Be hereby informed that Educarrr in no way had any working or learning agreement with St. Maarten Medical Center Education Department, or with Mr. Tony Pantophlet Manager Patient Care / Education.
Educarrr offers a nursing assistance course as a private "school"
Tony Pantophlet provided the Director of Educarrr Ms. Yvon Dick, with the necessary advices, when Ms. Dick informed Mr. Pantophlet in writing on June 12th 2009 ,
that she had 25 students she wanted to place at the St. Maarten Medical Center for nursing internship.
Ms. Dick was advised to provide SMMC Education Department with the curriculum of her nursing program, as well as the students' accomplished theoretical / practical learning objectives and activities, so based on that information we can decide if we can support her program by allowing students into the SMMC as interns.
From June 2009 to March 2010 above request by the SMMC Education Department was never honored.
On request of Ms. Dick, Mr. Pantophlet sat with her and provided her with following advices with regards to permitting her students to intern in the SMMC and to obtain a valid / accredited certificate at the end of the program which will enhance their opportunities to get into the healthcare/nursing work field.
Advices to Ms. Dick
- Present Mr. Pantophlet with the curriculum from current program
- Present the practical training book with learning objectives.
- Present the actual practical training hours in other nursing/healthcare fields
This request is normal procedure from SMMC when admitting interns from Holland, Curacao, and St. Kitts, USA. St. Maarten.
On 26-4-2010. a document referred to as the curriculum, was forwarded to
Mr. Pantophlet.
Ms. Dick was immediately informed that the document received in no sense met the criteria of the SMMC for an acceptable curriculum.
Mr. Pantophlet as well as 4 other Nursing/Healthcare Educators on St. Maarten advised Ms. Dick on the prerequisites of internship and nursing program accreditation.
For the nursing assistant course Level 2. It is expected that the student completes at least 600 practical training hours in the nursing field.
Seeing that there are students with a maximum of 20 to 27 practical training hours, Ms. Dick was informed that these students should not and could sit any exam.
Only 3 students are allowed to sit the exam and obtain a valid certificate. These students are already working in the nursing field and thus obtaining the required practical skills.
The other students who are full time workers in non nursing institutions, and only do practical nursing training on weekends ( 4-6 hours day) could not qualify to sit the exam in 2010 and if they do, their certificate will not be recognized by the SMMC and therefore they will not be allowed to work in the SMMC nor follow any advanced courses with the SMMC and other accredited nursing school on St. Maarten.
This information was given to Ms. Dick on several occasions by Mr. Pantophlet, and 4 other certified Nursing Healthcare educators on St. Maarten.
The Director of Education from IFE (nursing school Netherlands Antilles on Curacao) also informed Ms. Dick of the challenges that lie ahead and the way to go about solving them.
On June 15th 2010.
Mr. Pantophlet informed the students of Educarrr of his participation in this whole event.
Mr. Pantophlet and colleagues outlined the areas to the students in which Educarrr has to work on in order for them to achieve the right certificate. A valid and recognized certificate.
The Education Department of SMMC has and will maintain its responsibility to the people of St. Maarten.
Ensure that education level of nursing remains at the highest level and is comparable with national and international nursing education standards.
And if there are institutions that insist in operating below level, they will be denied any learning/working agreement/ relationship with the SMMC.
Tony Pantophlet's relationship with Ms. Dick was based on personal advice to Ms. Dick on how to improve the standard of her nursing program.
