GROWING YOUR OWN CTRs ONLINE

1. GROWING YOUR OWN CTRs ONLINE presentation developed by Lillian Antonelli, MS, CTR - Director Cancer Information Management Program Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara, California

2. Cancer Registry Fact #1 • What we know about Cancer Registrars* • Mean age 48.8 • Median age 50 • 93% female • 86% Caucasian • 35% Associate degree • 41.4% BA or higher • 23% High school • Time in current job • Mean 7.8 years • Median 5.58 years * Source: NCRA Workforce Study, 2006

3. Cancer Registry Fact #2 • Registrar Workforce Size • Estimated size* 7,280 • Estimated growth* 800 in 15 yrs • Estimated shortfall 10% assuming no attrition • Estimated retirements 2,500 • Attrition 500 • TOTAL ESTIMATED SHORTFALL by 2021 37% * Source: NCRA Workforce Study, 2006

4. Cancer Registry Fact #3 Beginning in 2010, NCRA will require all CTR candidates to either have an associate’s degree in CIM OR a certificate in CIM along with an associate's degree or higher in any field.

5. Cancer Registry Fact #4 • Only EIGHT NCRA-approved cancer information management programs • 7 in US • 1 in Canada • Five degree-granting colleges in US • Santa Barbara City College (CA) • Scott Community College (IA) • Owens Community College (OH) • Davidson County Community College (NC) • Ogeechee Technical College (GA) • One bachelor degree program in development • AHIMA-NCRA • Burlington County College – NJ • College Ahuntsic - Montréal, Canada • Davidson County Community College – NC • Lehman College – NY • Minnesota State Community and Technical College - MN • Ogeechee Technical College – GA • San Jacinto College North- TX • Santa Barbara City College – CA • Scott Community College – IA • SUNY Downstate – NY • University of Texas at Brownsville (Bachelor’s degree)

6. Santa Barbara City CollegeCancer Information Management (CIM) Program • Associate degree and certificate programs implemented fall of 2000 • NCRA 3-year re-accreditation – Summer 2008 • CIM Associate of Science degree graduates eligible to take CTR exam • CIM certificate students eligible for exam with separate 2-year or 4-year college degree

7. SBCC’s Online College • Accredited by Commission for Community and Junior Colleges • Requirements for online students • Online Readiness Assessment for prospective students

8. CIM Mission Statement SBCC’s Cancer Information Management Program provides high quality cancer information management education and training to a diverse population of students in order to fill community and employer needs for credentialed CIM professionals.

9. Instructors • Dedicated and experienced faculty • Lillian Antonelli, MS, CTR (Director) • Kathleen Davidson-Allen, CTR • April Fritz, BA, RHIT, CTR • Meryl Leventhal, MS, RHIT, CTR • Katheryne Vance, BA, CTR • Arti Parikh-Patel, PhD, MPH • Small teacher to student ratio

10. CIM Program Course Requirements (1) • CIM 100 Registry Organization and Operations • CIM 125 Cancer Disease Management  • CIM 150 Oncology Coding and Staging Systems • CIM 201 Abstracting Principles and Practice I • CIM 202 Abstracting Principles and Practice II • CIM 225 Cancer Patient Follow-up    • CIM 250 Cancer Statistics and Epidemiology • CIM 275 CIM Practicum  (160 hours of directed practice in a working registry)

11. CIM Program Course Requirements (2) • COMP 101 Microsoft Office • HIT 135 Medical Terminology • BMS 146 Human Form and Function • MGMT 101 Introduction to Management • HIT 204 Pathophysiology  • HIT 101 Introduction to Health Information Management  • HIT 240 Healthcare Quality Management

12. CIM Associate Degree Requirements • General Education Courses • Social and behavioral science • Humanities • English composition* • Communication and critical thinking • Elementary algebra* • Information competency • American institutions • PE/Health • Oral communication • Multicultural/gender studies * to be taken at a local college

13. Course Load Guidelines • CIM online courses are intensive and require • Self-direction • Personal discipline • Excellent time management • Effective organizational skills • Good study habits • Average coursework per credit per week: 3 hours

14. Average Coursework Time by Student Status

15. CIM Students • 84 students currently active in CIM Program • Majority are part-time students • 21 recent graduates • 16 students ready for CIM 275 • * Data from Fall 2006 – Fall 2008

16. Collaboration with CCRA • Educational partner with California Cancer Registrars Association (CCRA) • CCRA • Funded initial course development • Markets program within California • Members serve on CIM Advisory Board • Continues to advocate for directed practice sites • Supports CIM program by offering reduced tuition for non-California residents Web site: www.ccraregistrars.org

17. Future CIM Directions • Migrate to Moodle online software • Revise all classes to include 2010 data changes • Continue offering classes each semester • Grow to meet the needs of the cancer registry profession

18. YES YOU CANGrow your own cancer registry professionals • Encourage your employees to become certified • Provide educational benefits to employees • Allow students to work in your registry • Talk up the profession to young people

19. For further information please contact Lillian Antonelli, CIM Director liantonelli@sbcc.edu or Dr. Gwyer Schuyler, Academic Counselor, schuyler@sbcc.edu

20. Santa Barbara City College sbcc.edu SBCC CIM web pages sbcc.edu/hit sbcc.edu/website