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PROGRAM GOALS
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ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES USED TO MEASURE GOALS
Program Goals: The graduate will be able to: |
Assessment Tools |
Utilize knowledge and clinical competencies to provide current, comprehensive dental hygiene
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DHNB Scores
Licensing Scores
Writing Portfolios
Alumni Surveys
Employer Surveys
Accreditation Review |
Adhere to ethical, legal, and professional codes of conduct expected of practitioner |
Writing Portfolios
Accreditation Review
Employer Survey |
Communicate:
speak, read, listen effectively with patient, other staff, other health care professionals |
Writing Portfolios
Alumni Surveys
Accreditation Review
Employer Surveys |
INSTRUMENTATION AND DOCUMENTATION:
- Dental Hygiene National Examination: The exam is written and assesses the ability to recall important information from basic biomedical, dental and dental hygiene sciences and the ability to apply such information in a problem solving context.
- Licensing Board/ Indiana State Dental Board Examination: The state board examination assesses clinical competency in dental hygiene skills.
- Reaccredidation Review: Reaccredidation site visit evaluated the extent to which programs goals, institutional objectives and approved accreditation standards are met.
- Alumni Surveys: Surveys evaluate how well the program prepared students for their initial positions in clinical practice.
- Employer Surveys: Employer surveys evaluate the extent to which employers feel the graduates are prepared for entry level positions in dental offices.
- Writing Portfolio: Writing portfolios are used to assess how well students achieve the following goals:
1. Use writing as a means to help students “think through and organize” patient treatment.
2. Increase student ability to communicate clearly and accurately in writing
3. Increase the effectiveness of patient treatment.
4. Help students develop a more global approach to dental hygiene treatment.
5. Fulfill ADA Accreditation requirements regarding patient assignment, maintenance appointments, and evaluation of the outcome of treatment.
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