Clinic Coordinator

Ok, so I'm a little disappointed in the responses I received, but I didn't email right away either, so that is my own fault. I tried to go visit the technical college in Madison, WI since I was there on Friday, but the program director was not going to be there that day. I talked to one of the two clinic coordinators on the phone, but I know she was on a time crunch, so some of the responses are a bit short. This is what I found out...

Like most of the schools you ladies have mentioned, there are two clinic coordinators - one for each class. 

Each coordinator is responsible for scheduling the students in the clinics and external rotations, faculty calibration, maintaining safety and OSHA regulations and protocols, making sure the first aid kits and emergency equipment is stocked and ready, monitoring sterilization, ordering new instruments, assessing success of clinic rotations and determining if changes need to be made, didactic teaching, keeping track of student evaluations and graduation requirements, meeting with students to discuss their progress, and remediation when needed.

Most of the clinic protocols are first developed by the clinic coordinators, then brought to the rest of the DH faculty at staff meetings for discussion and final revisions.

Communication seems to be an important aspect to MCTC's DH program. There are faculty meetings every other week, as well as email reminders sent out after the meetings.  

There are not as many employees at MCTC as at the U of MN, and it sounds like the lines of communication are very open, but also, other faculty members are willing to step in and help out when the coordinators need it.

That's the majority of the conversation...I am still hoping to visit this school the next time I am in Madison, since it is city I have been interested in relocating to previously, so I will try to get more information then.

Whew! I'm ready for bed! See you all tomorrow!

KJ