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Instruments for Professionals n !A <c^~funttzij "Very Personal Investments" 313 B South College Ave. College Station (409)846-8916 Campus [hursday, )ist< Page 2 The Battalion Thursday, August 5,1993 •.-en A&M works to improve EMS quality By GENEEN PIPHER The Battnlioii Texas A&M University Medical Services (TAMU EMS) installed a cutting-edge quality improvement program in July. The first phase of the program helps TAMU EMS keep more accurate patient charts and records and allows better evaluation of their techniques. The second phase keeps track of incident reports and targets problem areas. Michael Fraley, chief of the TAMU EMS, said the organization had no formal quality improvement program previously. "The state just started requiring quality im provement programs just this year as part of our licensing," he said. "Quality improve ment is the big trend right now." Metrocrest Medical Services Inc. is the non profit organization that provided the program to A&M free of charge. Fraley said Metrocrest Medical Services had a special interest and understanding of the TAMU EMS needs. "What is nice about this quality improve ment program is that both of the people work ing on this project were Texas A&M gradu ates," Fraley said. "They used to work here; they knew our needs; they knew we needed new equipment." Although all EMS services in Texas are re quired by law to have quality improvement programs, David Phillips, quality improve ment director and former student, said few services have the resources to assemble a pro gram of this scope and magnitude. "By concentrating the expertise, research and resources in one place, companies like Metrocrest Medical Services are able to pro vide a comprehensive, progressive program to EMS services," he said. He said the program includes the very lat est in medical protocols, quality assessment tools and support software. "This quality improvement program will al low the TAMU EMS to evaluate the perfor mance of their emergency ambulance system very precisely, to accurately document their findings and needs and to effectively direct such interventions as continuing education to improve the service's performance," he said. Fraley said the new program has made their already good patient care even better. "This program helps to identify problem ar eas and trends," he said. "We will he seeing better patient care and better qualified medics. It was a really good service to begin with,ar hopefully it will identify the subtle problems Grant Kirby, TAMU EMS paramedic ar captain of the training department, said the new program is very beneficial. "It makes you very self conscious about the way you write your reports and treat your pa tients," Kirby said. "The program helps you organize your whole approach to caring fore patient. When you are writing your reports,! is easy to forget the little things, that is, where the program helps —with the subtleties." Kirby said he can already see a difference in lor the EMS service. "I think it has increased our professional ism," he said. "I can already see a change in my patient care." Fraley said, "We have already seen some drastic changes in the way the medics attend to p>atients. This provides better pratientcare by making sure that we do the right thing at the right time." Most patients will not realize that *the pro gram was put into pdace, Fraley said. "It probably will not be something a patient will see," he said. "Luckily most of our tients only see us once, but when they do, they will get the best possible care." Student tourin; ms this w< mnterpari part of a ionsored iiternation tablishe: icross the 1 diplom Ten stud teacl iuazua, M lortheast o Nuevo L lollege Sta jty to hot ation. Mike Me of biolc School Continued from Page 1 remove them." But Tate said whether or not the parent is college educated or certified to teach has little effect on the quality of the teaching. "Certification has never been proven to be of measurable value in education," he said. "In fact, when the results of teaching by certified teacher and uncertified teacher are compared, the results are very heavily in favor of using uncertified teachers." Dr. Donna Wiseman, associate dean for teacher education in the collegtT of education, said in some instances, learning can be achieved with good individual at tention, but certified teachers are more prepared to educate large groups. "In the area of problem solv-* ing, an educated, certified teacher using proven techniques will be far better teaching with large groups," Wiseman said. But Tate said most states now are accepting or "begging" for non-certified teachers. In 1988, Houston had more than 500 non-certified teachers in the classrooms, he said. Wiseman said most of these non-certified teachers don't stay very long because they are not used to dealing with people of di verse backgrounds and behavior so they become discouraged. "The only factor guaranteeing success in teaching is the absolute commitment of the teacher to do whatever is necessary for the stu dent to learn the desired subject," Tate said. Wiseman said, "Parental in volvement is a great indicator of school achievement, whether the parents home educate their chil dren or work." "Parents have the right to edu cate their children," she said. "My concern is quality control. Some parents are prepared to teach their children and some are not." Sandy Kibby, legislative con sultant for the 46X38 PTA, said the organization wants more legisla tive guidelines for home schools and other —-"non-’&pproved" schools in order to meet the same minimum educational standards as public schools. Annette Cootes, information officer for the Texas State Teach ers Association, agreed, and said PlIlliRlGHT Grants for O 1* £1 «1 11 ft t 4^ $tuL«teiits» and / Ox* cl it at tin 2$ Sc?ftftioi*si If you're a U.S. citizen, you can perform research abroad in the country of your choice. To find out more, come to our Informational Meeting (listed below), or come by or call the Study Abroad Program Office at 161 Bizzell Hall West (845-0544). Wed. August 11, from 2:00-3:00 251 Bizzell Hall West SCOTT & WHITE CLINIC, COLLEGE STATION Announcing Weekend Clinic Hours for Urgent Care 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Scott & White Clinic, College Station, is now offering weekend Clinic hours for urgent care by appointment j only! The Weekend Clinic is conducted from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Clinic Annex building located across the street (Glenhaven Dr.) from the main clinic. By Appointment Only (409) 268-3663 A Scott & White Annex S&W Clinic UNIVERSITY DRIVE EAST Scott & White Clinic, College Station 1600 University Drive East there is concern that children in home schools miss "a valuable lesson in socialization" by not go ing to a traditional school. "Getting along with people with different backgrounds is as important as academics," she said. "Kindergarten is the melting pot for children." But Cindy Bodiford, a graduate student in sociology who home schools her children, said the state has no right to put children in public schools to help them get along better. Not everyone is accepted in public school, which makes it hard for children to get along with each other, Bodiford said. "Home schooling has had a pos itive effect on my children because we are fundamentalist Christians, so in public schools my children were outcast," she said. Tate agreed that adequate so cialization does not take place in traditional schools. Tate said he understands argu ments against home schooling, such as many parents believing if a traditional school education was good enough for them, it is good enough for their children. "Let's face it though, it is not the same school environment," he said. Research Continued from Page 1 He said research is a key mis sion of the University and synergy between it and education must go hand-in-hand. The roundtable discussion consisted of seven areas of im portance: priorities, research and education, interdisciplinary studies, patterns of institutional support, community of scholars, new relationships and novel in sights. After the issue is discussed at the group's Aug. 27 meeting, members will prepare a report that will be sent to some of the highest national science authorities. "The report will go to anim portant audience on the institu tional and national level," IMch said. The forum was sponsored h the National Science Board and Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable. Four other universities participated includ ing Stanford, Yale, Case Western Reserve and the University o( Wisconsin-Mad ison. ByJA Ihe progra ndy a wi 6 IGNORING THIS AD COULD SERIOUSLY IMPAIR YOUR ABILITY TO SECURE AN INTERNATIONAL CAREER! THE BRITISH MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDES US CITIZENS WITH A 3.7 GPR THE CHANCE TO EARN A MASTER'S DEGREE IN BRITAIN. COME TO 251 BIZZELL HALL WEST 5 AUGUST AT 2:00 TO FIND OUT MORE. STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS; 161 BIZZELL HALL WEST; 845-0544 The Battalion JASON LOUGHMAN, Editor in chief MARK EVANS, Managing editor DAVE THOMAS, Night News editor MACK HARRISON, Opinion editor BILLY MORAN, Photo editor STEPHANIE PATTILLO, City editor ANAS BEN-MUSA, Aggielife editor KYLE BURNETT, Sports editor SUSAN OWEN, Sports editor Staff Members City desk - Jennifer Smith, James Bernsen, Reagan Clamon, Michele Brinkmann, Jason Cox, Lisa Elliott, J. 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