Curricular Change and Assessment

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Curricular Change and Assessment

• Robert Percuoco, DC
• Learning Outcomes Chair

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Learning Outcomes Committee (LOC)

• Mission
• The Learning Outcomes Committee (LOC) will
  support and assist the administration and the
  academic and clinical faculty in designing,
  planning, implementing and monitoring an
  effective outcomes assessment program.

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Learning Outcomes Committee (LOC)

• Student Assessment of Learning
• Individual student performance on exams, papers,
  etc.
• Course Assessment of learning
• Aggregate student performance on exams, papers,
  etc., within a course
• Program Assessment of Learning
• Aggregate student performance on assessments
  across a program

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Curriculum Change

• What is the basis for curriculum change?
• External
• Accrediting Agencies
• Licensing Boards
• Federal and State Law

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Curriculum Change

• What is the basis for curricular change?
• Internal
• Assessment
• Measurement of learning (data)
• Analysis of program effectiveness
• Satisfaction
• Opinion?
• Reaction to a perceived need

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LOC Initiatives

• Doctor of Chiropractic Program Effectiveness
• Program Effectiveness Report
• Educational Outcomes Report
• Map Course-Level Outcomes with CCE and PCC
  Competencies Palmer Abilities
• Course-Based Assessments

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LOC Initiatives

• Course Outcomes Project
• Phase 1
• All teaching faculty are required to write
  course-level learning outcomes for their courses
• Phase 2
• Collect key data on each individual outcome for
  each course

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LOC Initiatives

• Course Outcomes Project
• Phase 3
• Analyze data for holes in the curriculum
  regarding CCE and PCC competencies
• Phase 4
• Use course-level and program-level assessment
  data to drive curricular change

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LOC Initiatives

• Phase 2 Course Outcomes Project
• Key data
• Course demographics
• Match to CCE, PCC Competencies and the Palmer
  Abilities
• Depth of instruction
• Class time spent and instructional methods used
  to develop the outcomes

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LOC Initiatives

• Phase 2 Course Outcomes Project
• Key data
• Types of summative and formative assessments
• Methods of student feedback
• Instructional resources
• Demonstration

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Data Analyses

• Analysis of mapping outcomes to CCE and PCC
  Competencies
• Analysis of outcomes redundancy (planned and
  unplanned)
• Analysis of time spent and depth of teaching to
  outcomes
• Analysis of percentage of outcomes that do not
  address a CCE or PCC competency in the clinical
  sciences

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Assessment Impact on Curricular Change

• Any change in course outcomes must be approved by
  the CMC
• Department Chairs will be the advocates at the
  CMC for course outcome changes.
• All curricular changes will be assessed for
  effectiveness of the changes.

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Assessment Impact on Curricular Change

• Any proposed curricular change must have
  accompanying assessment data and a recommendation
  for how the change will be assessed.

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Targets of Assessment

• Impact on learning
• Course
• OSCE
• NBCE
• Impact on satisfaction
• Student
• Faculty
• External employers
• Compliance with external agencies