medical bridges richard j. daley college one of the city colleges of chicago

Medical Bridges

Richard J. Daley CollegeOne of the City Colleges of Chicago

Medical Career Bridges

• Goals:•

• To fill-in the learning gaps of the student’s basic skills.• Give student’s hands-on experience in the health

vocational program using the contextualized training model.


• Objective:

• Provide guidance to the students in their choice of health program pathways

• Provide instruction to the students who did not reach required score on academic placement test to be admitted into healthcare vocational programs.


• Collaborative Departments of the College

• Adult Education

• Continuing Education


• Structure of the contextualize learning• Adult Education responsibilities:

• Instructor

• ABE courses• Basic Skill Instruction Contextualized to the Healthcare Industry• Workforce Courses

• Employment Readiness• Career Assessment And Exploration• Workforce Bridge Course

• Continuing Education responsibilities• Contextual courses

• Medical Terminology• Anatomy and Physiology• Computer Literacy• Medical Law and Ethics


• Funding Sources

• Adult Education Funds• Grants

• WIA

• CHA

• ICCB

• Financial Aid

• Continuing Education


Healthcare Technician Nursing Track Administrative Track

CNA with Administrative Skills

CNA with Administrative Skills

Medical Billing and Coding

Patient Care Technician Practical Nurse Externship

Radiology Technician

Ultrasound Technician

Vascular Technician

Registered Nurse State and National Certification

Preparation Course

Three Healthcare Tracks upon successful completion of Bridge


• What is this man doing to the woman?

• Can you spell it?


• Partnerships

• The Medical Bridges has been created in partnership with Central States SER.

• SER recruits the candidates and case management and researches funding sources for the pathway programs.

• Daley College - Arturo Velasquez offers the training and pre and post assessment of the students and gives the final recommendations for the students to progress into the medical pathway that begins with the CNA program.


Technical Literacy Technical Specialty

Four Days per Week One Day per Week

Hours Week 1-7 Week 1-7*

1.5Workplace Mathematics

60 hours

Medical TerminologyAnatomy and Physiology

Hands-on demonstrations and assessment

1.5

Workplace CommunicationsEmployment Skills

Careers in Discipline84 hours

2Reading for Information

56 Hours

Computer Literacy56 Hours

AssessmentWeek 1 – TABE

LocatorTABE Level 9

Week 8 – TABE Level 9COMPASS testing


• What are these legs wearing?

• What is the technical term?


• Pre Bridge Learning Outcomes

•Contextualized basic skills: Beginning skill levels between 5.0 to 6.5

•Improved reading for information scores•Improved applied math scores•Improved writing scores•Soft skills

•Medical career skills•Pulse Oximetry•Apply Noninvasive BP Monitor•Apply Antiembolism Stockings•Vital Sign Monitoring•Basic medical terminology•Basic industry terms


Medical Bridge: Skill level between 6.6 to 8.9•Contextualized basic skills

•Improved reading for information scores•Improved applied math scores•Improved writing scores•Soft skills•All materials based on medical field applications.

•Medical career skills•Pulse Oximetry•Apply Noninvasive BP Monitor•Apply Antiembolism Stockings•Vital Sign Monitoring•Basic medical terminology•Basic Anatomy and Physiology •Professional ethics •Strategies for dealing with stress •Customer service skills


• Cohort Sections

Pre-Bridge 1 date: 4/14/2008 6/4/2008

Pre-Bridge 2 date: 10/6/2008 12/18/2008

Pre-Bridge 3 date: 2/9/2009 4/14/2009

Pre-Bridge 4 date: 4/15/2009 6/8/2009

MB 01 date: 4/17/2007 6/14/2007

MB 02 date: 9/11/2007 12/6/2007

MB 03 date: 2/25/2008 4/21/2008

MB 04 date: 4/17/2008 7/1/2008

MB 05 date: 7/7/2008 9/11/2008

MB 06 date: 10/6/2008 12/18/2008

MB 07 date: 2/9/2009 4/14/2009

MB 08 date: 04/15/2009 6/8/2009

MB 09 date: 11/2/2009 12/18/2009

MB 10 date: 2/8/2010 3/14/2010


• Student completions:

Total students enrolled in either pre-bridge or medical bridge 146

Total students completing pre-bridge 13

Total students completing medical -bridge 132

Completion Rate 90.4%


Statistics of Students

Students meeting scores to register and complete CNA 103

Students completing CNA 75

Students completing PCT 64

Students registered for college credit 57

Students registered for LPN/RN prerequisites 41

Students enrolled in LPN program 4

Bridge Students pending program start for Spring 2010 29


• HealthCare Bridge Uniqueness:

1. The innovative HealthCare Bridge blends of the Adult Education courses, following the state guidelines for Adult Education, and the contextualized skill training offered through Continuing Education with an affordable tuition rate for the students.

2. All students are provided comprehensive support which includes case management, career advising, tutoring and educational enhancement from the initial assessment and enrollment throughout the program.


• HealthCare Bridge Uniqueness continued

3. The training approaches long term training and career goals in a way that ensures student comfort and helps the students build trust in themselves and in their program, through various attainable benchmarks.

4. All students are to complete externships at each level of training.

5. An Advisory Council has been created to provide guidance and management direction throughout the duration of the program. The Council is comprised of executive management from Daley and Arturo Velasquez Institute, SER, healthcare faculty representation, and industry experts.


• HealthCare Bridge Sustainability

• Through a two-year process of improvement and formalization, the Pre-Healthcare and Healthcare Bridge model has continuously prepared educationally disadvantaged adults for Healthcare certificates in Certified Nursing Assistant licensure, Patient Care Technician utilizing WIA vouchers and to begin the LPN/RN prerequisites utilizing Financial Aid.

• The Healthcare Bridge program provides feasible ways for adults who would otherwise remain unemployed or under-employed to make the transition to a well-paying job in the Healthcare industry. In addition, the Healthcare Bridge is designed to provide a career pathway - to prepare these individuals not only for entry-level skilled jobs, but also for the additional post-secondary education and training they will need to develop an advanced Healthcare related careers.


• Next Steps…• Continuous Cohort support• Transitioning into the college credit course levels

• College Transition Pilot starting April 5, 2010• Medical Bridge students will begin the CNA program

• One hour per day of transitional literacy will be offered

• Students will be pre and post tested within the training.

• Case manager will be assigned to each cohort to assist with continuous support for the students.

• Goal • To enhance the student outcome to transition directly into the LPN/RN

prerequisite courses without any further remediation


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