Advisory Board Meeting Held
IBMC Advisory Board Meeting: Reflects Employers Interests and Needs in Hiring Qualified Employees.
The Institute of Business and Medical Careers (IBMC) held their bi-annual Advisory Board Meeting Friday April 3rd. The IBMC Advisory Board is comprised of medical and business professionals, regional employers and employed IBMC graduates. The board members come from the Northern Colorado Communities of: Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, Evans, and Berthoud. The primary function of the Advisory Board is to consult and advise IBMC concerning employer’s needs per employee knowledge and technical abilities within the workplace. The information gleaned from the meeting is used to up-date IBMC curriculum content and to provide current technologies and equipment to train students in up-dated modalities. The flow of communication between employers and IBMC, gives the students and externs a positive advantage in becoming qualified employees in the workplace. This is ultimately a win-win situation for employers by introducing students to employers as prospective employees thought the externship program.
The Advisory Board Members come from a variety of business, medical and legal backgrounds, all reflecting the coursework and degrees offered at IBMC. The Advisory Board participants were divided into three discussion groups ie: Business/Legal, Medical and Massage Therapy. The questions presented for discussion in each group to glean timely information for curriculum purposes were:
• If you were to provide continuing education training to improve the quality of your staff members at your location, what topics would you choose to offer?
• What methods do you use to retain staff? IBMC staff shared their best practices
• Is your industry/business recession proof? If so, how are you fairing during these tough economic times? If not, how have you adjusted to the way you conduct business in your industry
• How is the current economic status impacting your hiring trends?
The attending Advisory Board members at the April 3rd meeting were:
Business: Dan Mackey with Retirement & Estate Advisors, Inc., Deb Kelly Hersh with Home State Bank, Edward Richardson with Key Bank, Kim Payton with Fort Collins Real Estate, Nate Scott with Turning Point, Ray Martinez with ITX, Renee Boulger with HEIT Inc., Robert Kal with RK Business Development, Sandy Powell with Northern Colorado Business Report, Susan Selby an IBMC Instructor, and Wilton Lyles with Sign Works. Medical: April Christensen with Front Range Cancer Specialist, Christine Thorp with Poudre Valley Health System, Debbie Kreider with Loveland Urgent Care, Hope Macias with Monfort Childrens Clinic, Shannon Basford with Salud Family Health Center, Leanne Chacon with General Care Medical Clinic, Mark Jackson with Wal-Mart Vision Center, Melvina Romero with Loveland Community Health Center, Pam Mohr with First Care, and Sharlyn Brown with Loveland Pediatrics. Paralegal: Cheyena Houston with Colorado Public Defender, Jodi Morse with March, Olive & Pharris, LLC, and Rich LiPuma of LiPuma Law Office. Pharmacy Technician: Vicki Einhellig with Good Day Pharmacy. Therapeutic Massage: Michael Johnston with Traditional Chinese Medical Clinic, Gay Koopman with American Massage Therapy Association, Josh Crill with Rocky Mountain Center for Advanced Bodywork, Mendy Brooks with IBMC, Toni Adsit-Wilson with Health Harmony, and Mish Clancey of Clancey Chiropractic. Medical Billing & Coding: Carolyn Willard, CCS with McKee Medical Center-Coding Department and Tina Schultz with Advanced Medical Imaging.
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