from piles to pixels: nursing improvement using webct for program evaluation
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WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
From Piles to Pixels - Nursing Improvement Using WebCT
for Program Evaluation
Christine Salmon, Tomball College
Mary Yoho, Elsevier
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
Setting
• North Harris Montgomery Community College District – serves over 38,000 students – over 2700 square miles, serving 11 school districts
• 5 main college campuses• Multiple Nursing programs
– ADN– VN– Transition to ADN– MEEP
• Approximately 650 nursing students each semester
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
Overview of Need
• Nursing’s need for data collection– Identify strengths / weaknesses / needs of the
programs– State and national accreditations and reports– College district reports– Abstract student perceptions (what faculty do
not know or see)
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
Challenges
• Multiple campuses
• Multiple nursing programs
• Approximately 55 nursing faculty
• Over 50 clinical sites
• Diverse student population
• How to get this idea on paper?
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
Primary Challenge
• Piles of paper
• Statistics by hand
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
Solution
• Move surveys to WebCT
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
Support & Benefits
• Faculty agreement
• Level 1 OTC Certified faculty
• Collaboration - nursing program directors
• Student population is computer-savvy
• Support from administration & IT
• Project Coordinator identified
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Getting Started
• Project coordinator / PSC coordinator meet
• Reviewed paper surveys
• Determined process
• Meet with Nursing Directors
• Create site and surveys
• Add faculty and students
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Process
• Surveys created by semester– Include release dates
• Students added by course sections
• Students complete surveys
• Results downloaded - Excel -> SPSS
• Reports shared with Nursing Directors
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Evolution
• Version 1 - All students, all colleges, same surveys
• Version 2 - All students, all colleges, separate surveys
• Version 3 - Separate college sites
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
Version 1 - 2003-2004
• Lecture course survey
• Clinical course survey
• Lab course survey
• Clinical facility survey
Nursing Surveys Site
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Version 1 - Challenges
• Too many students in site (1900+)
• Students confused - college, courses
• Data difficult to analyze online – by college– by program
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Solution - Version 2
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
Version 2 - Challenges
• Colleges could not create surveys on own– Faculty and directors = not shared designers
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
Solution - Version 3
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College
Version 3
• Training Session for directors and designates
• How to administer surveys
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Now & Future
• Colleges conduct own surveys, review own results and statistics
• In transition
• Training in downloading results
• Training in analyzing results - SPSS
WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College