Archived Assessment Report

ProgramRadiologic Technology AAS Degree
Assessment Reporter[email protected]
ThemePracticing Community
Review Year
2024-2025 - Midpoint Report

Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill)Focus Area
1. Be clinically competent: Students will demonstrate accurate positioning skills.We will assess the final practicum in RADT 1070 & RADT 1570 (formative). Then evaluate the final clinical evaluation in RADT 2490 (summative).
2. Be clinically competent: Students will select appropriate technical factors.We will assess the final practicum in RADT 1070 & RADT 1570 (formative). Then evaluate the final clinical evaluation in RADT 2490 (summative).
3. Be clinically competent: Students will appropriately manipulate the c-arm.Will assess the C-arm practicum form in RADT 1570.
4. Demonstrate communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective oral communication skills.We will assess the final practicum in RADT 1570, section: "Verbally states the components of AIDET".
5. Demonstrate communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written communication skills.Will assess the assignment Operating Room Personnel memo; Rubric Provided in RADT 1520.
6. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will recognize a compromised patient and will react accordingly and in a timely manner.Will assess the first simulation in RADT 1075.
7. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will recognize a compromised patient and will activate a code blue within 2 minutes.Will assess the second simulation in RADT 1075.
8. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will evaluate images.Will assess the CXR Image analysis performed in RADT 2010 (formative) and the Image Analysis Form in RADT 2890 (summative).
9. Demonstrate professionalism: Students practice professional behavior by demonstrating soft skills during clinical shift.Will assess the final soft skills evaluation in RADT 1690 (formative) and final soft skills evaluation in RADT 2890 (summative).
10. Demonstrate professionalism: Students will understand the importance of professional development.Will evaluate results from graduation survey.

Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill)Description of Assessment ToolPopulation or Courses AssessedHypothetical Analysis/Target
1. Be clinically competent: Students will demonstrate accurate positioning skills.Lab Practical Final, patient positioning section & Weekly student performance evaluationRADT 1070, RADT 1570 & RADT 2890Overall class average of ≥80% with a score of “50” for RADT 1070 and “75” for RADT 1570. Overall class average score of ≥85% with a score of 2 for RADT 2890.
2. Be clinically competent: Students will select appropriate technical factors.Lab Final Exam Rubric: Section II: Patient Positioning (RADT 1070 max points= 50) (RADT 1570 max points= 75) RADT 2890 (c/o December 2022) Visit 7: Weekly Student Performance Evaluation “Correctly positions the patient for the stated projection/position while conversing with the patient” (max points= 2) RADT 1070, RADT 1570 & RADT 2890Overall class average of ≥75% (1070 & 1570) Overall class average of ≥80% with a score of 2 (2890)
3. Be clinically competent: Students will appropriately manipulate the c-arm.Lab Practicum 3 Form (max points= 120)RADT 1570Overall class average of ≥80%
4. Demonstrate communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective oral communication skills.Lab Practicum Final: student can verbally communicate all the components of AIDET RADT 1570Overall class average of ≥70%.
5. Demonstrate communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written communication skills.Assignment: Radiation Safety policy for operating room personnel -Grading rubric RADT 1520Overall class average of ≥70%
6. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will recognize a compromised patient and will react accordingly and in a timely manner.CPR Simulation I rubric RADT 107570% of students will score YES
7. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will recognize a compromised patient and will activate a code blue within 2 minutes.Simulation II grading rubricRADT 107570% of students will score YES
8. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will evaluate images.Image Critique Form: Chest Radiograph (RADT 2010) Image critique Form (RADT 2890)RADT 2010 & RADT 2890Overall class average of ≥80% for activity
9. Demonstrate professionalism: Students practice professional behavior by demonstrating soft skills during clinical shift.Soft skills – visit 7 RADT 1690 & RADT 2890RADT 1690 80% of the students will score a 20/20 RADT 2890 90% of the students will score a 20/20
10. Demonstrate professionalism: Students will understand the importance of professional development.Capstone Graduate Survey RADT 299980% of students will have participated in at least 1 volunteer project OR became a member of a professional society while in the program OR voluntarily attend the ASRT tour.

Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill)Summary of ResultsReflection on Focus AreaIntepretation of Results
1. Be clinically competent: Students will demonstrate accurate positioning skills.• Benchmark met • The Labs for 1070 and 1570 were taught on campus face to face. Student fees provides the students RadTechBootCamp for all students and RADT faculty; the program is being used in ALL RADT didactic classes including RADT 1070 and 1570. The students have access to the ASRT positioning modules in their Brightspace accounts. The ancillary equipment used during lab and lecture includes a digital and computed radiography system and a portable xray machine. • Labs were taught by FT and PT faculty members. Support• Benchmark met
2. Be clinically competent: Students will select appropriate technical factors.• A blank technique chart is uploaded into the students LMS, students are expected to make use of that and bring it with them to every positioning class. Students submit their technique chart twice a semester for a grade. Attention is placed on recognizing DI numbers related to technique and dose. Experiments were performed with in labs to emphasize correct DI numbers, students were able to apply skills with the digital imaging system on campus. • Students now attend 2 mandatory labs each week for RADT 1070 and RADT 1570. Labs have been created so the students are able to have more lab time on campus during term two and three, the labs are 3 hours long. The control console has a locking device to ensure that students are not able to make exposures when faculty is not in the lab with them. There was an increase in learning because of emphasis and discussion on the technique selection and selecting appropriate technical factors in relation to DI numbers. • RADT 2890: Having students spend 4 terms in clinical rotations proves that students have a good grasp on technical factors. The benchmark was raised to 80%. Support• Benchmark met
3. Be clinically competent: Students will appropriately manipulate the c-arm.• The program received a c-arm with Perkins funding and we wanted to make sure we are teaching with it appropriately for an entry level radiographer. • We created a practicum form just for this practicum, with possible exams the students could draw from as well as a “c-arm commonly used terms for”, the students have access to all 3 documents so they were able to study for the practicum both in lab and at home. SupportsBenchmark met.
4. Demonstrate communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective oral communication skills.• Benchmark met o A-Acknowledge o I-Introduce o D-Duration o E-Explanation o T-Time • During term 2 and 3, the students are doing clinical rotations, so they are aware of the AIDET principle. The AIDET principle is added to the Practicum forms and the importance of AIDET is reiterated to the students during lab and class time. SupportsHaving the AIDET principle on the practicum stresses to the students just how important oral communication is.
5. Demonstrate communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written communication skills.• Benchmark met. • A rubric is provided • Emphasis is made to the students that specific not generalizations about time, distance, shielding and dosimeter placement should be addressed in their policy. SupportsThe student’s overall grades improved from previous semesters; students are provided the grading rubric in the Brightspace course shell.
6. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will recognize a compromised patient and will react accordingly and in a timely manner.• Students are scheduled to complete a simulated exam on a patient in the CNM simulation center. They are given minimal details and a written order right before they are supposed to go get their “patient”. We try to make the experience as similar to a real world experience, as close to walking into a patient’s room in a hospital would be, with minimal details. Supports• Benchmark not met
7. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will recognize a compromised patient and will activate a code blue within 2 minutes.• We reassessed the same group of students from above a second time in the same semester and the outcome was more favorable. • We are pleased that the students became more aware of the patient's status and were able to successfully activate a code blue within 2 minutes. Supports• Benchmark met.
8. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will evaluate images.• In RADT 2010 students met one on one with the instructor for an hour to go over image evaluation. Office hours via zoom were available for students weekly, to drop in and talk live to the instructor if needed. • RADT 2890 clinical faculty selected an image evaluation form of their choice without informing the student beforehand and graded them on the summative criteria in clinic rotations. Supports• Benchmark met.
9. Demonstrate professionalism: Students practice professional behavior by demonstrating soft skills during clinical shift.• We have added a line to the clinical instructor weekly document check form to remind the clinical instructors to “Discussion of the importance of “Soft Skills”. They discuss this weekly with the students during each of the 7 visits throughout the semester. • By their last clinical semester, the students demonstrated strong soft skills that are necessary to enter the workforce. Supports• Benchmark met.
10. Demonstrate professionalism: Students will understand the importance of professional development.• Class will continue with the Radiology Club and the emphasis on becoming an ASRT museum tour, NMSRT conference, or other professional society membership. We will continue to perform community volunteer projects each semester. SupportsBenchmark met.

1. Be clinically competent: Students will demonstrate accurate positioning skills.
Describe the change that was implemented.None
Type of Change
    Change in Assessment Approach or Tools?n/a
    What data motivated the change?n/a
    Hypothesis about the effect the change will have?n/a
    2. Be clinically competent: Students will select appropriate technical factors.
    Describe the change that was implemented.none
    Type of Change
      Change in Assessment Approach or Tools?n/a
      What data motivated the change?n/a
      Hypothesis about the effect the change will have?n/a
      3. Be clinically competent: Students will appropriately manipulate the c-arm.
      Describe the change that was implemented.none
      Type of Change
        Change in Assessment Approach or Tools?n/a
        What data motivated the change?n/a
        Hypothesis about the effect the change will have?n/a
        4. Demonstrate communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective oral communication skills.
        Describe the change that was implemented.none
        Type of Change
          Change in Assessment Approach or Tools?n/a
          What data motivated the change?n/a
          Hypothesis about the effect the change will have?n/a
          5. Demonstrate communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written communication skills.
          Describe the change that was implemented.none
          Type of Change
            Change in Assessment Approach or Tools?n/a
            What data motivated the change?n/a
            Hypothesis about the effect the change will have?n/a
            6. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will recognize a compromised patient and will react accordingly and in a timely manner.
            Describe the change that was implemented.We will continue to monitor this trend and give a little more instruction on BLS and code blue when discussing it in lecture the week before.
            Type of Change
              Change in Assessment Approach or Tools?no
              What data motivated the change?The students are not told about the scenario before entering the SIM lab.
              Hypothesis about the effect the change will have?They will still not be told about the scenario, but having a refresher on BLS should help results.
              7. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will recognize a compromised patient and will activate a code blue within 2 minutes.
              Describe the change that was implemented.none
              Type of Change
                Change in Assessment Approach or Tools?n/a
                What data motivated the change?n/a
                Hypothesis about the effect the change will have?n/a
                8. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will evaluate images.
                Describe the change that was implemented.none
                Type of Change
                  Change in Assessment Approach or Tools?n/a
                  What data motivated the change?n/a
                  Hypothesis about the effect the change will have?n/a
                  9. Demonstrate professionalism: Students practice professional behavior by demonstrating soft skills during clinical shift.
                  Describe the change that was implemented.none
                  Type of Change
                    Change in Assessment Approach or Tools?n/a
                    What data motivated the change?n/a
                    Hypothesis about the effect the change will have?n/a
                    10. Demonstrate professionalism: Students will understand the importance of professional development.
                    Describe the change that was implemented.Looking at assessing something new
                    Type of Change
                    • Faculty training/development
                    • Assignment Revision
                    Change in Assessment Approach or Tools?Not sure yet
                    What data motivated the change?we have assessed this for consecutive cycles now and should change to something else.
                    Hypothesis about the effect the change will have?Hopefully improve our student's overall

                    Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill)Description of Assessment ToolPopulation of Courses Assessed
                    1. Be clinically competent: Students will demonstrate accurate positioning skills.n/an/a
                    2. Be clinically competent: Students will select appropriate technical factors.n/an/a
                    3. Be clinically competent: Students will appropriately manipulate the c-arm.n/an/a
                    4. Demonstrate communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective oral communication skills.n/an/a
                    5. Demonstrate communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written communication skills.n/an/a
                    6. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will recognize a compromised patient and will react accordingly and in a timely manner.n/an/a
                    7. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will recognize a compromised patient and will activate a code blue within 2 minutes.n/an/a
                    8. Employ critical thinking and problem solving skills: Students will evaluate images.n/an/a
                    9. Demonstrate professionalism: Students practice professional behavior by demonstrating soft skills during clinical shift.n/an/a
                    10. Demonstrate professionalism: Students will understand the importance of professional development.n/an/a

                    Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill)Summary of Second
                    Round Results                    		Intepretation of Results,
                    Pre- and Post-Change                    		Follow up questions,
                    possible next steps

                    Describe any change in student achievement observed as part of this assessment process, and what led to those changes.

                    Describe long-term changes in the program(s) that the assessment process led to, and what motivated those changes?

                    What did you learn about the teaching and learning of "Practicing Community" in your programs?

                    Describe any external factors affecting the program or affecting assessment of the program.

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