Updates on the
On April 9, 2000 the National Council of Instructional Administrators
awarded
Our college president Dr.
Linda Stegall, ed. D., and Professor
Katharine Pearson , vice-president of Education Program. & Resources as
well as
William R. Scott , respiratory faculty member flew to
This first project could not have been done without the enthusiastic
support of Don Sieverson CRTT, RCP who is the cardiopulmonary department
director at Northeast Medical Center
Hospital in Humble Texas. Mr. Sieverson, who is also an active member
of our advisory board, lent Kingwood College both the use of NEMC's
arterial blood gas lab, as well as the assistance of credentialed therapists so
that our students' measurements could be done within federal CLIA regulations.
In the first year of the Respiratory Care program's research class, the
students shared a single research project, but in 1999, we broke the class
into teams to pursue independent research projects which each team presented at
the end of the year.
That year, the research class was altered by the addition of regularly
scheduled Round table discussions in which the students reported on the
current status of their projects. Instruction in Power Point was included at
this time, so that the students' posters would be standardized. Our cosmetology
faculty and students were available for makeup prior to the videotaped
presentations.
Four teams presented their data in December. A slide show was created
and the rest of the campus was invited to the presentations. Some team
presentations included Power Point animation and sound tracts.
In 1999, the faculty included a field
trip to NASA for the entire class as well as the biology and respiratory
faculty members of the team. NASA Inspection 99 is a three-day display of
the various research projects done by NASA. In order to get a better
appreciation of the mindset of the research community, our students were able
to speak to researchers and NASA scientists one-on-one. They were able to
inspect poster presentations in NASA's Life Sciences department that were
compatible to their own posters.
In 2000, the lecture series was expanded by the
inclusion of the speech faculty, in the person of Professor
Dom Bongiorni. This year we also made the trip to NASA a requirement of the
course. We continued the roundtable discussions but further augmented them by
pacing the students' independent projects with the lectures, so that the
students immediately applied the lecture to their teams' projects. We also
adopted a text book, Rose Marie Nieswiadomy's Foundations of Nursing
Research. For the first time, the students' abstracts will be added to our
web page at the end of the semester.
Our trip to NASA was a success and quite fun for all involved. The first
year class and instructors went on November 1, 2000, while the research
class attended the event on the second day. Unfortunately, the space lab's
hospital mock up was in use for simulations, so we could not climb around
inside it. However, we were able to view the equipment used by the medical team
in Building 2. Of particular interest was the mechanical ventilator
used in the hospital. It was an extremely tiny ventilator, simple to operate
and stripped down to the basics. An RCP could appreciate the difficulties
involved in designing flow meters that did not need gravity to operate.
Other facts of
interest included the virtual reality programs for practicing movement on
the space station and the special challenges of the exercise treadmills in the
space station. When the astronaut runs on the treadmill, the entire structure
will rattle. This problem is being assessed by the acoustic lab where we were
able to see the largest "amp" in the world---one that is capable
of creating vibration and sound at lethal levels. The sound bay we entered was
nine stories tall.
In 2001 the respiratory research class will be changed from REPS 2102 to
RSPT 2243 Research Applications and the class will expand from two
contact hours to three contact hours.
Year 2000 Abstracts are now available. Click here.
In August 2001, Mary Johnson of the Computer Information department of
Unfortunately, NASA has canceled Inspection '01 so that the facility can
concentrate on the International Space Station. We hope next year's class will
be able to attend Inspection '01.
The syllabus for RSPT 2243
Research Applications is ready. Click
here to see pictures of the 2001 research class in action.
The abstracts for the 2001 research class are available---click here.
Year 2002 has started out with a bang. The class immediately separated into 3
teams.
The topics under study will be:
1. the effect of the Vest (tm)
running at therapeutic parameters on the slow Vital Capacity of the normal
healthy adult
2. Titration of liter flow and
inspired 02 during quiet breathing and hyperventilation on the BiPap/ST
3. The effect of changes in patient
position on the return Vt of the BiPap/ST
Unfortunately, NASA will not be having Inspection '02 so that they can
concentrate on the international space lab, so the class will have to defer the
field trip. Maybe next year?
Margarita Valdes RN will take over the informed consent lecture and
Kenny McCowen will step in for medical ethics.
The abstracts for 2002 are now available. Click here.
Research class 2003
The class of 2003 is a larger class, with bigger teams, so their projects are more involved.
The topics under study will include:
1. Fi02 fluctuations on the BiPAP ST/D
2. Effects of the leg torso ratio on normal inspiratory capacity and Incentive spirometry goals
3. The effect of the "Vest" on IC measured by Incentive spirometry
4. the effect of breathing cold dry air on the BiPAP ST/D on the pulmonary functionsThe changes in the research class this year are as follows. We streamlined some of the lectures and moved the midterm proposal up a week to allow time for more data collection. We increased the number of staff on the Ethics Committee from 2 to 5 persons. The students must now get 3 out of 5 approvals for their research before proceeding with their work.
Undergraduate researcher gets a measurement from testing subject
Methodology must be worked out prior to starting data collection
Working
out measurement instruments prior to starting test
The abstracts
for 2003 are here:
Research class 2004
The class of 2004 selected the following subjects
for study: [1] comparison of the affects of EzPap R and IPPB on the
hemodynamics of healthy adults [2] Perceptions of lung health between college
students in three different locations in a major metropolitan area [3]
comparison PFT before and after ingestion of caffeinated coffee.
On November 19, 2004 the class attended a
undergraduate poster competition hosted by UT Graduate School of Biomedical
Sciences. This event was presented at the
Students use the new computers located in their classroom
to work on their projects
Measurement of the baseline blood pressures is done prior
to placing the test subject on the EzPap R
Pulmonary function testing for the caffeine study
The
abstracts for 2004 are located here.
In August 31, 2005 the new research assignments include:
·
Comparison of the effects of various means of
relaxation on VS and perceptions of well being
·
Comparison of the effects of various high frequency
chest compression devices on Ve and PetC02
·
Effects of changes in position on the Vt delivered
by NIPPV at a given IPAP
·
Effects of EzPap on non-invasive hemodyamics
On September 13, 2005 the Research class will attend a one-day seminar on
critical thinking skill at
Team members
testing alveolar ventilation and the Vest take a break from data collection to
smile for the camera
Some
students recruited spouses as test subjects
Prior to
inclusion in the study, potential test subjects are given questionnaires or
physical exams to rule out medical problems that might prevent them performing
the experiment safely
Data is collected and recorded by a researcher before the
test subject can roll into the next position
Sometimes
the researcher must teach his test
subject how to breathe on the equipment, before accurate measurements can be
made
After
data collection, the research team must collate the data prior to writing their
discussions
The
abstracts for 2005 are located here.
2006
This year, with the new curriculum, the research course changed to RSPT
2243 Research in Respiratory Care, we
added an extra hour and moved the class to the summer [5th]
semester. In a general mood for change,
the class assignment this semester is to form a journal club in which each
member of the class must present a peer reviewed recent paper in respiratory
care or pulmonary medicine on a weekly bases.
The group will discuss the ramifications of the paper and will suggest
new topics for research.
At the end of the course, 4 member teams will present a cluster of
papers on a single topic. This meta-analysis will be presented as a Powerpoint
project.
·
HFO vs. Conventional mechanical ventilation
·
ECMO vs. conventional mechanical ventilation
·
iNO low dose vs. high dose
The
meta-analysis for 2006 located here.
2007
The
course project this year is the creation of a day-long seminar on Emergency
Preparedness, with lecturers coming from the healthcare community including
respiratory therapists, EMTs, paramedics, hazmat specialists and local
governmental officials. The students
created committees that met weekly to plan this seminar which is scheduled for
November 20th 2007.
The
budget and logistic committee arranged for meals during this event. The program
and CEU committees worked with nursing CEU to get Type II nursing CEU in
addition to Respiratory Care CEU. The grants committee explored funding and
sponsorships.
Link
to the committees: G:\respcare\seminar.ppt
Link
to the program: TBA
The
first annual Kingwood college respiratory care seminar was held on November 20th
2007. This day-long conference was given
in partnership with the Texas Society for Respiratory Care Texas
Society for Respiratory Care . With 110
respiratory care practitioners and Kingwood
students attending, it was a
great success for the community and for the college.
Research Class –
evening class spring 2009
2008
was an eventful year with a devastating hurricane Ike that complicated life at
Kingwood College. We also changed names to Lone Star College Systems- Kingwood.
The topics of study this year include the following:
·
Comparison of the effects
of ezPap and IPPB on a healthy person’s Peak expiratory flow rates PEFR
·
Effect on a healthy person’s
hemodynamics with changes in I:E ratio
on the ezPap device
·
Effects on the return VT
of the BiPap device during positional changes with a healthy person
·
The effect of various levels
of BiPap ventilation on the hemodynamics of the healthy person
In 2009, the Lone Star College System adopted
a formal system for Internal Review Boards [IRB] for research projects using
human test subjects. On February 13th the last of all 4 independent
research projects was submitted to the IRB. On March 17th the IRB
meet with student representatives from each team for analysis of their research
proposals.
In 2009, in response to suggestions by the LSC IRB, each student must complete the internet course on Protection of human research subject offered through the National Institute of Health [NIH] http://phrp.nihtraining.com/users/login.php. This requirement will be added to the course documents.
Links:
- Kingwood College Home page
- FAQ about
respiratory care
- Bill
Scott's home page
- Kenny
McCowen's Home page
- Mike
Harshfield Home page
- Kelley
Buzbee's Home page
- respiratory
care at kingwood college
- American Society for Respiratory Care home
page
- What kind of great jobs can a
respiratory therapist expect?