Learning Outcomes Assessment Model 2009/10

Orange Coast College Learning Outcomes Assessment Model 2009/10

Program Name: ___Dental Assisting______Program Lead: ______Joy Myers______Type of Outcome: CSLOs X PSLOs (please check type of outcome)

Institutional Learning Outcomes: Communication; Thinking Skills; Global Awareness; Personal Development & Responsibility

Program Mission Intended Outcomes Means of Assessment & Analysis of Data Use of Results Statement Criteria for Success Collected The outcome of the program is to Summarize findings vis-à- What do the data tell us about meet the needs of the local What are the specific vis outcomes, means of program improvement: The mission of the dental health care community by assessment tools that will assessment, & criteria for Program level: assisting program is to preparing students for establish the degree & extent success. Include in your In the Registered Dental prepare students for employment as a professional of what is to be achieved? process for determining Assisting Program we and competent registered dental 1. Employer and Graduate who participated in the reviewed state board passing careers as rates, developed CSLO/PSLO Registered/Certified assistant. surveys assessment and the and adjusted the curriculum Dental Assistants by 2. State and National Dental sample size. to improve the passing rates. providing the necessary The elements of outcome are: Board Examination In the class of 2008-2009: Results knowledge, skills, and 1. Successfully pass State and 1. All students Upon analysis of the data we 3. Certification completion found we increased our professional attitudes National Board became rates for coronal polish, effectiveness and achieved through didactic, Examinations. members of pit and fissure sealant, and our goal of improved passing laboratory/preclinical, ISLO: B and D the dental rates. Radiation Safety and clinical experiences. 2. Successfully pass Coronal assisting Rates are as follows: Licensing. Polish, Pit and Fissure professional 2006-2007 practical 4. Student enrollment in Sealant and Radiation Safety society while examination pass rates:48% professional society as 2008-2009 practical Examinations and all clinical attending the required by program. examination pass rates:83% requirements. program. 5. Evaluation instruments ISLO: B 2. All students The program is effective in used to determine 3. Function competently in all successfully student completion of course conformity to OSHA and areas of dental assisting, passed the requirements for component Scope of Practice including appropriate certification certifications. regulations in preclinical infection control practices as requirements All students participate in and clinical settings mandated by OSHA. for pit and professional society while in 6. Community need for ISLO: D fissure the program. program graduates will be 4. Participate in the dental sealants, What resources are assisting organization, assessed by the program coronal polish necessary? thereby contributing to the biannual advisory and were The program needs to improve growth and development of committee and by awarded state survey participation by the dental assisting California Labor Market radiation making them available online. profession. data. safety This process will be more ISLO: C and D What are your criteria for licenses. efficient and accurate for 5. Understand and comply with success? 3. Of the 22 comprehensive data the State Dental Practice Act students collection. and Scope of Practice for 1. Pass RDA exam – graduated, 18 Dental Assistants. target 95% have taken ISLO: D 2. Pass Coronal Polish, and Pit & Fissure & successfully Radiation Safety passed the requirements – 100% written and target practical RDA 3. Conformity to OSHA examinations. 100% target. This data was 4. Participtate in local collected by professional society program activity while a director and student – 95% target will be 5. Employment as RDA verified by within 6 months – annual results 95% target. when issued by dental boards in 2009-2010 4. The surveys received from graduates and employers indicate targets are met for employment, examination results and OSHA conformity. What do the data tell us about our process in terms of goals, outcomes, and means of assessment, defined criteria for success, implementation process, and data collection?

1. Not all graduates or employers respond and return the surveys which interfere with complete analysis of data. 2. Not all graduates take the board examinations in the same year graduate. When the annual board results are published, the graduates are not identified which causes difficulty in determination of which students have taken and passed the exams 3. Internal data is collected by the program for the employment and exam results data. This data is dependent upon communication after graduation with program director.