University of Texas Medical Branch
Respiratory Care Department
RESC 4246 Specialty Rotations Clinic I
Course Syllabus
Instructors:
Tammy Babcock, MS, RRT-NPS
Office Phone: (409) 772-5693
Email: tlbabcoc@utmb.edu
Course Description:
2 Credit Hours
This clinical rotation reinforces the Physiologic Monitoring lecture course and provides the student
with supervised experience and practice in physiologic monitoring and diagnostic techniques.
Students will follow scheduled rotations through several specialty areas that include the Shriner’s
Burn Hospital ICU, Ben Taub General Hospital, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Hospital ICU,
and an education rotation.
Prerequisites: RESC 3434 Intro to Clinical Practice and RESC 3235 Intro to Diagnostics and
Specialty Care Clinics.
Course Objectives:
Please See Appendix A
Required Course Materials:
Textbooks
DataArc Clinical Tracking System
Evaluation: Grades for the course are derived as follows:
Rotation Summary
Daily Logs/Time Records
Affective Evaluations
Evaluations of Instructors/Facility
Physician interaction
10 points/semester
Total
25%
20%
20%
10%
25%
100%
This course is divided into two parts: In order to acquire a numerical grade, the student
must adhere to the Affective Evaluation policy listed below.
Affective Evaluations
Your clinical instructor will provide an “Affective Evaluation” that will be completed after
all rotations. If a student is awarded a response of less than 3 on two or more responses
on 2 evaluations, then the student will invoke a grade of F in the clinical course and will be
removed from the program. All affective evaluations must be turned in on Friday. If we do
not receive the evaluation by 5pm on Friday then you will be penalized 10 points and an
additional 10 points for each additional day starting on Monday after 5pm.
Post Conference
Students are required to attend post conference on Friday of each week. (See
Attendance/Punctuality) The students will be required to present a synopsis of their specialty
rotations. Post Conference will be held in Rm 1.444 from 12:30pm- 2:30pm unless otherwise
stated. Please refer to Appendix B for post conference schedule and location
Attendance/Punctuality
Attendance is mandatory. Each student is allowed a maximum of 1 absence for all three clinical
rotations and 1 absence for post conference (2 absences for the entire semester) and still be able
to successfully meet the objectives of the course. Greater than 1 absence in clinical rotations and
1 absence for post conference will result in the reduction of your grade by one letter. You must
contact Tammy (304-433-6336) and the clinical site if you will not be at clinical. Please
refer to appendix A for contact information.
Students are expected to adhere to professional conduct which includes responsibility for one’s
actions and punctuality. Students are required to report to clinical rotations and log into DataArc
15 minutes before the start of the shift. Clocking in ten minutes after the start of shift constitutes
as a tardy. Failure to complete a DataArc time clock entry (whether clocking in or clocking out)
will also constitute as a tardy. Two tardies will equal an absence. Clocking in thirty minutes
after the start of the shift will be counted as an absence. Leaving the shift early will also be
counted as an absence.
Rotation Summary
Each student is required to submit a rotation summary to WebCT by Friday at 5:00pm for the Ben
Taub ER rotation, TDC, and St. Vincent’s Clinic rotation. There is no rotation summary
requirement for the education rotation. No late work will be accepted. The rotation summary
must be one page. It can either be a SOAP note using the same format/rubric for adult
clinical care I or One page discussing a clinical guideline used to treat a patient, a new
piece of equipment or a new disease/syndrome you experienced during the rotation.
Daily Logs
Daily Logs are to be completed each day after your clinical rotation. Daily Logs will not be
validated unless they include the following: physician contact time (if appropriate), the day’s most
significant experience, and the procedures you completed that day. A screen shot of your daily
logs and time record need to be submitted to blackboard under assignments by 5pm Friday of
each week. No late work is accepted!!
Grading for Daily Logs is as follows:
20pts
10pts
0
Daily Log completed in required format
only daily log or only time record completed in the required format
Time record/Daily log not submitted to blackboard by 5pm Friday
Evaluations
Students are required to evaluate their clinical instructors and clinical facilities after each rotation.
These are required as part of your clinical grade.
Evaluations of all clinical instructors – 100
Evaluation of half of the clinical instructors – 70
No evaluation of clinical instructors – 0
Evaluation of all clinical sites – 100
Evaluation of half of the clinical sites – 70
No evaluation of clinical sites - 0
Course Policies: The minimum passing score for this course is 70.
Academic Progress: Information regarding the Student's academic progress in this course will
be shared with their Academic Advisor and/or Department Chair. Student's making
unsatisfactory progress may be referred to the Office of Student Affairs for assistance.
University Statement on Equality, Tolerance and Affirmative Action:
Please indicate by the end of the 2nd week of the course if you will need accommodations under
the Americans with Disabilities Act (Public Law 101-336). If the need for ADA accommodations
should arise during the semester you will need to make your request known to the ADA
Coordinator in the Office of Student Affairs
Academic Integrity:
Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the
submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another
person, taking an examination for another person, and any act designed to give unfair advantage
to a student or the attempt to commit such an act.
Procedures to be followed in the event of alleged academic dishonesty are described the Rules
and Regulations of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, and the SHP
Student Handbook. Alleged academic dishonesty issues should be reported to the Associate
Dean for Student Affairs.
End of Course Evaluations
Students will be given the opportunity to evaluate the performance of the instructor and course
near the end of the course/semester. When submitting course evaluations students must follow
the guidelines provided by the course instructor or department.
**If for any reason the student is asked to leave the clinical rotation site due
to inappropriate conduct or behavior the student may be subject to
dismissal from the program pending investigation.
Appendix A
Education Rotation (Edu)
 Contact Dr. Rojas the week prior to your rotation, to find out what topic will be
covered. (you can access the Therapeutics Course and Lab in Blackboard by using
the profile below; the syllabus has dates and topics):
Username: gstudent1
Password: tech$1
 The student is responsible for setting up The lab for the week’s topic. Please
report by 9:00 am.
 The student will facilitate lab teaching per Dr. Rojas
 After the class and lab are finished, the student is responsible for cleanup
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Hospital
 Meet in the Respiratory Care Department 4th floor Children’s Hospital at 5:50am.
 Contacts – Team Leader at 409-772-1635
 Tammy Babcock 304-433-6336
 Rotation Summary- Due by 5pm Friday via Blackboard assignment folder
Ben Taub ED
 Charge Therapist of Day. 713-873-9312
 Report to 5th Floor room 5G29 at 6:45am to be assigned a Therapist
 Rotation Summary- Due by 5pm Friday via Blackboard assignment folder
Select Specialty Hospital Houston;
 Amy Brock – 713-319-4585
 Report to the Respiratory Department at 6:45am for report.
 Rotation Summary – Due by 5pm Friday via Blackboard assignment folder
Select Specialty Hospital - Houston Medical Center
2130 W. Holcombe Boulevard, 6th and 7th Floors
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 218-2300
Phone - Amy Brock - Manager Respiratory Care (713) 319-4585
Appendix B
Post Conference (tentative) Schedule
Go over the week and answer questions on first week of rotations
9/7/12
Simulation in lab. Wear scrubs
9/14/12
Simulation in Lab. Wear scrubs
9/21/12
HFOV
9/28/12
Topic TBA
10/5/12
Simulation in Lab. Wear scrubs
10/12/12
Topic TBA
10/19/12
Simulation in Lab. Wear scrubs
10/26/12
Topic TBA
11/2/12
Simulation in Lab. Wear scrubs
11/9/12
Last Post conference! Adult and Pediatric Final Clinical Exams
11/16/12