LCC PTA Program Assessment 2011 Summary of Findings and Next Steps

LCC PTA Program Assessment 2011 Summary of Findings and Next Steps

Program Assessment Process Combination of Curriculum Assessment and Resource Assessment Activities Data includes feedback from faculty, students, clinical facilities/employers, Advisory Committee and the college Data also includes feedback from CAPTE on initial site visit Program self-evaluates on 12 criteria, with sub-criteria in each category

Summary of Data Sources Annual student surveys Annual faculty surveys Division and program budget CPI Indicators Clinical Facility Evaluation Rubrics CI and CCCE evaluation of ACCE Progression and completion data Faculty meeting minutes and action plans

Summary of Triggers for Action 4.1.2a – Program Policies and Procedures 64.5% students indicated awareness of program/college grievance procedure 4.1.5 – Curriculum (b): 64.5% of students reported redundancy with current speech and HO 102 (Diversity Issues in Health Care) requirement (d): CAPTE site visit recommends differentiated learning objectives to reflect progressive skill competencies in clinical courses

Summary of Triggers for Action 4.1.5 Curriculum (e) 75% graduation rate, national average is 73%, program goal is currently 90% 4.1.6 Clinical Education (d) Student Evaluation of Clinical Education data analysis in progress for student assessment of CIs (e) Consider revising the minimum number of clinical sites for specialty care areas (k) 88% or 14/16 at entry level in terminal clinical; anticipate higher % when all first class students complete terminal clinical

Summary of Triggers for Action 4.1.8 Program Admission (a) Lowest rank of admission in three years is 27th (c) 11 students withdrew in two years; no apparent correlation between admissions rank and completion; some correlation with interview scores

Summary of Triggers for Action 4.1.9 Program Enrollment (a) highest attrition rate in first weeks of first term (2-3 students) 4.1.10 Core Faculty May need to revisit faculty benchmarks; follow-up with Dean and IRAP indicated 4.1.11 Clinical Faculty (Beth)

Next Steps Update catalog to transition from HO 102 SP 115 to SP 218 Consider increase weight for interview – more data is needed here Reduced interview size from 48 to 36 due to rank of admission data Exploring increasing science and decreasing requirement Send out graduate and employer surveys Collect exam pass rates from FSBPT