CLS Student Survey National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences exam (NAACLS): Molecular and cellular biological components are a significant portion of the exam. Passing this exam would indicate strength in molecular and cellular biological science knowledge 75% graduating seniors agree or strongly agree that they have an understanding of molecular and cell biology 100% passing rate on the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) exam 4/4 graduating CLS students agreed or strongly agreed that the CLS curriculum enhanced their understanding of molecular and cell biology concepts. 100% of the 2014 and 2015 graduates passed the NAACLS exam. and shares the information with the Biological Sciences Dept during the annual faculty retreat. Info shared with the hospital directors at the annual meeting. The affiliated hospital coordinates the testing through NAACLS and share pass/fail information with the CLS Program Director. This information is shared with Sciences faculty at the annual retreat. 3. Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate and understand immunological concepts BIO 3210. They will need to demonstrate the quantitative and analytical skills to analyze data sets generated by biological experiments and surveys Lecture examinations and laboratory exercises and research projects, assessed by faculty Evaluation rubrics as evaluated by course instructors CLS Student Survey 80% of the students in BIO 3210 will demonstrate proficiency by attaining grades of C or higher 75% of students in BIO 3120 will have an acceptable to superior range of understanding. 75% graduating seniors or strongly agree that they have an understanding 100% of the students earned grades of C or higher 7/7 students (100%) were in the acceptable to superior range of understanding immunology concepts. 4/4 graduating CLS students agreed or strongly agreed that BIO 3210 instructors complete rubrics for each student and forward the completed rubrics to the CLS Program Director which is then shared with Biological Sciences faculty at the annual retreat. The CLS Program Director tabulates the data and shares the information with the
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences exam (NAACLS): Molecular and cellular biological components are a significant portion of the exam. Passing this exam would indicate strength in molecular and cellular biological science knowledge of molecular and cell biology 100% passing rate on the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) exam the CLS curriculum enhanced their understanding of immunology concepts. 100% of the 2014 and 2015 graduates passed the NAACLS exam. Biological Sciences Dept during the annual faculty retreat. Info shared with the hospital directors at the annual CIMLE meeting. The affiliated hospital coordinates the testing through NAACLS and share pass/fail information with the CLS Program Director. This information is shared with Sciences faculty at the annual retreat. 4. Students will enhance global citizenship and demonstrate ethical behavior by: Participation in clubs including volunteering. Internship experience Response to CLS student survey Inherent to working/learning environment during internship 50% of graduating seniors will indicate that they have participated in clubs. Close to 100% as this is incorporated into the internship experience. A drop in this percentage will be due to failure in the internship or withdrawal. As the expectations for admission to the internship is competitive, it should deter failure or withdrawal. Newly added to assessment. 1/6 of graduating seniors indicated that they participated in one or more of these clubs. In the last 9 years approx. 35 students out of 35 have successfully completed the internship. Data will be shared with Sciences faculty at the annual retreat.
5. Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills. A necessary component as a clinical laboratory scientist. At the very the student needs to identify different experimental approaches, be able to extract some information from descriptive passages and present results. Laboratory exercises on course projects as reported through the evaluation rubrics CLS Student Survey 75% of students will have an acceptable to superior range of demonstrated critical thinking skills 75% of graduating seniors agree or strongly agree that the program enhanced their critical thinking skills 6/7 (73%) students demonstrated acceptable to superior ranges of critical thinking skills. 95% is in the desired range. 4/4 CLS students agreed or strongly agreed that the CLS curriculum enhanced their critical thinking skills Molecular and Cell biology BIO 3120 and Immunology BIO 3210 instructors complete rubrics and with CLS Program Director which is then shared with Biological Sciences faculty at the annual retreat. and the hospital directors Information shared with Biological Sciences and hospital directors 6. Students will demonstrate their ability to write effectively. To succeed as a professional students, need to have strong written communication skills. CLS Student Survey Electronic Writing Portfolio data 75% of students will indicate that they had an acceptable to superior range of demonstrated writing skills Students will obtain at a passing rating (3-4) on the Electronic Writing Portfolio 2/4 (50%) of graduating CLS students agreed or strongly agreed that the CLS curriculum enhanced their critical thinking skills With 23 EWP submissions, students averages 3.65/4.0 ratings (compared to 3.44 for BIO and 3.33 for COa and EIU. 83% 9/23 had rating of at least 3.5. CLS Program Director sends survey to students finishing their hospital rotation. The students then send back their responses to the CLS Program Director which is then shared with Biological Sciences and the hospital directors Information received from Karla Sanders.