Libby McNaron, RN, CST, CNOR, BSN, MS

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Student Learning Outcomes and Professional
Rubrics
Assessing Behaviors in the Affective Domain

• Libby McNaron, RN, CST, CNOR, BSN, MS

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Objectives Why Discuss this?

• Our standards say we will prepare competent
  entry level surgical technologists in the
  cognitive, psychomotor, and affective, learning
  domains
• How do we measure the Affective Behaviors?
• What outcomes measurements are realistic?
• What behaviors do we encourage?
• What do Employers Want?
• Professionalism
• We must BE PREPARED TO Teach it?

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Learning and Motivation are Interwoven
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Understanding Students Motivation for Learning
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Project Professionalism

• Instructors have a responsibility to cultivate
  healthy motivational beliefs and professional
  behavior in their students.
• How?
• Create Learning Environments that Foster and
  Enhance Professionalism

Give Them a Vision For Growth
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Encouraging Motivational Behavior

• Observation
• Assign a challenging in-class assignment
• Is the student willing to ask for help?
• Do they avoid asking for help?
• Let them know its Okay to ask for Help.
• Class Discussions
• K What do you already know?
• W What do you want to know?
• L What did you learn?
• Questionnaire Using Liekart Scale
• Paper and pencil to identify class issues
• One-one interview to assess the students
  motivational orientation and progress

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Possible Questions to Use

• Making mistakes is part of learning ()
• I want to learn as much as possible from this
  _________ (example lecture, case)()
• It is important that I keep trying, even if I
  make a mistake. ()
• I just want to avoid doing poorly in this class
  (-)
• When I dont understand my assignment, I often
  guess instead of asking someone for help(-)
• I am afraid if I ask questions I will look dumb
  (-)
• (strongly disagree, disagree, agree, or strongly
  agree)
• Plus sign represents mastery orientation
  negative sign indicates performance avoidance
  orientation

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7 Ps of Professionalism

• Patient Centered
• Punctual
• Prepared
• Prudent
• Progressive
• Proactive
• Proud

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Ways to Encourage Professionalism

• Teach Professionalism
  Incorporate expected behaviors into the
  classroom
• Join the Association as a student
• Have student attend
• at least one day of the National Conference
• State Assembly meeting
• Local Association meeting
• Require Certification to graduate
• Have student dress professional for class, lab,
  and clinical
• Have Students Participate in self evaluation,
  formative testing, and setting learning goals.

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Professional Rubrics

• Purpose
• Assess Student Performance
• Use as a formative teaching tool to teach
  expected behaviors
• Method
• Self Evaluation
• Peer Evaluation
• Instructor Evaluation
• Samples

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What Can We Do as Educators?

• Assume Leadership Roles
• Plan professional development activities.
  Be a mentor. Be A coach.
• Be a Change Agent - Dont get in a rut.
  Advocate Critical Questioning
  Question always done this way. Listen
  carefully to questions. Then
• Engage in research Share the knowledge gleaned.
• Be self critical EVOLVE.
• Be a role model.
• Participate in Professional Association
• Contribute in your own unique way use your
  strength
• Start a professional association if one does not
  exist

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Nurturing Students

• Resolving Administrative Issues
• CASH Project
  Grant for additional resources
• Job Placement and Student Numbers
• Integration of course design Utilization of
  Distance education or blended education to
  enhance learning

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ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING

• Formative Testing designed to help students
  prepare
• Summative Testing designed to measure progress

Traditional formative thinking tends to
encourage more-frequent assessment of student
mastery of the standards themselves, but
assessment for learning focuses on the progress
in student learning as students move day-to-day.
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Behavior Says it all
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A Role Model Inspires Others
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Bibliography

• Project Professionalism American Board of
  Internal Medicine www.abim.org or
  www.professionalism.org
• Practical Assessment Research Evaluation
  Beghetto (2004) http//pareonline.net/getvn.asp
• Putting Testing into Perspective Its For
  Learning Stiggins and Chappuis
• Professional Development as Transformative
  Learning New Perspectives for Teachers of
  Adults. Cranton Josey-Bass pg. 149-150
• Society for Education in Anesthesia
  http//www.seahq.org/core/Prof.htm