Howard Community College

forward is interdisciplinary learning that others are mid-career, such as hospital percent of our radiologic technology prepares students for situations they will administrators and educators, who come students pass their certification exam. experience in the work environment. back to take specific classes. Many of learning scenario that allowed emergency they continue to work and go to school to Q. What support do community partnerships provide? medical technician/paramedic (EMT/P) transition to a new career. a. Partnerships are extremely important For example, we recently created a students to take a patient from the our students are doing double duty as The average age of our health sciences to the health sciences programs because emergency scene to the hospital, where credit students is 29. About 40 percent they provide the hands-on experience that nursing students take over. of those now enrolled in the nursing is a critical part of the learning process program are minority students, and that is for our students. We have cultivated that has some of the most outstanding health a little higher in the other health sciences solid partnerships with health agencies in care facilities in the nation. Our students programs. Howard and surrounding counties, and We are fortunate to be located in an area I am proud to report that our LPN and because our program is so large, we have and adjunct faculty members and from RN students have one of the highest first- affiliations across the state. For example, opportunities to gain clinical experience in time pass rates in the state, well above the cardiovascular technology program many of these renowned institutions. the national average – at 100 percent and has a unique partnership with Washington 93.7 percent respectively – on the national Hospital Center, where our students have Q. How would you describe the students enrolled in these programs? licensing test every nurse must take. In a clinical experience, and their employees addition, our cardiovascular technology enroll in our program. a. Our students are very motivated. Some students have a 100 percent pass rate, are pursuing their first college degree, and paramedics are at 89 percent, and 90 benefit from the experience of our full-time We also have an important affiliation with Howard County General Hospital, Bill Fisher (right), associate professor and director of the cardiovascular technology program, instructs a student on catheter insertion. Howard Community College Fall 2011 | Pathways 5

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