Degree Requirements
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Anesthesia (Doctor of Anesthesia Practice)
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Requirements. A minimum of 32 credits as shown below.
- Core courses (16 credits).
1. Practice inquiry (3 credits).
ANE 730 - Evidenced-Based Practice of Nurse Anesthesia.
2. Professional Role/Leadership (3 credits).
NUR 840 - Organizational and Administrative Theory.
3. Healthcare Improvement, Public and Social Policy (3 credits) One from:
HCR 505/ANE 605 - Health Policy.
HCR 587/ANE 687 - Legal Issues in Health Care.
NUR 820 - Health Policy and Economics. and a 1-credit elective
4. Technology and Informatics (2 credits). One from:
ANE 710 - Technology and Informatics for CRNA.
NUR 607 - Informatics.
5. Health Systems Management (3 credits). One from:
HCR 577/ANE 677 - Financial Management in Health Care.
HCR 511/ANE 611 - Applied Concepts for Health Administration.
HCR 525/ANE 625 - Contemporary Issues in Health Care Management.
6. Ethics (2 credits).
ANE 720 - Ethical Issues in Nurse Anesthesia. - Electives (9 credits).
Graduate-level courses in areas such as business administration, education, advanced pharmacology, advanced pathophysiology/pathology, advanced practice nursing, healthcare administration, etc, chosen in consultation with faculty advisor. ANE 7XX, Special Topics in Anesthesia Practice (1-3 credits), may be selected. - Capstone sequence (7 credits). Demonstrated acquisition of advanced knowledge through a project tailored to reflect scholarship in core or elective areas. The form the project assumes will be determined in consultation with the student's faculty advisor. Poster presentations, manuscript, oral presentation, creation of a course, creation of a business plan are possible examples.
ANE 801 - Capstone Project Design.
ANE 802 - Capstone Project Implementation.
ANE 803 - Capstone Analysis and Dissemination. - An overall cumulative grade-point average of B or better in all required courses, with a grade of B (5.0) or better in each course.
- Dissemination of the results of the capstone project. Acceptable methods of dissemination include submission for poster presentation at a state or national (preferred) level professional association meeting, submission of a manuscript for publication in a peer-reviewed professional journal, or oral presentation in a research/professional symposium. Other methods require the approval of the program director.
- Maintained licensure as a Registered Nurse in at least one state and certification or recertification as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist.
Time Limit to Complete Degree
A student must complete all work toward the program within six consecutive years from the date of first admission to the program. Students may, however, request or petition for an extension of this time limit. Approval of the extension is at the discretion of the program director, in consultation with program faculty. A continued enrollment fee of $250 will be charged during any semester the student is not enrolled in any coursework or capstone course.Sample Program of Study
Year 1
Fall (6 credits): HCR 505/ANE 605 or HCR 587/ANE 687 or NUR 820, a 1-credit elective; ANE 710 or NUR 607
Winter (6 credits): HCR 577/ANE 677 or HCR 511/ANE 611 or HCR 525/ANE 625; 3-credit elective
Spring/Summer (3 credits): 3-credit electiveYear 2
Fall (6 credits): ANE 801, 3-credit elective
Winter (8 credits): ANE 730, ANE 802, NUR 840
Spring/Summer (4 credits): ANE 720, ANE 803Transfer of Credit
Up to nine (9) semester credit hours of graduate credit completed at an accredited institution may be accepted for transfer. Transfers of credit are subject to the approval of the program director. Requests for transferring additional coursework may be made by submitting a petition to the program director. Petitions are reviewed by the program faculty. - Core courses (16 credits).
Methods of Course Delivery
The program is designed to be delivered as distance education. The 700 level ANE courses are all designed to be delivered using a variety of distance technologies; e.g. BlackBoard online learning platform, Elluminate synchronous and asynchronous sessions. Some of the other core courses may have required residencies of 1 or more days during the semester term. The student does have options in selecting some of the core courses so those who prefer online courses may consider online availability as a criterion in selection. Likewise the student who prefers traditional face to face courses may be able to select some of the core courses in that format.
The Capstone Sequence courses, ANE 801, ANE 802, and ANE 803 are designed to be managed via distance technology. A high degree of flexibility is available for later stages of the capstone sequence as faculty may have both virtual office hours for distant students and traditional on campus office hours by appointment for students who would prefer a face to face meeting. The form the capstone project takes may dictate whether the student needs to come to campus for dissemination via presentation.
The Elective courses a student selects may be online or may be face to face as determined by the unit/institution offering that course. The Doctor of Anesthesia Practice program has no control over the methods of course delivery of courses offered by other units/institutions. The student does have the option to transfer up to 9 credits. This increases the choices a student has in course selection or creating an elective track in an area of personal interest.
With the choices in courses available to a student, a student may make selections that result in all of their coursework in a distance education format or a portion in a more traditional face to face venue.
Should a student need to come to campus from a distance, the campus is minutes from I 75 & I 69 interstates and 15 minutes from Flint’s Bishop International Airport with service by major airlines such as Delta, and numerous regional connector airlines with service to Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Milwaukee etc. The campus is approximately 1.5 hrs drive from DTW- Detroit Metropolitan Airport with service by most major airlines. Capital Airport in Lansing and Midland-Bay City-Saginaw Airport are approximately 1-1.5 hrs from campus.
