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GROWING YOUR OWN CTRs ONLINE

Learn about the growing field of Cancer Registrars and how to develop your own Certified Tumor Registrars (CTRs) online. Discover the requirements, programs, and course offerings available. Presented by Lillian Antonelli, Director of the Cancer Information Management Program at Santa Barbara City College.

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GROWING YOUR OWN CTRs ONLINE

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  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

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