The Accelerated Instructional Program Review Narrative Report

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1 The Accelerated Instructional Program Review Narrative Report 1. College: College of Alameda Discipline, Department or Program: Health Professions & Occupations Date: 10/18/12 Members of the Accelerated Instructional Program Review Team: Rochelle Olive, Naren Dave Narrative Description of the Discipline, Department or Program: College of Alameda's mission is to serve the educational needs of its diverse community by providing comprehensive and flexible programs and resources that empower students to achieve their goals. The Business discipline's mission is closely aligned to COA's mission. One of the primary goals of the Business discipline is to continue to meet the needs of the community by providing comprehensive and flexible programs for both transfer and nontransfer courses. The Business discipline offers an AA Degree in Accounting and Business Administration; Certificates of Achievement, and Certificates of Completion in: Accounting, Business Administration, Small Business Administration, ATLAS, HLTOC and Office Administration. The Health Professions & Occupations program consists of five courses, HLTOC 201, HLTOC 202, HLTOC 203, HLTOC 204, and HLTOC 205. HLTOC 201, 202 This course is frequently required for job advancement in several medical service areas. This course also aids in the study of other biological and health science course. The course may transfer to some 4-year institutions. Course content: study of basic world structure of medical words, including prefixes, suffixes, word roots, combining forms, plural, abbreviations, pronunciation, spelling, and definitions of medical terms. HLTOC 203, 204 These courses expand vocational program in Health Occupations. Medical Transcription I & II are offered in response to high industry need and student demand. Course content: study and practice of dictation, transcription, medical readings; medical terminology review including review of anatomy and physiology terminology; transcription guidelines and tips; proofreading skill; study and use of transcribing tapes, tape machines and computers. 2. Curriculum: Is the curriculum current and effective? Have course outlines been updated within the last three years? If not, what plans are in place to remedy this?

2 Course outline was last updated in Has your department conducted a curriculum review of course outlines? If not, what are the plans to remedy this? A curriculum review of course outlines is incorporated into the present initiative to update this document. What are the department s plans for curriculum improvement (i.e., courses to be developed, updated, enhanced, or deactivate)? Have prerequisites, co-requisites, and advisories been validated? Is the date of validation on the course outline? Medical Terminology II (HLTOC 202) has a recommended preparation of the course of Medical Terminology I (HLTOC 201). Medical Transcription II (HLTOC 204) has a prerequisite course of Medical Transcription I (HLTOC 203). Advanced Medical Terminology with Path physiology (HLTOC 205) has no prerequisites. The date of validation is on the course outline. What steps has the department taken to incorporate student learning outcomes in the curriculum? Are outcomes set for each course? If not, which courses do not have outcomes? All courses- HLTOC 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, incorporate student learning outcomes. Describe the efforts to develop outcomes at the program level. In which ways do these outcomes align with the institutional outcomes? There are no distinction presently exists between the health professional & occupation program and HLTOC 201, 202, 203, 204, and 205. Since no other health professional & occupations courses are offered at COA. Course SLOs were devised with institutional outcomes in mind and align closely with them. 3. Instruction: Describe effective and innovative strategies used by faculty to involve students in the learning process. How has new technology been used by the department to improve student learning? The Health Professions & Occupations Department provides face to face instruction with lectures and small group interaction. This program stimulate student s mind to help them understand numerous ways to approach a subject and situation, exposing them to real life scenarios and valuable learning experiences. It is vital for the Health Professions & Occupations Discipline to provide students with specific evaluations to reflect and assess their strengths, weaknesses, progress and potential to grow.

3 How does the department maintain the integrity and consistency of academics standards within the discipline? Consistency is maintained by the fact that only one instructor teaches all the Health Professions & Occupations courses. Discuss the enrollment trends of your department. What is the student demand for specific course? How do you know? What do you think are the salient trends affecting enrollments? s have increase over the period from The students demand for all the HLTOC courses are high because most of the advanced health programs required prerequisites to upper division course such as: Nursing Programs, Radiology Programs, Sonography Programs, Pharmacy, and numerous entry level jobs at many hospitals and clinics. Campus Descr Long College of Alameda Total Total Total Time of F09 S10 F10 S11 F11 S12 Subject Catalog Nbr Day HLTOC 201 Day HLTOC 201 Evening HLTOC 202 Day HLTOC 202 Evening HLTOC 203 Day HLTOC 203 Evening HLTOC 204 Evening HLTOC Total Are courses scheduled in a manner that meets students needs and demand? How do you know? Yes, the courses are scheduled in a manner that meets student s needs and demand. In order to meet the student s demand and needs, the HLTOC courses are offered every semester both in the morning and evening, in the early summer as well late in the summer, and it is also offered on Saturdays. Based on verbal feedback at the end of each semester, students are interested in the new courses but often face scheduling conflict with other courses. The evening courses are growing because of the days the classes are scheduled. 4. Student Success: Describe student retention and program completion (degrees, certificates, persistence rates) trends in the department. What initiatives can the department take to improve retention and completion rates?

4 Students who have completed HLTOC 201, HLTOC 202 and HLTOC 203, 204 respectfully will receive certificates of achievement Fall Subject Catalog Nbr Census Retained Retention Rate HLTOC % HLTOC % HLTOC % HLTOC % HLTOC % 2011 Spring Subject Catalog Nbr TOTAL GRADED SUCCESS SUCCESS RATE HLTOC Total % HLTOC % HLTOC % HLTOC % HLTOC % What are the key needs of students that affect their learning? What services are needed for these students to improve their learning? Describe the department s efforts to access these services. What are your department s instructional support needs? The primary needs that impact student learning are the cost of textbooks and inability to qualify for financial assistance. Describe the department s effort to assess student learning at the course level. Describe the efforts to assess student learning at the program level. In which ways has the department used student learning assessment results for improvement?

5 5. Human and Physical Resources (including equipment and facilities) Describe your current utilization of facilities and equipment. Both the HLTOC 201, and 202 programs are currently using classrooms and HLTOC 203 and 204 are using classrooms, transcribers, and computer labs. 6. Community Outreach and Articulation For all instructional programs: Describe the department s effort to ensure that the curriculum responds to the needs of the constituencies that it serves. As a result of student s suggestions, feedbacks and demands we will offer classes in the evening and on Saturdays.

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