Training and Certificate Courses

 

Phlebotomy Technique Training

Lecture and clinical lab will be included in this intensive accredited phlebotomy technique training course with Mike Blankenship, (ASCP) certified medical technologist. All aspects of drawing and processing laboratory specimens and rules and precautions featuring infection prevention will be presented in a controlled environment.

This program consists of 40 lecture hours at ENMU-Portales plus 120 hours of clinical laboratory experience (clinical rotation) at the Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis (or others to be arranged). It will help prepare students to take the ASCP (American Society of Clinical Pathologists) exam for certification as a PBT (Phlebotomy Technician). Students who successfully complete this course will receive a completion certificate from ENMU. However, job placement is not guaranteed, and students are encouraged to take the nationally recognized ASCP certification exam (must be arranged and paid for by the student). The cost for the ASCP PBT certification exam is currently $125, and the closest testing sites are Albuquerque, Amarillo or Lubbock.

Please note that our clinical affiliates now require an acceptable criminal background check (conducted by the N.M. Departments of Health and Public Safety, CCHSP, including both nationwide and statewide screening) on all phlebotomy students who will enter into a clinical rotation. The state of New Mexico also requires an acceptable criminal background check before a job applicant can be hired as a phlebotomist, regardless of the employer (public or private). For a listing of felony convictions which disqualify an applicant or caregiver from employment, contractual services, or student placement with a care provider, go online to http://dhi.health.state.nm.us/cchsp/index/php, select link on the right called “7.1.9 NMAC- Caregivers Criminal History Screening Requirements”, and scroll to page 6, section 7.1.9.11 “Disqualifying Convictions, A through H”.

Students must register for this course in person at Distance Education, Education Building and they must bring with them the following: proof of high school diploma or GED, presentation of photographic identification (driver’s license or passport) and social security card (or equivalent document) and payment of the $375 course fee (by cash, or check to ENMU, or credit card) in order to guarantee space in the class.

In addition, students must submit the following before 5 p.m. on the date of the first lecture class meeting: completed fingerprint cards (three full sets), and payment ($65 by United States Postal Service [USPS] money order only, made out to CCHSP [Caregivers Criminal History Screening Program], which can be purchased at a local post office with cash, debit card or traveler’s check for a fee of $1.05).
The cost for fingerprinting is $2 per card (cash or check, three cards for $6, nonrefundable). The mandatory meeting will be discussed with each student at her/his initial registration appointment with Distance Education. All students who register for the course will be required to make arrangements on their own to have three sets of fingerprints collected at the Clovis (or other) local police station, using blank FBI cards to be provided by Distance Education. If a student cannot supply fingerprints due to a medical or physical condition, a signed affidavit is required.

Please be aware that class scheduling is subject to change after publication, and that Distance Education may find it necessary to cancel the course, for unforeseen reasons. Registration will begin Dec. 6 at 9 a.m.

Before a student may enter their clinical rotation (tentatively estimated to begin during the second or third week of the semester), they must provide proof of specific immunizations (TB skin test within previous year, immunity to both measles and German measles [Rubella], and immunity to Hepatitis B or immunization for Hepatitis B or medical documentation of positive infection status with Hepatitis B). Please note that if a student needs to receive a Hepatitis B vaccine, the cost can be as high as $100 per injection (total of three injections, each two months apart, so total cost could be $300). Unvaccinated students may only have time to receive the first injection before beginning their clinical rotation, and proof of that first injection is sufficient to allow student entrance into the clinical rotation. All immunization proof must be submitted to Distance Education before a clinical rotation can begin.

Additionally, before beginning clinical rotation, students must purchase liability insurance (options will be discussed at the first lecture class meeting). Reasonably priced liability insurance can be purchased online, with annual premiums for students as low as approximately $40. Proof of acceptable liability insurance must be submitted to Distance Education before a clinical rotation can begin. Furthermore, at the time of registration and at the first lecture class meeting, students will be required to sign various documents, including but not limited to agreements for medical records confidentiality, non-discrimination, limits of liability, and clinical dress code.

Because this course is non-credit (certificate only), most scholarship and college financial aid programs do not apply; however, students may seek financial assistance through the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (for eligibility information phone 575.763.3437), or the New Mexico Workforce Connection under the Workforce Investment Act/WIA (for eligibility information contact the Curry County One Stop Career Center, 575.763.3155, or the Portales One Stop Career Center, 575.356.4720). Although most of the costs of this phlebotomy program are eligible under WIA, a student cannot be reimbursed (federal regulations) for the costs of a criminal background check ($65) or for the cost of fingerprinting ($6) because the results could eliminate her/him from the program.

If a student officially withdraws from this course after the first lecture class meeting but before 5 p.m. on the date of the second lecture class, then she/he will receive 100 percent refund of the course fee ($375), and the USPS money order for a CCHSP background check will be returned to the student. In order to receive a refund from the USPS for the printed value of the money order, a student must have retained the USPS purchase receipt; (the USPS fee of $1.05 for issue of money order is non-refundable). Purchase of textbooks, supplies, uniforms, and all costs related to immunizations and liability insurance are solely the responsibility of the student and will not be reimbursed by ENMU under any circumstances (except as contracted with N.M. Workforce Connection/WIA or Vocational Rehab). This policy will apply even if Distance Education needs to change the course schedule or cancel the course, and also will apply if a student officially withdraws from the course (by choice or necessity), or if a student does not successfully complete the course and/or is terminated from the course due to disciplinary action or discovery of criminal disqualification. Also, any costs or losses incurred by the student for transportation/food/housing, or contracting child care, or reduction in work hours, or finance charges on loans/bank accounts, etc., are the student’s personal responsibility and will not be reimbursed by ENMU under any circumstances. The cost to have fingerprints taken by local police is nonrefundable.

If a student officially withdraws from this course after the second lecture class meeting but before 5 p.m. on the date of the third lecture class, then they will receive a 75 percent refund of the course fee, but no refund will be given for the CCHSP background check. If a student is denied enrollment (or must be removed from the ongoing course) because of information discovered in the criminal background check, then a full refund of the course fee ($375) will be given, regardless of the date of such discovery within the semester for which the student was registered. There will be no other refunds given after 5 p.m. on the date of the third lecture class meeting. In order to officially withdraw from this course and/or request a refund, a student must notify the Department Secretary or Coordinator in Distance Education, either in person or by telephone (575.562.2165), AND must notify the Instructor, Mike Blankenship, either in person or by telephone. Refunds are made in the form of a check from the office of Business Affairs, and processing usually takes 10–14 days. Students will be required to sign a letter at the time of initial registration in Education Building RM 102, acknowledging that they have read and understand the refund policy for this course.

Phlebotomy Technique Training

When: Tuesdays, 5:30–9 p.m.
Feb.1–Apr. 26, 2011
Where: Lecture classes at ENMU-Portales
College of Business, Room 137
Clinical rotation: Tentatively estimated to begin during the second or third week of the semester. Location to be arranged (usually in Clovis, rarely in Portales), and schedule (120 hrs total) to be arranged with instructor

Course fee: $375 due at registration

Background check fee: $65 due at Distance
Education no later than 5 p.m. on Feb. 1, payable only by USPS money order, made out to CCHSP (also see Fingerprints Requirement below)

Prerequisites for course registration (secures your place in the class), must be presented in person at time of registration: proof of high school diploma or GED, presentation of photographic identification (driver’s license or passport) and social security card (or equivalent document), and payment of course fee. During their initial registration appointments at Distance Education, students will be required to sign authorizations for criminal background checks, to be conducted by CCHSP. Program enrollment limits: max 25 students.

Fingerprints requirement: submission of fingerprints (three full sets collected at a local police station for nonrefundable cost of $2 each [or total cost $6] payable by cash or check, using blank FBI cards to be provided by Distance Education, and payment ($65 USPS money order, see above) are due at Distance Education no later than 5 p.m. on Feb. 2nd.

Prerequisites for clinical rotation: proof of immunizations, proof of liability insurance, and acquisition of approved scrub uniforms

Textbooks: available at ENMU Bookstore (phone 575.562.2721 or 877.499.2665 for hours of business), or may be purchased online at www.enmu.edu using the “Quick Links” tab, or at alternate Web sites such as www.Amazon.com

Required textbook: Phleboto! my Handbook: Blood Collection Essentials (8th Edition) by Dian! a Garza and Kathleen Becan-McBride, published in 2004 (cost approx. $60)

Recommended: (1) Success in Phlebotomy: a Q & A Review (6th Edition)by Kathleen Becan-McBride and Diana Garza, published in 2005 (cost approx.(2) Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary, published in 2006 (cost approx. $8)

Scrub uniforms: to be acquired by student before starting clinical rotation (some students will) already have acceptable scrubs, or may be able to find acceptable second-hand scrubs).
Description of approved uniforms and clinical dress code requirements will be discussed at first lecture class meeting (cost of scrubs if purchased new approximately $60

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Small Museum Pro!

Small Museum Pro! is a professional certification program for people who work, or who would like to work, in small, local museums and who need practical guidance and education on running and managing a museum. This program is a collaboration between ENMU’s Distance Learning Program and Museum Development Associates of Santa Fe, New Mexico. To obtain a certificate, participants will need to complete all five Small Museum Pro! courses, which will be offered only online. Each class is worth three Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Spring 2010 (Beginning February 2011):
First eight weeks: Building Effective Museum Exhibits (Small Museum Pro! Exhibits)

This class is about how to put together an exhibition, from deciding what it will be about and why, to gathering, creating and arranging all the elements for visitors. You'll learn a lot from your classmates – from their own experiences and from the resources that they share with all of us. And you'll learn the best way: by doing – you will develop an actual exhibit over the course of the class.

When: Feb. 14, - April 4.(first eight weeks)
Where: eight-week online format
Fee: $195
Register by: Thursday, Feb. 14

Instructor: Jennifer Kinyak (Storyteller’s Workshop, Inc.) is a museum exhibit developer and designer who lives to help create meaningful, compelling experiences for visitors. Her past clients and projects include the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation, the Kurdish Regional Government, Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, Discovery Gateway in Salt Lake City, the state of New Mexico’s Van of Enchantment traveling exhibit, and illustrations for Nina Simon’s book The Participatory Museum. Jennifer’s love for learning has led her through a varied education, including work as a teacher, editor, and writer, and culminating in her Master of Fine Arts degree in Museum Exhibition Planning and Design from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
Required text: Exhibit Makeovers, A Do-It-Yourself Workbook for Small Museums (Altamira Press, 2008) ($29.95).

Second Eight Weeks: Caring for Museum Collections

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Small Museum Pro!

Collections Care: Caring for Museum Collections
Collections Care is concerned with the physical care and preservation of your museum collections. This course will be very practical and will cover how collections age and deteriorate, handling collections, storage requirements, environmental considerations for museums, housekeeping, and risk management.

At the end of this course students will: know the major causes of deterioration for museum objects, and how to use that information to enhance the long-term preservation of your collections; know how to handle the objects in your collection in the safest way; know how to examine and document the condition of the objects in your collections; know how to display your collections in a way that prolongs their life; know how to store and house your collections in the way that best preserves them; understand the importance of environmental control for the preservation of your collections; know the best ways to clean your museum; and know how to perform a risk assessment for your museum then, how to use your assessment to write a disaster plan for your museum.

When: Mon, April 11-May 30
Where: eight-week online format
Fee: $195
Register by: Monday, April 11

Instructor: M. Susan Barger, PhD has been involved in art conservation for over 30 years as a conservation scientist and as an educator, both on the university level and for professional development for small museums. She is a Professional Associate in the American Institute for Conservation of Artistic and Historic Works (AIC). Over the last fifteen years, she has been involved in consulting and professional development for workers in small museums throughout the Southwest. From 2001–04, she served as the program manager for the Small Museum Development Project, a federally funded, joint program of the Museum of New Mexico and the New Mexico Association of Museums. In 2005, she was a co-founder with Barbara B. Hagood of the nonprofit Museum Development Associates (www.museumdevelopment.org) and was its director from 2008 through 2010.

Required text: Odegaard, Nancy. A Guide to Handling Anthropological Museum Collections. Available from WAAC (Western Association of Art Conservators) ($8.95).

Summer 2010 (beginning June 2011):
Museum Education: Crafting Great Learning Experiences

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Legal Nurse Consultant Training Course

Coordinated by our educational partner, Scott A, Hatch, J.D., of the Center for Legal Studies in Golden, Colo. this course is available in a seven-week online format, taught by renowned legal nurse consultant Jennifer Graham, R.N. The course is open to any RN or other medical professional interested in the field of forensic testimony and medical-legal issues, and the curriculum is specifically designed to prepare participants for a career as legal nurse consultant. Building on students' medical education and possible clinical experience, this course prepares participants to testify in court as expert witnesses and to advise law firms, health care providers, insurance companies, and governmental agencies regarding medical issues.

The course teaches legal concepts related to the health care industry, as well as the role a legal nurse consultant might play in litigation areas such as medical malpractice, toxic torts, products liability, personal injury, wrongful death, criminal law, and workers' compensation. CEUs for nurses will be available to successful graduates if needed, for an additional small fee. Legal Nurse Consultant Certification (LNCC) Examination eligibility requirements are discussed during this training course; however, students who successfully complete this course need not take the LNCC test in order to practice as legal nurse consultants.

Students receive 42 hours of instruction and will be required to prepare assignments and pass weekly quizzes. Students who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Completion from Eastern New Mexico University. Three repeating sessions are scheduled for this Spring. Tuition is $789 with a required textbook, Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practices, second edition costing an additional $115, plus shipping and handling. Registration and textbook orders can be placed by calling 800.522.PREP (same as 800.522.7737), or you may visit www.legalstudies.com for more information or registration.

Online Format: seven-week course
When: See website for dates
Register by: see www.legalstudies.com
Where: www.legalstudies.com
Fee: $849
Required and recommended textbooks: variable costs

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Paralegal Certificate Course

Coordinated by our educational partner, Scott A. Hatch, J.D., of the Center for Legal Studies in Golden, Colorado, this course is available in VHS videotape, DVD, audio, text-only, or online format. This intensive, nationally acclaimed program is designed for beginning as well as advanced legal workers. The course will teach students how to work as a full-time or part-time paralegal, and how to open a free-lance business. Students will be trained to assist trial attorneys, interview witnesses, investigate complex fact patterns, research the law and assist in preparing cases for courtroom litigation. The instruction is practice-oriented and related to those areas of the law in which paralegals are most in demand. This program will help students learn new marketable job skills and increase their office's efficiency, productivity and billable hours. There are no prerequisites; however, students will be expected to complete a significant amount of homework, and must pass numerous quizzes and successfully complete several legal document writing assignments.

Students have 14 weeks to complete the online course. Students have a maximum of 12 months to complete the two-part course in the VHS, audio, DVD, or text-only format, for which enrollment is open and ongoing. Students who successfully complete both Paralegal I and Paralegal II will receive a Certificate of Completion from ENMU. Tuition is $1039 with required textbooks and WESTLAW legal research access costing an additional $320, plus shipping and handling. Registration and textbook orders can be placed by calling 800.522.PREP (same as 800.522.7737), or visit www.legalstudies.com.

Online Format: seven-week course
When: See website for dates
Register by: see www.legalstudies.com
Where: www.legalstudies.com
Fee: $1189
Required and recommended textbooks: variable costs

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Advanced Paralegal Certificate Courses

Students should have successfully completed the Paralegal Course above, or the equivalent, before enrolling in these Advanced Paralegal Courses. These courses (14 different advanced topics) are available in online format lasting seven weeks each. Students will receive 4.5 CEUs upon successful completion of each advanced course, and CLE units (generally seven per topic) may also be awarded to attorneys and other legal professionals who successfully complete an advanced course. More than one course may be taken during any given session, and the topics can be taken in any order; however, it is recommended that students should not take more than three courses per session due to significant homework requirements. Students who successfully complete at least six advanced course topics will receive a Certificate of Completion from Eastern New Mexico University. Registration and textbook orders can be placed by calling 800.522.PREP (same as 800.522.7737), or you may visit www.legalstudies.com for information and registration.

Online Format: seven-week course
When: See website for dates
Register by: see www.legalstudies.com
Where: www.legalstudies.com
Fee: $1650
Required and recommended textbooks: variable costs

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Law School Preparation Course

This course, coordinated by our educational partner, Scott A. Hatch, J.D., of the Center for Legal Studies in Golden, Colorado is offered in an online format, and is designed to help pre-law students excel in their first year of law school. Its objective is to teach a proven approach for attacking the burdensome casebook method of instruction so that dedicated students can enter law school prepared and maximize their studies on the very first day. Students can complete the online course in just seven weeks.

Tuition is $300 with extensive materials (including any first-year course outlines) provided. You may register by calling 800.522.PREP (same as 800.522.7737), or visit www.legalstudies.com for more information or registration. Students who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Completion from Eastern New Mexico University.

Online Format: seven-week course
When: see website for dates
Register by: see www.legalstudies.com
Where: www.legalstudies.com
Fee: $300
Required and recommended textbooks: variable costs

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Victim Advocacy Certificate Course

Coordinated by our educational partner, Scott A. Hatch, J.D., of the Center for Legal Studies in Golden, Colorado, this course is available in VHS videotape, DVD, audio, or online format taught by Alison Hatch, B.A., M.A. The course will prepare participants to work in victim advocacy with domestic violence shelters, crisis centers, crisis hotlines and state and county governments. Course topics include legal terminology, legal process, jurisdiction and venue, ethics, guardianships, crisis intervention, sexual assault, domestic violence, grief counseling, temporary restraining orders, and community counseling. There are no prerequisites; however, students will be expected to complete homework. Students who successfully complete this non-credit course will receive a Certificate of Completion from Eastern New Mexico University. Tuition is $525 with a required textbook, Victim Advocacy Manual, costing an additional $40 plus shipping and handling. Registration and textbook orders can be placed by calling 800.522.PREP (same as 800.522.7737), or you may visit www.legalstudies.com for more information or registration.

Online Format: seven-week course
When: see website for dates
Register by: see www.legalstudies.com
Where: www.legalstudies.com
Fee: $575
Required and recommended textbooks: variable

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United States Parachute Association A-License Certification

These courses use the United States Parachute Association's (USPA) Integrated Student Program to instruct students in the disciplines of skydiving and parachuting. It uses the Accelerated Freefall training method where the student exits with two instructors who hold the student by the parachute harness for guidance and observation. After completing all four courses as part of this certification, participants will be awarded the USPA A license. They will then be allowed to jump without supervision, pack their own main parachute, engage in basic group jumps, and perform water jumps.

When: Spring 2011
Where: Eastern New Mexico Skydiving
Fees and hours:
Ground Training and And Accelerated Freefall Category A, SKYD 101 - $250 (15 hours)
Sport Parachute Packing, SKYD 102 - $1250 (75 hours)
Accelerated Freefall Categories B-H, SKYD 103 - $1500 (90 hours)
USPA A-License, SKYD 104 - $1500 (90 hours)
Required textbook: USPA Skydiver's Information Manual, 2011 edition

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United States Parachute Association Coach Certification

This course is designed for intermediate skydivers with a B license and a minimum of 70 jumps. It will hone the jumper's skills in the air and teaching ability on the gorund. It culminates in a USPA coach course and certification. USPA coaches may act as a supervised assistant to the USPA instructor to teach specified portions of the first jump course and instruct new skydiving students after they have completed Accelerated Freefall.


When: Spring 2011
Required textbooks: USPA Skydiver's Information Manual, 2010 edition; USPA Insruction Rating Manual, 2011 Edition

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United States Parachute Association Instructor Certification

These courses are geared toward the experienced skydiver interested in pursuing one of the advanced instructional ratings offered by USPA. It will consist of ground training and academics followed by an extremely intensive pre-course and instructional rating course. The certification is currently offered in both tandem and Accelerated Freefall disciplines. USPA issues insructional ratings to each skydiver who qualifies by fulfilling all requirements for the rating being sought. These ratings attest that the holder has not only achieved skdiving skills but has also demonstrated the techiques needed to teach these skills to others.

When: Spring 2011
Fees and hours:
USPA Instructor Rating Ground Training, SKYD 200 - $500 (30 hours)
USDA Instructor Rating Pre-course, SKYD 201 - $2500 (150 hours)
USDA Instructor Rating Course, SKYD 202 - $1500 (90 hours)
Required textbooks: USPA Skydiver's Information Manual, 2010 edition; USPA Instruction Rating Manual, 2011 edition

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How to Register

Contact ENMU’s department of Distance Education and Outreach, at 575.562.2165 to register (with credit card) or ask questions regarding Small Museum Pro!. Register in person at ENMU’s Education Building, Room 102. Cash, checks, and credit cards are accepted. You may also e-mail rebbecca.gossett@enmu.edu to obtain more information. These classes will be delivered via ENMU’s web-based learning platform, Blackboard. In order to use Blackboard, a student will need a unique identification number and password. These numbers will be generated by ENMU upon full-payment for a student’s desired courses. The information will then be forwarded to the student’s designated email address, and he or she will be able to log on to Blackboard.

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