varekojis PhD RRT, Columbus OH and
Georgianna G Sergakis PhD RRT, Columbus OH
Future therapists should be prepared to thrive in the current health care environment and to promote the further evolution of the therapist’s role in health care delivery. Promoting and understanding how research influences this future is key to the preparation of tomorrow’s workforce. Strategies to infuse research into RT preparation ranging from the first day of class to complete immersion in a research experience will be presented.
3:50 pm – 4:40 pm
Using Simulation Gadgetry to Produce That “Aha” Moment
Doug M Pursley MEd RRT, Springfield MO
This presentation will describe the use of simulation modeling to enhance students’ comprehension of various topics in respiratory care. The benefits as well as models representing a chest tube drainage system, a collapsible airway producing auto-PEEP, and a model for teaching high-flow and low-flow oxygen systems will be discussed. Attendees will be given instructions on how to make the models easily and inexpensively.
4:45 pm – 5:35 pm
Crystal Dunlevy
Motivational Interviewing: Coaching and Teaching at the Bedside
Crystal Dunlevy EdD RRT RCP, Columbus OH
Respiratory therapists are increasingly being asked to provide more teaching and coaching at the bedside. Areas of teaching asthma education, tobacco cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation are just a few areas that demand a high degree of patient education. Whether you are a faculty member of a respiratory care program or a clinician at the bedside, you need an understanding of how to be more effective in teaching and coaching patients. Are you addressing this in your program?
Managers Track
2:00 pm – 4:55 pm
Bill Cohagen BA RRT FAARC/Presiding
Transition of Care: Competencies for COPD Management
2:00 pm – 2:55 pm
Thomas Kallstrom
Competencies for COPD Management: the AARC COPD Educator Program
Thomas J Kallstrom MBA RRT FAARC, Irving TX
According to Medicare discharge claims, COPD is listed in the top 3 for readmission DRGs. For patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge, this has negative financial consequences for the hospital. Evidence has shown that empowering RTs to become better bedside educators with active participation in the discharge process can improve quality, reduce hospital readmissions, and cut costs. This presentation will provide an overview of the COPD Educator Program offered by the AARC and identify how the competencies discussed can be woven into the daily services offered by your RT department. Are COPD readmissions problematic in your institution? If you’re not sure, ask your executives and then book your trip to Vail, CO, for this presentation on how to make your RTs the COPD experts!
3:00 pm – 3:55 pm
Kim Wiles
Competencies for COPD: the Home Care Environment
Kim S Wiles RRT, Ford City PA
What happens to the COPD patient once they’re discharged from the hospital? Do managers know? Should they care? This presentation will discuss why the RT manager must be engaged in the discharge process and, most importantly, know what happens to the patient and how they are cared for once they return home. Active involvement by the manager with local home health agencies and DMEs will not only allow for more seamless care from the hospital to the home, but also will improve care and likely reduce costly hospital readmissions. What does seamless care look like? It all starts with core competencies that start in the hospital and then carried into the home. Advocate for your patients in the home and demand that your local home health providers employ RTs who are competent in COPD management. Attend this presentation to learn what those competencies are.
4:00 pm – 4:55 pm
Brian Carlin
Competencies for COPD: Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Brian W Carlin MD FAARC, Pittsburgh PA
It is a natural progression for many RT managers to oversee multiple departments, including but not limited to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). This progression stems from the basic fundamental knowledge of the needs and care provided to the patient with pulmonary disease. For many, the core competencies and true expertise needed to fall within this bailiwick are lacking… especially for the newly assigned manager of a PR department. This presentation will provide detailed knowledge of the American Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation competencies required for PR professionals. Most importantly, it will provide attendees with the tools needed on how to institute those competencies into the care for patients undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation. A must-see presentation for new or seasoned PR managers or those considering a PR management position.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Educators Track
8:00 am – 10:50 am
Lynda T Goodfellow EdD RRT FAARC/Presiding
Jimmy A Young Memorial Lecture
Presented by the National Board for Respiratory Care
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Gregg Ruppel
Kerry George
Robert Shaw
Ethics in Testing and Candidate Preparation
Gregg L Ruppel MEd RRT RPFT FAARC, NBRC President
Kerry E George MEd RRT FAARC, NBRC Trustee
Robert C Shaw Jr. PhD RRT FAARC, NBRC Psychometrician and Assistant
Executive Director
This year’s Jimmy Young Memorial Lecture will discuss how the NBRC intends to proactively integrate philosophy about ethics into certification programs for neonatal/pediatric and adult critical care specialists. Items requiring consideration of ethics will be rolled out first when the Neonatal/Pediatric Specialty Certification Examination goes through a major update in mid-2011. Examination items that engage ethics will be included when the Adult Critical Care Specialty Certification Examination launches in 2012. The speakers will detail ways in which these new items will be developed to expand on content that was discussed during the 2010 Jimmy Young presentation. The program will conclude with a discussion about ethics in the areas of test preparation, test taking, and information sharing behaviors among candidates for NBRC examinations and how the NBRC has reacted to unprofessional behaviors among credentialed respiratory therapists through its Judicial and Ethics Committee since its incorporation in 1960.
Agency Updates
9:35 am – 10:10 am
Karen Stewart
The leadership of the AARC, ARCF, CoARC, and NBRC will join the attendees to discuss the latest professional, research, accreditation, and credentialing issues facing respiratory care.
Karen J Stewart RRT FAARC, AARC President
Michael T Amato, ARCF Chair
David Bowton MD FCCP FCCM, CoARC Chair
Gregg Ruppel RRT RPFT FAARC, NBRC President
10:15 am – 10:50 am
Doug Pursley
Thomas Kallstrom
Incorporating Service Learning Into Your Respiratory Care Program
Doug Pursley MEd RRT, Springfield MO and
Thomas J Kallstrom MBA RRT FAARC, Irving TX
This presentation will discuss the importance of volunteerism and specifically include community service and service learning into your respiratory care program. Numerous examples will be provided with a view to the recent efforts by the respiratory care community through the highly effective and highly publicized DRIVE4COPD.
Dr. Fred Helmholz Education Lecture Series
Presented by the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory CareWill Beachy PhD RRT FAARC/Presiding
11:00 am – 12:00 noon
Thomas Jones
David Vines
Career Paths in Respiratory Care
Thomas D Jones MEd RRT CPFT LRCP, Mountain Home AR and
David L Vines MHS RRT, Chicago IL
Career pathways may be used in 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 professional and career goals. Career pathways may expand individuals’ skills sets, scope of practice, or allow them to move into management, education, research or specialty 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.
Managers Track
8:00 am – 11:55 am
Bill Cohagen
Bill Cohagen BA RRT FAARC/Presiding
Management Section Membership Meeting
8:00 am – 8:55 am
Updates on issues important to the section will be discussed, with interactive dialogue on how the section chair and the AARC can better serve the Management Section and its members. This is your opportunity to influence the profession and network with other management peers. All Summer Forum attendees are invited to attend.
Management Potpourri
9:00 am – 9:55 am
Cheryl A Hoerr
My Therapists Have Spoken—Now What? Maximizing Team Commitment, Effort, and Loyalty
Cheryl A Hoerr MBA RRT CPFT FAARC, Rolla MO
This presentation will provide the correlation between employee engagement and business performance. Additionally, it will focus on employee input as a vital part of developing high functioning departments. The “Eight Keys to Building Employee Engagement” will be reviewed with respect to providing the attendees with the knowledge to understand motivating factors and build employee engagement. Worried that you can’t improve employee engagement on your own? No need to worry. A step-by-step algorithm will be shared on how to engage your employees into improving employee engagement on their own.
10:00 am – 10:55 am
Bill Cohagen
Creating a Policy and Procedure Manual
Bill Cohagen BA RRT FAARC, Phoenix AZ
Is your P&P manual 10, 15, 20 years old or older? Is it sitting in a binder collecting dust, or is it electronic and posted on your hospital’s intranet? One of the most highly mentioned requests on the Management Section AARConnect has been the request to share policies and procedures. The presenter will share required components that must be imbedded within a policy or procedure, and demonstrate how to create an evidence-based P&P manual with proper referencing of the literature. More importantly, the attendee will learn how to maintain, update and keep policies current. Procedural examples and templates will be handed out as a guide for writing your next P&P. Recommendations will also be given on how to approach your IT department so that you can bring your P&P manual to the digital age where RTs or other caregivers can view your policies—from anywhere in the hospital!
11:00 am – 11:55 am
Thomas Lamphere
New Roles for RTs: Improving Quality and the Bottom Line
Thomas R Lamphere BS RRT RPFT, Sellersville PA
Traditional roles of RTs find them working in short-term acute care hospitals (STACH). In today’s economy, STACHs are facing severe economic challenges that sometimes result in the loss of RT positions. There are, however, other care venues that have been demonstrated to provide care in a less expensive manner and that have shown job growth for RTs in untraditional roles. Attendees will leave this presentation with knowledge, intuition, and know-how on how to improve quality and the economics of their department by creating new roles and responsibilities for their staff. A can’t miss presentation for the manager needing to cut costs while maintaining quality through their people.
