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. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program Cancer Registry Fact #1 What we know about Cancer Registrars* Mean age48.8 Median age50 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. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program Cancer Registry Fact #2 Registrar Workforce Size Estimated size*7,280 Estimated growth*800 in 15 yrs Estimated shortfall10% assuming no attrition Estimated retirements2,500 Attrition500 TOTAL ESTIMATED SHORTFALL by 2021 * Source: NCRA Workforce Study, 2006 37%

4. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program 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. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program 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’s Online Cancer Information Management Program Santa Barbara City College Cancer 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. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program SBCC’s Online College Accredited by Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Requirements for online students Online Readiness Assessment for prospective students

8. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program 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. CIM Mission Statement

9. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program 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. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program 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. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program CIM Program Course Requirements (2) COMP 101Microsoft 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. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program 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. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program 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. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program Status SBCC Course Units Average hours/week for total units taken Full-time1236 hours Part-time927 hours Part-time618 hours Part-time39 hours Average Coursework Time by Student Status

15. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program 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. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program 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. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program 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. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program YES YOU CAN Grow 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. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program For further information please contact Lillian Antonelli, CIM Director liantonelli@sbcc.edu or Dr. Gwyer Schuyler, Academic Counselor, schuyler@sbcc.edu schuyler@sbcc.edu

20. Santa Barbara’s Online Cancer Information Management Program Santa Barbara City College sbcc.edu SBCC CIM web pages sbcc.edu/hit sbcc.edu/website