Artifact
9
6414
Performance Support Project
Annotation: This project involved the creation of an online
space that facilitates interaction, education, and professional support to
create a community of practice. It was
built as an assignment in EME6414 Web 2.0 Based Learning and Performance. This was an individual project, it is the
final version, and was not developed further following this particular project.
Artifact
13
5461
Evaluation Plan Paper
This paper presents a thorough program description, evaluation
approach, evaluation plan with questions (initial planning table can be seen in
Artifact 11), management plan, and evaluation methodology. It was created as an individual assignment
and is the final version of the evaluation plan project.
Executive
Summary
This
evaluation plan revolves around a cluster of courses found within an AS degree
program in veterinary technology at Hillsborough Community College (HCC). The college is accredited by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), and the veterinary technology
program is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association
(AVMA). The group of courses in question
are work experience courses; students in the veterinary technology program
complete four sequential semesters of work experience courses during their
degree program. The courses are clinical
experience classes that place students into a veterinary practice or site to
observe and/or (at the practice’s discretion) perform technical skills learned
during their schooling. The practice
gains experience with and exposure to educated technical staff (prospective
employees!), and the student gains experience in a clinical or patient care
setting. Students rotate through a new
clinical site during each of the four semesters of work experience (one
rotation each of general practice, shelter, emergency, and specialty). During their work experience rotation, they
journal (reflect) on the cases seen during their time at the site, and record
clinical skills that they observe or perform.
The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the value and efficacy of
this cluster of courses, and improve learner outcomes as they relate to
specific psychomotor skills deemed essential and required by the AVMA for
veterinary technology students. The main
elements of the evaluation are document review and participant data and
feedback collection.
Document
review will begin with course syllabi review in an effort to identify the
course requirements historically and currently placed by course
instructors. Previous student document
submissions will also be reviewed. The
hours completed by students during work experience courses will be noted, and
broken down by term and rotation. The
skills that students document they have observed and/or performed will also be
compiled, and broken down by term and rotation.
Work
experience course instructors will be surveyed in order to collect the course
requirements maintained by various instructors.
If there is any variation found in specific learner outcomes or
feedback, it must be noted if there were variable course requirements or guidelines
given to students. Current students and
recent graduates of HCC’s veterinary technology program will be surveyed to
obtain feedback regarding the course requirements and their satisfaction and
confidence level during work experience rotations. During data compilation, some students and
recent graduates will be identified to participate in focus groups or personal
interviews relative to topics that stand out to evaluators. Work experience site personnel will be
surveyed on a few topics; course requirements, site expectations and/or
restrictions of students, student progression and skill confidence, and student
preparation/performance during work experience hours. Sites that typically host more than five students
per semester will be earmarked for face to face interviews, in an effort to
increase their familiarity with the veterinary technology program protocols and
goals.
Following
collection of all this information, work experience course protocols, clinical
site settings, and student preparation habits that lead to the strongest
learner outcomes should emerge.
Recommendations regarding course requirements will be compiled for
future use by instructors. Recommendations
regarding site expectations and student behavior in the clinical site will be
prepared for use by all participants (instructors, students, and clinic
personnel). Recommendations regarding
site experiences will be provided for use by instructors; they can then better
identify beneficial sites and help prepare sites which have less experience
hosting students. This evaluation should
highlight the aspects of work experience courses that greatly benefit students,
and provide strategies for correcting those aspects that need attention to
contribute positively to student outcomes.
Artifact
14
5189
Instruction, Plan, Assessment: Operating Room Ventilation Equipment
Annotation: This
project involved the design of a needs assessment (see artifact 15),
instructional module, and high level design document to present the final
product to the class. It was a group
project and was carried out during ADE 5189 Staff Training and Development. These artifact documents include the instructional
sample presentation and the module instructional lesson plan, manual, and
assessment. In this group project, we
were able to collaborate via google docs, phone conference, and email. I acted as the SME during this project, as I
am familiar with the technical topic and specifications. The instructional module and assessment were
not taken to completion.
Artifact
15
5189
Training Needs Analysis: Operating Room Ventilation Equipment
Annotation: This
needs analysis was created prior to the development of a high level design
document , instructional module plan, and learner assessment (see Artifact
14). It was carried out as a group
project within ADE 5189 Staff Training and Development. I acted as an SME and instructional designer
during the project; we were able to collaborate via email, phone conference,
and google docs. The needs analysis and
HLDD were not taken to completion.
This office has conducted a performance assessment based
upon a review of complaints from practicing surgeons and hospital staff
concerning the proper and timely use of mechanical ventilation devices by
anesthetists. While these concerns have
been verbalized to operating room management, they are confirmed by
documentation in the case notes/history of procedures conducted over the period
in question. The details of the needs
analysis, based on interviews of surgeons and surgical staff, follow.
The
analysis suggests two sources for the problems identified with the proper and
timely use of mechanical ventilation devices.
First, inadequate effort has been made to acquaint and familiarize
incoming anesthetists with the existing ventilation equipment in use at this
facility and the protocols pertaining thereto.
Second, in the past year mechanical ventilation devices have been
upgraded in all soft-tissue operating rooms.
The protocols for use of those devices have not been modified to reflect
the upgrades. As a result, existing
staff are falling below standard of care for these devices.
In light of this organization’s commitment to quality care
in all areas, and as evidenced by a review of current staff competencies, the
analysis concluded that there is no issue concerning the professional
qualification or certification of the practitioners in this area. As a precaution, the analysis team completed
a review of best practices in hiring credentialed practitioners that confirmed
the staffs’ ranking within the top 25% in similar clinical settings for both
anesthetists and surgeons.
The issue appears to be a lack of consistency in internal
operations, which can be resolved by implementing the following three-pronged
approach:
- Review and
update ventilation protocols
- Provide
appropriate ventilation protocol training to both current and new-hire
surgeons and anesthetists
- Ensure that
compliance with ventilation protocol training factors into performance
reviews