Meeting & Agendas

Paul Dubiel called the meeting to order and all members present were approved as written. Fred Bode, D.D. Stiles, Tina Leger, Jennifer Bautista, Richard Hurdis, Shana Nguyen, Paul Dubiel, Joe Lopez, Russ Griffin, Bob Jones, Dr. Marcus Lines, Fred Ramirez, Rudy Garza, Mary Wagner, Karla Eaton, Pat Recek - Assistant Dean of Health Sciences, Helen Prewitt - 1st year student, Nicole Bovee - 2nd year student

There has been a delay in facilities putting job postings on-line. The pipeline is a place for job postings where students can go to see what is available; speeds up the process of finding good personnel.

Discussed previously the need for 3 new faculty members.

Found a couple of people who were going to update the material for MRI and then it must pass the Review Board for curriculum. It will be 2 semesters long with instruction from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 2 nights a week. There will also be 2 semesters of clinical - Monday, Wednesday, Friday. These classes must be staffed by MRI credentialed people.

It was suggested that the students learn about good customer service, i.e. always have a smile, take the time to get to know the patient and be helpful. Mary Wagner stated the students learn this prior to going out on clinicals.

The minutes from the December 6, 2007 meeting were passed around. The minutes were approved as written.

Rudy Garza introduced the 2 students present for the meeting - Helen Prewitt and Nicole Bovee.

There are currently 26 students in the 2nd year class. Rudy Garza and Nicole Bovee discussed what they are studying now. Main focus is on the credentialing exam, their competencies - didactic and clinical. There are 36 students in the 1st year program. These students will have 16 hours of clinical - image analysis.

Jane Dugan discussed the process of applying to the Radiology Program starting at becoming a student and all the steps to being admitted to the applicant pool. Jane also discussed the formula used to rank the students and choose the next class. (http://www.austincc.edu/health/radr/process.php) Rudy Garza stated the students had to pass a criminal background check prior to being admitted to the program. www.austincc.edu/health/background/

The Radiology Department received a generous grant and was able to acquire some new equipment: rad processing portable and a C-arm machine for surgery.

There are 3 units to be installed. They are trying to mimic the Eastview Campus. The campus should open in fall 2010 and we are anticipating having 20 students to start with. Three new faculty members will be needed. We have 2 interviews next week for new faculty and the MRI program. Rudy said they are waiting for the Coordinating Board to approve the Radiology Program at the new Round Rock campus. it has to be determined if the new site needs to be called a new program or call it an extension of the Eastview campus program. We might need to reduce the number of students at the Eastview campus. New faculty will now need to have a BS degree.

Rudy Garza passed around information for the 2006, 2007 and 2008 graduates. The program assessment plan was also passed around and discussed by the members.
2006 Grads - http://www.austincc.edu/health/minutes/radr/2006_grads.pdf
2007 Grads - http://www.austincc.edu/health/minutes/radr/2007_grads.pdf
2008 Grads - http://www.austincc.edu/health/minutes/radr/2008_grads.pdf
Assessment Plan 2007 - http://www.austincc.edu/health/minutes/radr/assessment_plan_2007.pdf

Rudy asked the members if they anticipated any work available in the near future. They all had a discussion about the economy and job availability. It is very tight now, but there should be job openings. Several of the members offered to let the ACC Radiology Program use their facility as a clinical site as well as a site for MRI clinical.