Develop leadership skills in health promotion. Leadership in Health Promotion will require students to identify and analyze common leadership skills for health promotion.
Objective
Understanding Of Critical Leadership Skills
Health MA students will be able to identify the qualities of effective leaders and managers in public and community health.
Indicator
Assignments In HLTH 5363 Leadership In Health Promotion
Reading, viewing, and writing assignments in HLTH 5363 – Leadership in Health Promotion require students to identify and analyze common leadership skills for health promotion. Therefore, the assignments in this course will serve as the indicator for this goal and objective.
Criterion
HLTH 5363 Module Grades
All MA in Health students will score a minimum of 90 percent on all module assignments in HLTH 5363.
Finding
HLTH 5363 Module Grade Attainment
Twenty two graduate students were enrolled in HLTH 5363 in the Spring 2015 semester. In addition to other course assignments, four learning modules were required. Each module was worth 30 total points. Attainment of 27 or more of the total points would represent a score of 90 percent or greater. Out of a total of 88 modules, 61 of the modules were scored at 27 or more total points. This represents 69 percent of the students, falling short of the criterion that all students would score 90 percent or greater on all modules.
Action
Possible Action Steps
Two actions may be considered as a result of these findings. First, the return of the implementation of a minimum required GRE score for admission into the MA in Health Program may be considered. Second, lowering the level of score attainment on modules may be considered. – i.e. – students will score 80 percent or greater on all modules in HLTH 5363.
Goal
Ethical Issues In Public Health
Identify ethical issues in public health.
Objective
Identify Controversial Ethical Issues In Public Health
Health MA students will identify multiple influences, perspectives, and impact of ethical issues in public health.
Indicator
Ethical Issues Assignments
Ethical Issues Assignments
Reading, viewing, and writing assignments in HLTH 5338 – Consumer Health Education will require students to identify factors which influence personal positions and beliefs and explain multiple viewpoints of various controversial and ethical issues facing today’s public health educator. Specific assignments include assigned readings and position papers on Health Care Rationing and Right to Die Issues. One mid-semester face-to-face or skype meeting will be required for students to report on their progress toward this objective.
Criterion
Ethical Issues Assignment Scores
Students must score at least 85 percent on the portion of the course assignments that require them to identify factors which influence personal positions and beliefs and explain multiple viewpoints of various controversial and ethical issues facing today’s public health educator.
Finding
HLTH 5338 Performance
HLTH 5338 is to be taught in SS I 2015. Findings on student performance will be reported at the conclusion of that course.
Goal
Research Enhancement Skills
MA Health graduate students will be competent in the research skills of survey development, data collection, statistical protocols, and data analysis.
Objective
Research Enhancement Skills
MA Health graduate students will be competent in the research skills of survey development, data collection, statistical protocols, and data analysis.
Indicator
Research Enhancement Skills
A common embedded portion of the HLTH 5374 and HLTH 5375 classes is to enhance the research skills of the students. These skills include: survey methodology, survey development, statistical protocols, data collection techniques, and analysis of data.
Criterion
Research Proposal Score
Research Proposal
Students must score at least 85 percent on the embedded portion of the graduate course assignments in HLTH 5374 and HLTH 5375 that focus on the enhancement of research related skills. Students must score at least 85% correct on writing a research proposal.
Finding
Research Enhancement Through Proposal Assignments
HLTH 5375 was not taught in the 2014-2015 assessment period. In HLTH 5374, 90 percent of the students scored 85 percent or higher on the course assignments that focus on the enhancement of research related skills and on writing a research proposal.
Action
Research Course Enhancement
The Department of Health Services and Promotion has recently added two new degree options at the graduate level. As these programs enlist new students and as new faculty joint the Department, a review of teaching assignments will be conducted, with emphasis placed on bringing more full-time faculty members to graduate faculty status, allowing these courses to be taught by full-time graduate faculty within the Department.