2012 Clinial Laboratory Technician-SLO
Western Student Learning Results (Program Outcomes) for 2012 # of Grads: 10 Source: Student # of Responses: 10 Program: Clinical Laboratory Technician Outcome Yes No Unk NA Result Practice laboratory safety and regulatory compliance 10 100.00% 0 0 0 Collect and process biological specimens for analysis. 10 100.00% 0 0 0 Monitor and evaluate quality control in the laboratory 10 100.00% 0 0 0 Apply modern clinical methodologies including problem solving and troubleshooting according to predetermined criteria 10 100.00% 0 0 0 Apply laboratory results to diagnosis of clinical conditions and/or diseases 10 100.00% 0 0 Feedback 0 Yes Yes Yes 0 On different tests, we were given extra credit points on problems that had calculations. This helped in refreshing the mind of those problems. Yes 0 Instructors were always available to answer questions. Yes 10 100.00% We were given "names" for our patients. Having true names were more realistic then just sample A, B, C, etc. Yes Perform information processing in the clinical laboratory. Use of case studies help with matching the lab results to the disease. I really like doing case studies. Use of case studies to figure out how the test correlate to disease. 0 Model professional behaviors, ethics, and appearance. 10 100.00% 0 0 0 Use effective communication skills. 10 100.00% 0 0 0 Apply mathematical concepts. 10 100.00% 0 0 0 Transfer social and natural science theories into practical applications. 10 100.00% 0 0 0 Demonstrate ability to think critically. 10 100.00% 0 0 0 Demonstrate ability to value self and work ethically with others in a diverse population. 10 100.00% 0 0 0 Use technology effectively. 10 100.00% 0 0 0 Monday, November 18, 2013 Western Wisconsin Technical College Page 1 of 3 Outcome Make decisions that incorporate the importance of sustainability Yes 10 100.00% No 0 Unk 0 NA Result Feedback 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes What did you like about this program? 10 100.00% 0 0 I am not sure if this is an environmental sustainability question or pointed to not wasting the clinical's resources. Either way yes. everything! I liked having the labs right after the lecture. I really enjoyed this program. It was a good fit with my science background and found that working in the lab is a good career fit for me. I liked that we had lecture and got to learn theory and then got to practice the theory in the lab. Everyday in lab we got to see exciting organisms. I also enjoyed meeting and getting to know the people, not only in class, but at my clinical sites as well. lots of clinical experience. small class sizes. getting into the field the first semester to confirm that I like this field. LAB the instructors were very helpful and made sure we knew what we were doing. Correlating what I learned with real life situations in clinical. I liked how in the end Kari and Carolyn really prepared us for what we have to know and do. It was nice knowing the theory and then applying everything that we learned at our clinical sites. I really liked how well prepared Kari and Carolyn were, and how they were willing to help me achieve my goal. I liked how they applied theory to real world situations and the labs were relevant and prepared me for clinicals. I liked the emphasis on professionalism, and the constant confidence building encouragement. 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes What would you change about this program? 10 100.00% 0 0 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Monday, November 18, 2013 Western Wisconsin Technical College Have it as a requirement to get into the program that people pass A and P. I would say possibly extending the clinical microbiology or adding a summer class of it. The pace felt so fast and I felt a little unprepared for clinical. I think that if there was more info/exams on like a class going over media, and more practice with urine or stool cultures that it would be more helpful for the future students. I think like a summer class or small class of a prerequestie of how to differentiate what media is used for what thing that was cultured, and what grows on each media, and the differences between anaerobic and aerobic media would be really helpful to know before getting in to the biochemical of different organisms and testing for them. I would add more study into molecular diagnostics, DNA studies. I would add mathmatical questions throughout courses, and in micro ( cause its the most recent ) I would add more on media and how it works. nothing A few more clinical hours in the 1st year. Clinical hours, more the first year, not full time the second year. Its hard when you do 40/week then work 30/week for a real job. no time for studying Page 2 of 3 Outcome Yes No Unk NA Result Yes Yes Yes Yes Aggregate Assessment of Achievement Monday, November 18, 2013 160 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 Feedback I think that I would add more Microbiology. It was a little overwhelming in class when we only got to see certain organisms or procedures one time, because when we got to clinical I forgot a lot since we only performed certain procedures once in class. I think we should have spent some more time knowing what was normal flora and what pathogens were on certain media and depending on what specimen type we were reviewing. We were so set on identifying everything, that when I got to clinical, there were a lot of normal flora that I was getting stuck on wanting to identify that was not neccessary. More time with Fungus, it is a big part of micro but it is the one area that I do not feel comfortable in. Nothing The lectures that encompass a longer period should be broken into to lectures. This would be useful in the case where there is 1 lecture per week and 2 labs. Could have a lecture before each lab. 0 Western Wisconsin Technical College Page 3 of 3
