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PROGRAM
OUTCOME
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CUT SCORE/DEFINITION
AS OF JULY 1st, 2011
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THRESHOLD
AS OF JULY 1st, 2011
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CRT Credentialing
Success
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NBRC passing score
(set by NBRC)
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80% of total number of graduates obtaining NBRC CRT credential
(3-year average)
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RRT Credentialing
Success
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N/A
(programs will still be required to provide RRT outcomes data on annual reports, however, no accreditation actions will be taken based on RRT credentialing success).
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N/A
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RPSGT/SDS Credentialing
Success
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N/A
(programs will still be required to provide RPSGT and/or SDS outcomes data on annual reports, however, no accreditation actions will be taken based on RPSGT or SDS credentialing success).
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N/A
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Retention/Attrition
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Students formally enrolled in a respiratory care program that began fundamental (non-survey) respiratory care core coursework and have left for academic or non-academic reasons. Students who leave the program with a full tuition refund, and those students transferring to satellites are not included in program attrition.
Definition as of March 24, 2012:
Students formally enrolled in a respiratory care program that began fundamental (non-survey) respiratory care core coursework and have left for academic or non-academic reasons. Students who leave the program before the fifteenth calendar day from the beginning of the term with fundamental respiratory care core coursework and those students transferring to satellites are not included in program attrition.
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40% attrition of the total number of students in the enrollment cohort
(3-year average)
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Positive (Job) Placement
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Defined as a graduate who within ten (10) months after graduation is:
a. employed in respiratory care (i.e. full- or part-time, per diem, etc.), or
b. enrolled full- or part-time in another degree program, or
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c. serving in the military, or
d. employed in the polysomnography field (i.e. full- or part-time, per diem, etc. for graduates of the polysomnography option of programs offering the same).
Definition as of March 24, 2012:
Defined as a graduate who within (12) months after graduation is:
a. Employed utilizing skills as defined by the scope of practice within the respiratory care profession. (i.e. full- or part-time, or per diem), or
b. enrolled full- or part-time in another degree program, or
c. serving in the military.
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70% positive placement
(3-year average)
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Graduate Survey – Satisfaction
(for each learning domain)*
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A rating of 3 or higher on a 5-point Likert scale for overall satisfaction.
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At least 80% of returned graduate surveys rating overall satisfaction 3 or higher on a 5-point Likert scale.
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Graduate Survey – Participation
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The total number of program graduates employed in respiratory care who return their graduate survey. |
50% of the graduates have returned surveys
(3-year average)
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Employer Survey – Satisfaction
(for each learning domain)*
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A rating of 3 or higher on a 5-point Likert scale for overall satisfaction
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At least 80% of returned employer surveys rating overall satisfaction 3 or higher on a 5-point Likert scale.
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Employer Survey – Participation
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The total number of employers of program graduates who return their employer survey.
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50% of the employers have returned surveys
(3-year average)
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On-Time Graduation Rate
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The Annual Report due July 1, 2011 will require all programs to report their on-time graduation rate. This will be calculated as the number of students who graduate with their enrollment cohort (i.e., from enrollment date to expected graduation date) divided by the total number of students who enrolled in that cohort minus the number of students who attrited from that enrollment cohort. The enrollment date and the expected graduation date of each cohort are specified by the program.
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Report only -no threshold established
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