Instructional Planning Yearly Update
Date __December 14, 2012___________
Department ___Medical Assisting ______________
Division _______HAWK________
Goals and Recommendations from Program Plan
List the top five Goals and Recommendations from the last Program Plan and indicate whether they have been met?
Goals / Recommendations from six-year plan In progress
Goal Met
Comments
(identify source
of funding)
Need for temporary lab space until new bldg.
No
Yes
Currently in permanent lab facilities in the Allied Health Bldg
Laptops for classes
No
No
Fall 2010
No
No
Yes
New equipment/ALH building funds
LIA position eliminated in Spring 2012. Program specialist
position reduced to 28 hours per week 2010-11
Full time instructor hired Fall 2012
No
Yes
FT program specialist/75% LIA
FT instructor
Curriculum revised. New EHR course and
skill certificate through curriculum
EHR class/skill certificate are currently being offered.
Working on a project with CalHIPSO and BACCC to create
new EHR software to be used in the EHR class
New Goals and Recommendations
Goal/Recommendation
List any new goals and recommendations identified by the department
Cost
Explanation/Evidence of Need
2-3 units/possible
Increasing recognition of need to train healthcare personnel to work
Add Geriatric Medical Assistant Certificate
grant funded
with older population. We have partnered with RCHN Community
Health Foundation in a grant proposal to train medical assistants in
geriatric care. We are awaiting grant approval. If the grant is not
approved will continue with plans to add to our current curriculum.
None
Keeping in compliance with accreditation through CAAHEP
Continue to work on strategies to meet
(MAERB/AAMA) is an ongoing process. Our department
MAERB thresholds for accreditation
continuously has open dialogue about meeting these thresholds and
maintaining our program accreditation. Our department received a
Federal/State grant. A large portion of the funds will be used to
redesign the program so that we are meeting the appropriate
thresholds as outlined by our accreditation.
SLO Assessment Progress: In a sentence or two, describe where your department should be on the Revolving Wheel of Assessment (what
assessment you should have done in the last year) and what was actually done. If not every thing was completed, explain why.
The MA program has updated SLOs for all courses/program. In Spring 2012/Fall 2012 we assessed and discussed all SLOs except for courses:
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MA186, MA189, MA180 (these courses were not offered in spring 2012). These courses were assessed in Fall 2012 and will be discussed at the
department meeting during flex week Spring 2013. Also, the certificate of achievement/AS degree for Medical Insurance Specialist was
assessed in the fall and will be discussed at the department meeting during flex week Spring 2013.
Fill out the Assessment Results section below.
SLO Assessment Results: List SLO assessments, dialogues, and priorities identified as a result of your assessment below. Attach
Departmental Assessment Analysis Forms completed in the last two semesters.
Core Competency, Course
SLO, or CTE Program SLO
Assessed. Example: all course
SLOs for English 1A, 1B and 2
All course SLOs for:
MA130A, MA130B,
MA130AL, MA 160, MA 165,
MA70, MA170B, MA172,
MA173A, MA176, MA176L,
MA180, MA181, MA183C,
MA184, MA185B
All program SLOs for:
Medical Assisting
Phlebotomy Technician
Electronic Health Records
Date of meeting where
analysis / dialogue took
place. Example: Department
Meeting 8/27/10
Department meeting August
23, 2012
Priorities identified for program as a result of assessment. Example:
Develop strategies for teaching research and documentation skills; share
rubrics for research papers; provide more instructional support outside of
class.
It was determined that the SLOs that were assessed needed to be updated.
The updates for all course/program SLOs were done through the curriculum
process which began in Spring 2012. The MA program will begin in Spring
2013 assessing the new SLOs for each course/program.
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