2012 Bio-Medical Electronics-SLO
Western Student Learning Results (Program Outcomes) for 2012 # of Grads: 150 Source: Student # of Responses: 13 Program: Bio-Medical Electronics Outcome What did you like about this program? Yes 13 100.00% No 0 Unk 0 NA Result 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes What would you change about this program? 13 100.00% 0 0 There was hands on which I like the most for learning. I like that this program has a really high rate of students getting jobs before they graduate. I really liked the hands on labs that were taught to you. It really put me up to a challenge. I feel this challenge will be for the better, putting all the countless hours into my studies. I had a great experience here at Western and it is a very learning friendly environment. Challenging electronics studies; improved my problem-solving skills. I liked that we got to go to Gunderson Lutheran for clinicals, Gave a decent base of understanding about anatomy and electronics. Hands-on, small class size, can use items learned in the real world. I like the electronics knowledge that I got. I liked that the Biomeds have their own lab as opposed to sharing it with another program. I liked the hands on learning and the ability to go to the HSC and Gundersen-Lutheran Hospital. 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Monday, November 18, 2013 Feedback Western Wisconsin Technical College Some labs were very out dated and just thrown at you. There was few direction of what to do or how to do the lab. I get that you want us to figure stuff out on our own but when it comes to a field you have no idea what any type of outcome is suppose to be, it's kind of hard. Try to get new equipment to work with, most of the equipment is very old. I feel that the curriculum has what I need to be successful Get rid of lab reports, since we have to take a technical reporting class. Remove Jon Houge as an instructor, he does not care about students and lacks any motivation or compassion. I would have liked to be encouraged or made to get at different medical devices that are hanging around the lab and "play" with them. Move Tech Reporting to first semester. More attention is necessary on the use of technical manuals and reading schematics. Techs should not run first/immediately to some "tech support." If I were to change one thing about the course I would put more hands work into the courses. We had very limited time in the lab for most of our core classes. Also a few of our classes were 4 hours long and really took a tole, 4 hours was a long time for me to concentrate. Page 1 of 5 Outcome Yes No Unk NA Result Yes Feedback Electronics course should cover 3 phase power. In the imaging field, everything runs off of 3 phase power and we skipped over that section during electronics class. Focus far less on windows and DOS commands. Most medical equipment is Unix based and the 1 lab simulation that we were given didn't help my understanding of Unix at all. Yes Yes Use effective communication skills. 13 100.00% 0 0 More hands on experience in solid state. I have achieved the effective communication skills coming out of this program. First reason, it got me a job in the Biomed career. Second, I have received multiple phone-calls from departments on how well I communicated with them. Communication was used everyday because we worked in teams and needed to use effective communication in order to complete the tasks at hand. The communication was pretty good, sometime I wish I got answers to all the questions I asked in an email For the most part yes, I felt at times some things could have been explained a lot better. Less emphasis on Power Points, the only people dealing with this are manager level and higher. And you learn this in most leadership training. This skill is not necessary for new biomeds. I feel this was adequately achieved. 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Apply mathematical concepts. 13 100.00% 0 0 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Transfer social and natural science theories into practical applications. 13 100.00% 0 0 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Demonstrate ability to think critically. Monday, November 18, 2013 13 100.00% 0 0 Good The program seemed light or overly brief relative to the application of concepts taught, whether mathematical or otherwise. Yes, I am confident on with my math skills I have learned from this program. I haven't had to use a specific formula but it's nice knowing I have the knowledge to use them when needed. I feel this was adequately achieved. The math was hard, prepared me for the program well In our labs were were required to use the skills we learned in tech math 1 to solve problems. Good level of math. Physical Processes certainly achieved this outcome. We did use skills that we learned in physics such as Pythagorean Theorem and pneumatic skills to troubleshoot and solve problems in our labs Good The information was presented in terms and a way that I could understand what was being talked about 0 Western Wisconsin Technical College Page 2 of 5 Outcome Yes No Unk NA Result Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Demonstrate ability to value self and work ethically with others in a diverse population. 13 100.00% 0 0 Feedback In some areas yes, in others we did not have enough learning at the time to be close to figure out the problem. Absolutely All the time. My manger says I can do this so I must be able too. More troubleshooting labs. The more practice people have with thinking on their own the better their critical thinking will become. We were asked to problem solve We did limited troubleshooting where we had to think critically and figure out a problem. A lot of our labs were to learn the theory and function of medical units. 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Use technology effectively. 13 100.00% 0 0 Absolutely. Especially in the Internship. yes I would have to say yes to this question because I had a bunch of individuals in my program that had different backgrounds. somewhat, old equipment We had learned a lot about computers and how they work but as far as medical equipment, the equipment was old and outdated which really will not help us, but we still learned the theory of operation Absolutely Some of the equipment is very old however, the point was demenstrated Yes, I'm comfortable working with all sorts of technology. 0 Yes Yes Yes Make decisions that incorporate the importance of sustainability 13 100.00% 0 0 0 Yes Yes Yes Demonstrate clinical workplace ethics 13 100.00% 0 0 yes We signed our name on every piece of equipment that we inspected. That has a great deal sustainability on our parts, having the confidence and knowledge to feel comfortable. Including a unit on how a hospital makes its money. This might explain away some of the questions as to why management is pushing on certain topics and also to gain an understanding of budgets. 0 Yes Yes Yes Utilize knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology. 13 100.00% 0 0 Absolutely Our internship explains everything here. This gave me the real life experience and I learned how to to use my skills to communicate in the workplace. Yes, I can have a conversation or just listen to hospital personnel describe their problems using their lingo. Absolutely 0 Yes Monday, November 18, 2013 Western Wisconsin Technical College Page 3 of 5 Outcome Yes No Unk NA Result Yes Yes Yes Demonstrate understanding of the machine/physiology interface. 13 100.00% 0 0 Yes Yes 13 100.00% 0 0 Yes 13 100.00% 0 0 Like I said earlier we had a lot of experience on theory but because of the age, not a lot on interfaces of newer units. But however in our clinical experience we seen new units. yes Definetly 0 Yes Yes Yes Maintain biomedical equipment using test equipment and hand tools. yes, but I felt that a lot of this is not needed, we need to know terminology yes, but when it comes down to the ion gates, what sodium does to them, we do not need to know that info. I am already hired and have not had to use that learning yet, and neither has any of the other tech I know. Some of the physiology and anatomy is not needed. Medical terminology was given correctly We had a couple classes on anatomy and also one on terminology but more terminology would have been helpful. We were never really tested on terminology. 0 Yes Instruct others in the operation of Biomedical equipment. Feedback More could have been done in this regard. She did a good job Focus more on this, showing techs how to properly use the device prevents future breakages. Yes we just had a final that consisted on giving the class a 30 minute in service presentation 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 13 100.00% 0 0 Focus more on block diagrams. 90% of troubleshooting is at the board level now. It is cheaper to replace the board than spend 4 hours trying to find the bad component. Not to mention that even if you do find the bad component, the closest order-able part number is the whole board anyway. Mitch did a great job!!! I was taught electronic skills Yes, I do troubleshooting. Summer electronic courses would have benefitted me from forgetting much of the skills I learned from the first year to the second year. Mitch S. was one of the best teacher I have ever had. Yes Demonstrate basic electronics skills. Could always do more. More practice creates better efficiency. Yes, I do that everyday at work. Yeah, this was an everyday occurrence at clinical Medical Networks and operating systems was helpful class 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Demonstrate an understanding of computers and networks used with biomedical equipment. Monday, November 18, 2013 13 100.00% 0 0 0 Western Wisconsin Technical College Page 4 of 5 Outcome Yes No Unk NA Result Yes Yes Explain aspects of imaging systems. 13 100.00% 0 0 Yes Yes Monday, November 18, 2013 221 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 Actual devices that have a computer on board run Unix. Please adjust curriculum to address this. Networking was fine. Specific courses taught me a good understanding about networks, however a great deal more will need to be learned to understand them more clearly 0 Yes Yes Aggregate Assessment of Achievement Feedback Great job! Yes, I know the aspects of imaging but right now my new job deals nothing with imaging. Good job. Absolutely 0 Western Wisconsin Technical College Page 5 of 5
