Instructional Program Review Update 2012/13 (fields will expand as you type) Section 1 ‐ Program Information 1.0 Name of Program: Northcoast Paramedic Date:1/16/2013 1.1 Program Review Authors: Douglas Boileau 1.2 Dean’s Signature: Date:1/18/2013 1.3 Individual Program Information # of Degrees # of Certificates 3 # of Courses 0 # of GE Courses 4 0 The shaded cells below are to be populated by the Program Review Committee as needed. # of Full Time Faculty 2010‐2011 2011‐12 # of Part Time Faculty 2010‐2011 # of Staff FTE 2011‐12 2010‐2011 2011‐12 Personnel Budget 2010‐2011 2011‐12 Discretionary Budget 2010‐2011 2011‐12 1.3.1 State briefly how the program functions support the college mission: The Paramedic Program provides outstanding career technical education. Program graduates have an extremely high success rate on national certification exams and can begin careers in their field immediately to meet the needs of employers in this service area. The program’s advisory committee encompasses employers from throughout the service area as well as many other members of the local healthcare community. 1.3.2 Program highlights/accomplishments: The program is accredited by the Committee on the Accreditation of Educational Program for the EMS Professions (CoAEMSP). Program graduates have a 90% first time success rate on national exams compared to a national average of 70%. Cumulative pass rates for national exams for program graduates are 98% compared to a national average of 84%. Placement of licensed program graduates is 100%. Section 2 ‐ Data Analysis 2.1 Enrollment & Fill Rate Review and interpret data by clicking here or going to: http://www.redwoods.edu/District/IR/Program_Select.asp Select your program and click on: Enrollments & fill rates 16. c2012 Paramedic PR final.docx 4/23/2013 Page 1 Enrollment x Comment if checked: The HO 159 pre requisite course consistently enrolls above the District average. The 2011‐2012 enrollments for the Paramedic course sequences are misleading. HO170C is a field internship experience and takes place in a period of time up to 12 months following completion of HO 170B making it difficult to report for a given semester. The paramedic program used to be run every other year. The program ran each of the last three years. The program did not run in the 2012‐13 year so enrollment in the 2013‐14 year is expected to increase. Fill Rate x Comment if checked: HO 159 fill rates are above the District averages. The Paramedic Program (HO 170A‐HO 170B‐HO 170C has been working with Admissions & Records to address the enrollments in HO 170C. This class is a field internship that begins in the summer semester. Students who did not accrue sufficient field experiences in the summer must continue on into newly created sections for Fall and Spring. The 17 Students who successfully completed HO 170B enrolled in HO 170C – 2 completed in Summer 2012‐8 completed in Fall 2012 and 7 students remain in HO 170C Spring 2013. The fill rates are misleading because each course serves as a prerequisite to the next course in the series. The 2011‐12 Fill Rate is further in error because it uses a maximum class size of 35 for HO 170C when the maximum class size for HO 170 A and B is 30. 2.2 Success & Retention Review and interpret data by clicking here or going to: http://www.redwoods.edu/District/IR/Program_Select.asp Select your program and click on: Success & Retention Success ☐ Comment if checked: Retention ☐ Comment if checked: 2.3 Persistence Review and interpret data by clicking here or going to: http://www.redwoods.edu/District/IR/Program_Select.asp Select your program and click on: Persistence ☐ Comment: 16. c2012 Paramedic PR final.docx 4/23/2013 Page 2 2.4 Completions Review and interpret data by clicking here or going to: http://www.redwoods.edu/District/IR/Program_Select.asp Select your program and click on: Completions & Transfers ☐ Comment: Student Equity Group Data 2.5 Enrollments Review and interpret data by clicking here or going to: http://www.redwoods.edu/District/IR/Program_Select.asp by group Select your program and click on ~ by Student Equity Group next to Enrollments & fill rates Comment: Enrollments by group are close to the District averages. This program does enroll more males than other HO programs and is above the district average. 2.6 Success & Retention Review and interpret data by clicking here or going to: http://www.redwoods.edu/District/IR/Program_Select.asp by group Select your program and click on ~ by Student Equity Group next to success & retention Comment: The Program has higher success and retention averages than the District. 2.7 Persistence Review and interpret data by clicking here or going to: http://www.redwoods.edu/District/IR/Program_Select.asp by group Select your program and click on ~ by Student Equity Group next to persistence Comment: n/a Additional Indicators 2.8 Faculty Information Review and interpret data by clicking here or going to: http://www.redwoods.edu/District/IR/Program_Select.asp Select your program and click on: Faculty (FT/PT) & FTES/FTEF Comment: The Program is taught by Associate faculty who are full time working paramedics and actively involved in the faculty role and 2.9 Labor Market Data (CTE/Occupational programs only) Refer to the California Employment Development Division: http://www.edd.ca.gov/ www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov
16. c2012 Paramedic PR final.docx 4/23/2013 Page 3 Provide a narrative that addresses the following: a. Documentation of labor market demand b. Non‐duplication of other training programs in the region c. Effectiveness as measured by student employment and program completions. Narrative: Labor Market demand for our region shows an average annual job opening rate of 4 positions. This refers to those workers who are employed primarily as EMT/Paramedics. The training is required for both structural and seasonal fire fighters, security workers and recommended for other emergency response personnel. There are no other training programs in the area. This Program has a long local history of educating and training paramedics on an every other year basis formerly through the local ROP. Student completion, success in passing the national registry exam and employment are consistently above 85% Overall, what has been the impact of the change in indicators on student achievement and learning: The Program was offered at CR for three years in a row, as compared to the many year schedule of an every other year offering. In 2012‐2013 the Paramedic Program was not offered and will be offered again in 2013‐2014 in order to stabilize enrollments Provide narrative on the factors that may have contributed to the improvement or decline in the identified population: See above Section 3 – Critical Reflection of Assessment Activities Curriculum & Assessment Data Are all courses on track for complete assessment of all outcomes in two years? Y/N What courses, if any, are not on track with regard to assessment? Explain. # of PLOs Assessed and Reported during the 2011‐2012 academic year. % of Course Outlines of Record updated If there is no plan for updating outdated curriculum, when will you inactivate? View curriculum status: click here or go to: http://www.redwoods.edu/District/IR/Program_Select.asp Select your program and click on: Curriculum Status Assessment Reporting completed? Y/N Program Advisory Committee Met? Y/N Yes None None – will begin with 2013‐
2014 Program 100% N Y 3.0 How has assessment of course level SLO’s led to improvement in student learning (top three): Oral exam performance has improved significantly in the classroom. Field internship evaluation documents have been rated highly by the evaluators suggesting that they provide valuable feedback to students. 16. c2012 Paramedic PR final.docx 4/23/2013 Page 4 3.1 How has assessment of program level outcomes led to degree/certificate improvement (top three): As part of the CoAEMSP accreditation process, multiple aspects are evaluated in an annual report and compared to national standard benchmarks. The program met all those benchmarks with the exception of attrition rates. Encouraging students to take as many of the degree’s required courses prior to taking the core paramedic courses will improve attrition rates. 3.2 (Optional) Describe unusual assessment findings/observations that may require further research or institutional support: Section – 4 Evaluation of Previous Plans 4.1 Describe plans/actions identified in the last program review and their current status. What measurable outcomes were achieved due to actions completed. Actions Current Status Outcomes Review of on line clinical tracking tools Commercially available tracking programs were reviewed for possible adoption. Available products were found to be expensive on a per student basis and did not offer advantages over tracking programs that could be utilized on the MyCR platform. 4.2 (If applicable) Describe how funds provided in support of the plan(s) contributed to program improvement: Section – 5 Planning 5.0 Program Plans (2012/2013) Based on data analysis, student learning outcomes and program indicators, assessment and review, and your critical reflections, describe the program’s Action Plan for the 2012/13 academic year. If more than one plan, add rows. Include necessary resources. (Only a list of resources is needed here. Provide detailed line item budgets, supporting data or other justifications in the Resource Request). 5.1 Program Plans Relationship to Institutional Plans Explore regionalization unknown Revise structure of HO 170C to Action to be taken: 16. c2012 Paramedic PR final.docx Meet current structural 4/23/2013 Relationship to Assessment Expected Impact on Program/Student Learning Ensure program viability through sharing of costs Page 5 Resources Needed comply with attendance, reporting, and financial aid procedures restrictions 5.2 Provide any additional information, brief definitions, descriptions, comments, or explanations, if necessary. The paramedic program is now offered every other year. The closest paramedic program is located at Mendocino College in Ukiah. That program is currently suspended due in part to problems with meeting the accreditation standards. Offering the program alternating years at C.R. and at Mendocino College would allow the two schools to share the administrative costs of a program director and annual accreditation fees and ensure a program remains available on the north coast every year to meet regional marketplace demand for its graduates. Section 6 ‐ Resource Requests 6.0 Planning Related, Operational, and Personnel Resource Requests. Requests must be submitted with rationale, plan linkage and estimated costs. If requesting full‐time staff, or tenure‐track faculty, submit the appropriate form available at inside.redwoods.edu/ProgramReview Requests will follow the appropriate processes. Check One Amount Recurring Rationale Request $ Cost Y/N Linkage Planning Operational Personnel Section 7‐ Program Review Committee Response Do not type in this section. To be completed by the Program Review Committee following evaluation. 7.0 The response will be forwarded to the author and the supervising Director and Vice President: S.1. Program Information: Satisfactory S.2. Data Analysis: Enrollment and fill rates all positive (well above district average). Enrollment numbers are low, but that is mostly a feature of scheduling. Success and retention at or above district average. No persistence‐program is completed in a year. No data on completions. Student equity enrollment data for paramedic is similar to the LVN with the significant difference being that this program has a greater population of males. As observed in the LVN program, DN has considerably less Native American students enrolled in these programs as compared to DN averages for this population (4% for Paramedic program in DN and 25% for population in DN). This would appear to be a target population for the paramedic program as well as the LVN program. Success and retention is better as compared to district average. There are no full time faculty in this program (incomplete sentence “The Program is taught by Associate faculty who are full time working paramedics and 16. c2012 Paramedic PR final.docx 4/23/2013 Page 6 actively involved in the faculty role and….” Labor market website not used, only referenced local job opportunities (average 4 annually). PRC recommended in the future making connections to other emergency response groups, such as the Paramedic‐to‐RN planning; VETS connection and some consideration of certifications needed. S.3. Critical Reflection of Assessment Activities: Assessment good, overall, outcomes on track, no PLO assessment – next year. 100% course updates. The program advisory committee met. Section 3.0 and 3.1 were more overall improvement rather than how assessment led to the improvements. PRC comment: section 3.1 seems to indicate a need for more structured sequencing. S.4. Evaluation of Previous Plans: Reported on previous plan and outcome. Satisfactory S.5. Planning: The plan to explore regionalization is unclear and not tied to institutional planning or a noted relationship to assessment. Possible reference to the narrative in section 5.2. Section 5.2 is a flag to the area dean to interact and review this program. S.6. Resource Requests: No resource requests. 16. c2012 Paramedic PR final.docx 4/23/2013 Page 7