ERIC Number: EJ1136402
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Feb
Pages: 9
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ISSN: EISSN-1527-9316
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Linking Essential Learning Outcomes and Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Competency in Health Science Undergraduates
Reed, Carole-Rae; Garcia, Luis Ivan; Slusser, Margaret M.; Konowitz, Sharon; Yep, Jewelry
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v17 n1 p15-23 Feb 2017
Assessing student learning outcomes and determining achievement of the Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPCEP) Core Competency of Values/Ethics in a generic pre-professional Bachelor of Science in Health Science (BSHS) program is challenging. A course level Student Learning Outcome (SLO) is: "….articulate the impact of personal values and professional ethics in healthcare decision-making". A program level terminal learning outcome is to "….critically discuss the interface of values/ethics on health outcomes". One university level Essential Learning Outcome (ELOs) that all baccalaureate students are expected to achieve by graduation is Ethical Reasoning. This was equivalent to the IPCEP Values/Ethics core competency. This paper describes a strategy to simultaneously measure the Values/Ethics competency at course, program, and university levels. A narrative analysis (n = 94) using required ethical decision making BSHS student papers was conducted to determine achievement of SLOs/ELOs and the IPCEP Values/Ethics core competency. Eleven items in the grading criteria were linked to outcome criteria for university ELO competency. A point value was assigned to each of these items using a scoring rubric indicating level of achievement. Results indicated that most students were at the Skilled level for the majority of students, and demonstrated adequate achievement of university, program, and course level learning outcomes as well as achievement of the IPCEP Values/Ethics core competency.
Descriptors: Health Sciences, Ethics, Values, Scoring Rubrics, Academic Achievement, College Students, Competence, Assignments, Health Services, Case Studies, Cooperation, Interprofessional Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Jersey
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