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This is a ten-semester hour graduate level course in the Master
of Science in Case Management Degree Program. This course is designed
as an Independent Study learning course. When you are at this level
in the program, you will select one focused area of study within
your clinical case management specialty practice. You now study
one focused area of disease/illness, or concept, theory, or modalities/interventions
related to the practice of case management.
This course of study is structured around a comprehensive learning
contract. You develop a learning contract, which provides ten semester
hours of a combination of different learning activities and independent
studies focused on your declared specialty. Upon official enrollment
into this Symposium Course, you are provided with full instructions
for preparing a learning contract, as well as examples of completed
contracts. You and I then review your learning contract and mutually
agree on the defined goals and learning processes to meet the goals.
I provide mentorship, guidance and support to you throughout the
development of the learning contract and its implementation and
evaluation. You are evaluated using mutually agreed upon evaluation
guidelines. The learning contract is a dynamic ongoing process,
which may be revised as you progress in the course. Your learning
needs are given high priority during the development of the learning
contract and the implementation phase. Evaluation criteria are focused
on learning experiences appropriate to advanced clinical practice
at the masters degree level. The ten semester hours of learning
are based on a formula: one semester hour is equivalent to fifteen
contact hours of learning activities.
You
are allotted ten weeks of time to complete this course. An extension
of up to five additional weeks is generally approved.
These are selected based on your individual learning contract.
You and I mutually agree
upon the grading scale for this course. You design a grading scale
for the course within the learning contract. You complete a comprehensive
analysis of all learning experiences during implementation of the
contract.
You are encouraged
to communicate with me. I am available as a teacher, coach, and
mentor to assist you in meeting your goals for this course. Primarily,
communication is through e-mail. However, I am also available for
conversation by telephone if you would like. Our classroom for this
course has a "chat" room. I am also very willing to meet
with you one-on-one in the chat room at your request. From time
to time, depending on how many students are enrolled in this course
at a particular time, we will have some scheduled group chats. You
will receive more detailed information at the time such chat sessions
are scheduled. Please keep my e-mail address handy so that you can
contact me whenever necessary.
Dominick
L. Flarey, Ph.D, DCH, MBA, RN,CS, CNAA, FACHE, is President of Dominick
L. Flarey & Associates, a health care consulting firm, and The
Center for Medical-Legal Consulting. He is a Certified Legal Nurse
Consultant, and is the past Editor in Chief of JONA's ( journal
of nursing administration's) Healthcare Law, Ethics & Regulation.
He has held positions as a certified nurse practitioner, associate
administrator of patient care, chief operating office and administrator
in acute care hospitals. He was an executive consultant to a national
"big 6" accounting firm's health care practice and was
a service line administrator and consultant for case management
for another national consulting firm. He holds a BSN, an MBA, and
Doctorates in nursing administration and management. He also holds
a Doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy. He is certified in Psychiatric-Mental
Health Nursing, by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Dr. Flarey is certified in nursing administration
advanced and as an adult nurse practitioner by the American Nurses
Association Credentialing Center. He is a board certified health
care executive by the American College of Healthcare Executives,
and is a Fellow in the college. He is also certified as a Medical-Legal
Consultant. He is Professor of the Legal Nurse Consulting Certificate
Program at Canyon College. He lectures around the country extensively
on legal and ethical issues related to health care practice. He
has also completed numerous consulting projects in case management
for acute care hospitals.
He is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Nursing
Administration, Case Management: Managing the Process of Patient
Care, and Nursing Outcomes. He has authored over 50 published articles
in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Flarey is editor/author of the book, "Redesigning Nursing
Care Delivery: Transforming Our Future," published by Lippincott/Raven
publishers. He is also co-editor/author of the following books by
Aspen Publishers: "Reengineering Nursing and Health Care: The
Handbook for Organizational Transformation," winner of a 1995
AJN book of the year award, "The Handbook of Nursing Case Management:
Health Care Delivery in a World of Managed Care," "Case
Studies in Case Management," "Health Care Outcomes: Collaborative,
Path-Based Approaches," and "Cardiovascular Outcomes:
Collaborative, Path-Based Approaches," and "Process-Centered
Healthcare Organizations."
Upon completion of this course, you will
be able to:
1). Understand and develop a learning contract for advanced case
management practice.
2). Declare a specialty area of study for advanced case management
practice.
3). Work in a mentorship capacity to meet the objectives of an advanced
case management practice learning contract.
4). Develop advanced knowledge and skills in a clinical specialty
area of case management practice.
5). Evaluate learning objectives.
6). Develop research skills appropriate for graduate level work.
7). Contribute to your own case management clinical practice.
8). Practice case management at an advanced level of practice.
The following is a short abstract of the types
of learning activities that you may incorporate into your learning
contracts:
1). Independent Research.
2). Focused Reading and Study.
3). Article Abstracts and Analysis.
4). Attending Related Seminars.
5). Clinical Projects.
6). Audio Tape Programs.
7). Video Tape Programs.
8). Research and Publication.
9). Clinical Preceptorships.
10). Course Development.
11). New Services Development.
12). Project Implementation.
You will
utilize the online virtual classroom for this course to access all
information and instructions for the learning contract, including
contract samples.
You must have completed
all of the courses in the Master of Science in Case Management Degree
Program before taking this course.
If
you have any questions regarding this program, you may address them
to admassistant@breyerstate.com.
An administrative faculty member will respond to all questions.
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