Peralta Community College District
Annual Program Update Template 2010-2011
Each discipline will complete this form to update program reviews developed in 2009-2010. These will
be reviewed at the college level and then forwarded to the district-wide planning and budgeting
process. The information on this form is required for all resource requests – including faculty staffing
requests – for the 2011-12 budget year.
I.
Overview
Date Submitted:
10-13-10
Dean:
Tom Branca
BI Download:
10/07/2010
Dept. Chair:
Jennifer Yates
Discipline:
RADSC
Campus:
Merritt
Mission
Mission Statement
The purpose of the Radiologic Science Program at Merritt College is to prepare
qualified practitioners to practice the art and science of diagnostic imaging. The
goals of the program are to:
1. Prepare students to be proficient in the essential aspects of medical imaging
while meeting the needs of the health care workforce.
2. Develop skills in team building, critical thinking and effective communication.
3. Encourage appropriate attitudes and foster affective growth in providing care
and responding to patients’ needs during imaging procedures.
4. Promote professional growth and life-long learning.
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II.
Student Data
A. Enrollment
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
Census Enrollment (duplicated)
279.0
280.0
211.0
Sections (master sections)
11.0
11.0
11.0
Total FTES
54.48
50.61
44.88
Total FTEF
4.32
4.12
3.79
FTES/FTEF
12.61
12.28
11.83
Enrolled
284.0
278.0
N/A
Retained
278.0
273.0
% Retained
97.0
98.0
N/A
N/A
284.0
264.0
92.0
6.0
2.0
278.0
266.0
95.0
5.0
1.0
B. Retention
C. Success
Total Graded
Success
% Success
Withdraw
% Withdraw
III.
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Faculty Data (ZZ assignments excluded)
Fall 2010
Contract FTEF
Hourly FTEF
Extra Service FTEF
Total FTEF
% Contract/Total
1.94
0.64
1.22
3.79
51.14
IV. Faculty Data Comparables F2010 (ZZ assignments excluded) (Z assignments excluded)
Contract FTEF
Hourly FTEF
Extra Service FTEF
Total FTEF
% Contract/Total
Alameda
Berkeley
Laney
Merritt
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.94
0.64
1.22
3.8
51.15
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V.
Qualitative Assessments
CTE and Vocational: Community and labor market
relevance. Present evidence of community need
based on Advisory Committee input, industry need
data, McIntyre Environmental Scan, McKinsey
Economic Report, licensure and job placement rates,
etc.
Job Placement Rate 2008: 100%
Job Placement Rate 2009: 30%
Program accepted fewer students this year in
response to economic resession. Please see
attached Advisory Committee minutes relating
to this decision.
Please see US Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics-Tomorrow’s Jobs-Radiologic
Technology (may be found at:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos105.htm#outlook)
Labor statistics project that jobs in Radiologic
Technology will grow faster than average over
the next 8 years.
Transfer and Basic Skills: Describe how your
course offerings address transfer, basic skills, and
program completion.
Course offerings are in a programmed
sequence with curriculum building on itself until
the final capstone courses, Clinical Experience
V and Senior Seminar. The program
culminates in both a certificate of completion
and an Associate's Degree.
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VI. Strategic Planning Goals
Check all that apply.
Describe how goal applies to your program.
Advance Student Access, Success & Equity
Engage our Communities & Partners
Build Programs of Distinction
Create a Culture of Innovation & Collaboration
Develop Resources to Advance & Sustain Mission
Program provides resources such as peer
tutoring/ mentoring to reduce attrition and assist
students in successfully completing the
program.
Program engages in partnerships with bay area
health care facilities to provide worksites and
adjunct faculty for student clinical education.
The Radiologic Science Program is a program
of distinction, being over 50 years old, providing
qualified practitioners to healthcare facilities
throughout the bay area and beyond. Some of
our current students are children,
grandchildren, sisters, brothers, neices,
nephews, and cousins of program graduates.
The program utilizes an extensive learning
community of faculty, program graduates,
clinical instructors, technologists, hospital
managers, and current students as resources
to enhance student success.
VII. College Strategic Plan Relevance
Check all that apply
New program under development
Program that is integral to your college’s overall strategy
Program that is essential for transfer
Program that serves a community niche
Programs where student enrollment or success has been demonstrably affected by extraordinary
external factors, such as barriers due to housing, employment, childcare etc.
Other
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VIII. Action Plan
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Please describe your plan for responding to the above data. Consider curriculum,
pedagogy/instructional, scheduling, and marketing strategies. Also, please reference any cross district
collaboration with the same discipline at other Peralta colleges.
Include overall plans/goals and specific action steps.
Technology will continue to rapidly advance in the coming years. Digital imaging modalities are now
exclusively in use in the program’s clinical affiliates. New specialty areas including fusion technology
(combinations of modalities, such as CT and Nuclear Medicine PET scanning) are also increasingly
being utilized in the clinical environment. Regular curriculum updates for the program will continue to
reflect evolving technologies and scope of practice. Instructors will continue to expand the use of online
resources in curriculum across program courses. Emphasis on critical thinking and problem solving
within the profession has prompted faculty to infuse activities throughout the curriculum that encourage
the development of these skills.
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Purchase:
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1. one energized radiography/fluoroscopy unit for Physics (Measure A)-electrical upgrade needed in
classroom D122 to accommodate new equipment
 2. one energized radiography-only unit for Physics (Measure A)-electrical upgrade needed in
classroom D121 to accommodate new equipment
 3. an additional teaching unit for Positioning (non-energized) (Measure A)
4. laboratory phantoms (practice “dummies” made with human-like structures that may be x-rayed and
imaged similarly to human patients)
Continue to monitor local job market and consult with advisorycommittee to adjust future class sizes
according to the needs of the healthcare community.
IX. Needs
Please describe and prioritize any faculty, classified, and student assistant needs.
Student tutors needed to conduct Positioning and Physics laboratory classes safely.
Please describe and prioritize any equipment, material, and supply needs.
Please see #VIII (above) for equipment needs. Supplies needed include Venipuncture equipment,
disposable bed linens, X-ray film
Please describe and prioritize any facilities needs.
Electrical upgrade needed to accommodate new digital equipment (see #VIII)
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X.
Course SLOs and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of active courses in your discipline
22
Number with SLOs
13
% SLOs/Active Courses
59%
Number of courses with SLOs that have been assessed
4
% Assessed/SLOs
30%
Describe types of assessment methods you are using
Multiple choice exams, essays, role playing, design assignments, critique assignments, reflection papers,
radiation dose calculations
Describe results of your SLO assessment progress
SLO assessment for two courses (RadSci 3B and 7) scheduled for this afternoon's staff meeting. Three
other courses SLO's (Radsci 9B, 9E, and 4A) will be assessed over the course of this semester.
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XI. Program Learning Outcomes and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of degrees and certificates in your discipline
1
Number with Program Learning Outcomes
1
Number assessed
All
% Assessed
100%
Describe assessment methods you are using
Graduate Exit Surveys, Alumni Surveys, Employer Surveys, Radiologist Surveys, completion statistics,
ARRT exam pass rates, Clinical Competency Evaluations, Image Evaluations, course exams and
assignments
Describe results of assessment
See attached report
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