from piles to pixels: nursing improvement using webct for program evaluation

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?

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Primary Challenge

• Piles of paper

• Statistics by hand

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Solution

• Move surveys to WebCT

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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

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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

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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

Christine Salmon

christine.salmon@nhmccd.edu

Mary Yoho

maryy@hesitest.com

WebCT Texas 2006 Tomball College