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As a person with good designing skills, it is advisable to choose a career in a field that explores your creative side. One such career is that of an interior designer. An interior designer beautifies as well as makes a place functional with the use of right colors, textures, materials, and furniture and art pieces. But in order to pursue this career option, formal degree is important as it empowers you with the right knowledge and nuances of the field. Currently there are many institutes and colleges offering an interior designing course, but you must make your selection carefully, only after considering all the valuable factors that can affect your choice.

Important Tips

When you set about to searching for interior designing colleges and universities, it is important to consider the following important factors;

  •     Curriculum: There are varied aspects in an interior designing course concentrating on various specializations. Inquire whether the curriculum covers your specialization. The curriculum should also maintain a steady progression from being easy in the starting to becoming difficult as you progress further. This will prepare you to face any difficult designing problem with ease.
  •     Accreditation: The second important factor is the accreditation of the institution. It is extremely important that the institution be accredited by a reputable and credible organization such as The Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA). CIDA sets standards for interior design curriculum and institutions must be able to reach those standards upon evaluation in order to earn accreditation.  The programs should also show that upon its completion, the student will gain a bachelor’s degree. It is important to note that accreditation is granted to single courses on a standalone campus, if the same course is being taught elsewhere on a separate campus, that campus does not acquire the accreditation and would have to apply separately. Therefore inquire regarding the accreditation status of the college.
  •     Faculty: It is extremely important that the faculty at an interior designing college be competent and well experienced. Enroll for only those colleges that have an expert panel reviewing the curriculum and giving vital tips.
  •     Job Placements/ Internship: This again is a very important aspect while choosing an interior designing course. Inquire whether the college offers internships or even job placement as the market is extremely competitive and such opportunities from the college will empower you  towards a brighter future.
  •     Location: It is important know the location of the institution, is it situated in a rural or an urban setup. How far is it from your residence, and if it is far, is there any transportation facility available.
  •     Extra- Curricular activities: There are many students who apart from studies are also interested in sports such as athletics or basket- ball. In such a case it is important to inquire what extra- curricular activities or off- campus activities are being offered.

The above tips can be extremely useful while choosing an interior design program.

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Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:32:00 -0700 What is the ACLS COURSE? http://urcareerinfo.posterous.com/what-is-the-acls-course http://urcareerinfo.posterous.com/what-is-the-acls-course

ACLS is advance cardiac life support course which is designed to enhance person’s ability to recognize early signs of cardiac arrest and to perform life saving technique. This course is based on previously learned basic skills such as in medical emergency .In this course student work with AHA ACLS instructor who teach and helps in practicing the skills. Students participate in simulated clinical scenario in the course of video and the course is conducted in a highly interactive and dynamic environment with effective team interaction and communication during resuscitation.

Who are the Audience for this course?

This course is for qualified health care providers who are directly or indirectly involve in the intervention of cardiac arrest, stroke and other life threatening medical emergencies .This includes dentist, physicians, doctors, nurses ,paramedics and other emergency responders.

Prerequisites for ACLS Classes

Participants must have the rhythmic interpretation skill, expected to have true proficiency in BLS skill, must be familiar with different types of airway management tool and must have the knowledge of the drug.

 For identifying gaps in student’s knowledge, they are expected to complete the self-assessment modules on AHA student website. These gaps can be further remediated by studying the applicable content in the ACLS provider manual.

 Course content

  •          Changes in the advanced cardiovascular life support course
  •          Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
  •          Post respiratory and cardiac arrest care
  •          Effective communication and Team dynamics
  •          Airway management
  •          Basic life support skill
  •          Related pharmacology
  •          Acute coronary syndrome
  •          Stroke

 Format of ACLS Course

This is instructor led and classroom based course. It is taught in large groups and there are small groups of testing and learning stations. The provider course takes 10-12 hours to complete and renewal course take 5-6 hours. The course time is based on the ratio of 6 students to 1 instructor to 1 manikins or 1 station

When you will receive Course Completion Card?

  •          Pass Bag-Mask Ventilation test
  •          Pass CPR and AED test
  •          Demonstrate competency in the entire learning skill test
  •          Pass Mega code test
  •          Pass the closed book written exam with minimum 84%

Student who successfully pass ACLS course will receive an AHA ACLS completion card which is valid for two years

 What are the different courses options?

There are two options:

  •          Heart Code ACLS   course
  •          ACLS Experienced Provider course

 Heart Code ACLS is a comprehensive, classroom based e-learning programme from American Heart Association. This programme consists of two components. Part 1 is cognitive component that facilitate the student to work through ACLS curriculum at their own pace. Part 2 is hands on skills evaluation session

 ACLS Experienced Provider is instructor-led training programme .It is for experienced health care professionals who must respond to the cardiovascular emergencies and especial resuscitation situations in the work place and all those who are suppose to have highest level of training to perform their job. Course length is 9-10 hours.

 What are the course materials available?

 

  •          ACLS Provider Manual
  •          ACLS Instructor Manual
  •          ACLS DVDs 
  •          ACLS Posters 
  •          ACLS Emergency Crash Cart Cards 
  •          Stop Watch
  •         Suspected Stroke Algorithm/Stroke Scale Card  
  •          ACLS Pocket Reference Card Set

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