MedTech College continues to achieve its internal goal of 90% in-field placement. Having reached this goal several times in the past, ACICS, our national accrediting body, has recognized us for best practices across the entire country. Despite the economy, MTC graduates continue to find plenty of job opportunities after graduation that they could not have achieved without the training they received at MTC.
Nursing Program
As announced previously, the Indianapolis Practical Nurse program has achieved Candidacy status from NLNAC (National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission). The program is now identified on the NLNAC web-site at http://nlnac.org/Forms/candidacy.asp.
MedTech College has also been notified of our site visit dates from NLNAC which will be October 6 - 8, 2010 to perform a complete program evaluation.
23 of the 30 Greenwood Registered Nursing graduates or 76% (December and March) who have attempted the NCLEX-RN exam are now licensed nurses in the state of Indiana. Twenty of the twenty-three December graduates are in careers at the following places: St. Francis Beech Grove, Golden Living, American Senior Communities, Colon and Rectal, IU Medical Group, University Heights, Country Side Manor, Ortho Indy, Major Hospital, Rose Walk Village, Regency Place, St Vincent Breast Center, Poplar Luff Regional Medical Center in Missouri, and Community North. 10 of the 17 March graduates are working at American Senior Communities, Waters of Indiana, St Francis, and Clarian West. We'll keep you updated as others take the tests!
Academics
Melissa Goldsmith, a full-time medical Billing and Coding Instructor at the Greenwood campus, has turned her classroom into a mock doctor’s office. The students act as patients, medical assistants, billers and coders, and front office assistants.
A “patient” arrives for an appointment, the front office greets and takes the patient’s history, diagnoses are made, procedures are performed, and those procedures/diagnoses are coded and then subsequently billed. This “real-life” scenario based learning adds to the curriculum and provides students with a “real world” experience without ever leaving the classroom. Future plans include students from other programs into scenarios to broaden the use of scenario-based learning.
Congrats to Ms. Goldsmith on bringing innovation and the power of the make-believe to the classroom!
