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Area Health Education Centers
Schools Committee Meeting
Web AT Conference Call
In Attendance: Malinda Turner, Norman
Ferrari, Nannette VanDyke-McDonald, Chris Dodge, Jenny Ostien, JoAnn Raines,
Kathleen Bors, Patricia Crawford, Ralph Utzman, Richard Meckstroth, David
Bowyer, Charissa Davis, Carla Campbell, Carla See
Staff: April Vestal, Derrick Day,
Jacki Novacich, Hilda R. Heady, Sandra Y. Pope
David Bowyer, Co-Chair started the meeting with a motion to approve
minutes as presented from the
Unfinished Business:
Review Revised DRAFT Policy 2008-03 "Guidelines for
Service-Learning Projects for Health Profession Students."
Kathleen Bors gave the Schools Committee an overview of what was
discussed and decided at the Joint Community Outreach and Curriculum meeting earlier. As a group, we are trying to improve the
It was also suggested that better communication was needed to relay
the goals, curriculum, and relevance of the service-learning projects to
students and field faculty.
Language within the policy pertaining to procedures being done by a
student without a licensed health professional present was discussed. It was pointed out that there is language
under Students item three regarding this issue.
Hilda Heady asked the committee if they would want the schools that
are involved in the Rural Health Education Partnerships (RHEP) rotations to
have their legal departments review the policy.
Dr. Norman Ferrari stated that he had already spoken with the West
Virginia University (WVU) Health Sciences Center Legal Department. According to legal, a licensed health
professional needs to be present who is assuming the responsibility during the
project. It does not have to be a physician; it can be a Registered Nurse (RN)
as long as the project procedure falls within that health professional's scope
or practice. Dr. Ferrari stated that it
is fine with the WVU School of Medicine.
WV School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) is in agreement with Dr.
Ferrari's findings.
Dr. Meckstroth discussed earlier with Dr. Ferrari the CARDIAC Kinder
Program. Dental Students, months away
from graduating, show other students how to look at the condition of a child's
mouth. All children participating are
referred to a dentist and a paper sent home to the parents. Dr. Ferrari felt that it was within a RN's
scope of practice, which would mean a school nurse would be the responsible
licensed health professional.
Kathleen Bors stated that with all respect to licensed nurses, if a
nurse is going to be supervising the dental experience, then the student is
only able provide the care that nursing licenses cover in that dental
experience.
Dr. Meckstroth assured everyone that the students are not diagnosing.
As stated before, they are just looking at the condition of the child's mouth.
The committee discussed the Coordinator's role in making sure that the
health care professional involved in the project has an understanding that
he/she will be responsible for the students.
Some health care professionals may not feel comfortable with the
activity, so notification of what the students will be doing is important.
It was decided that the licensed provider will need to be notified
prior to the activity occurring with documentation of their understanding of
their responsibility and role.
Some significant changes within the policy are:
· Under Consortia and Site - under the first paragraph insert- reflect
the needs of the community.
· Under Consortia and Site insert - Having a licensed healthcare
professional present and made aware of their responsibilities.
· Under Consortia and Site under Prioritization - outline information
and distribute to field faculty for their understanding of all types of
projects that should be focused on, based on prioritization of the community
board.
Nannette VanDyke-McDonald raised the point that nursing students'
service-learning projects are directed and guided by the faculty. As much as this is part of their rotation, it
is also a one credit Capstone Course at the WVU campus. Each student develops their own projects
using Healthy People 2010 objectives.
The student also conducts a community assessment in their area. How will this be reflected within the policy?
It was explained that this will
be reviewed as part of the schools and discipline specific definition of
service-learning to be reviewed by the committee in November.
JoAnn Raines suggested some language on item three under
students. She suggested that it needed
to be stronger and will send the suggestions to April for review.
Faculty Appointment updates on TRACKER:
This was discussed with Jodie Jackson and Rose McCluskey. They believe that it is a good suggestion,
but it will take some modification to the TRACKER system. Due to pressing deadlines, they have not had
to opportunity to make the modifications.
April will keep in contact with them and will give the committee a time
line of events closer to the
Finance Committee Report on Housing:
At the last meeting, the Schools Committee asked Hilda to follow up
with finance regarding acceptance of out of state students and whether the finance
committee deemed it necessary to charge for placements or discontinue due to
the impact of larger class sizes etc.
April reported that this was discussed with the committee and the
following discussion was taken from the minutes of the meeting:
"With regard to student
placement, Hilda asked the committee to discuss acceptance of out of state
students. The capacity to accept these
students is out there, but resources are short.
Out of state students are mainly drawn to border counties and some WV
students are in and out of state during community-based clinical
rotations. The committee will revisit
this issue if the demand grows or we expand acceptance of out of state students
to raise funding." Finance Committee
Minutes from
Service-Learning On-line Forms:
During this meeting, those in attendance were given the chance to look
at the Service Learning On-line Form for submitting projects for review and
approval. During the June meeting, April
Vestal presented five Service Learning Projects that were already in the format
of this form. Those five projects will
be accessible through links on the website as will the Service Learning On-line
form.
Any further questions or comments may be e-mailed to April at avestal@hsc.wvu.edu.
Motion to Adjourn the meeting (Richard Meckstroth/Kathleen Bors)
Motion approved.
Meeting Adjourned at