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GENERAL

  

Assessment Center Newsletters

Newsletter of  May 1998

Newsletter of November 1999

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Bibliography of Assessment Literature

Articles and texts that describe assessment in higher education.

  

Competencies for Health Care Professionals

PEW Health Programs Commission

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

 

Consulting Services for Assessment

Services custom developed according to the needs of the client.

 

ERIC: Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation

 

 
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation provides information and resources concerning educational assessment. The Test Locator contains records on over 10,000 tests and research instruments. These records describe the instruments and availability information.

 

 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning

Nine principles developed by the American Association for Higher Education

 

CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE

 

 

Competencies for Clinical Laboratory Science (Description of the Profession) From the

National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Sciences (NAACLS)

 

 DENTAL HYGIENE

 

Assessment of Client/Patient Care

A collection of instruments for evaluating the clinical performance of students at Baylor. Included are the performance standards and other pertinent documents.

 

Competencies for the Dental Hygienist

A listing of 51 skills in which dental hygiene students at Baylor must be competent at the time of graduation.

 

Competency-Based Assessment Instruments for a Dental Hygiene Program

A listing of instruments validated at Baylor with an HRSA grant. Instruments include Competencies, Senior Survey, Faculty Survey, Alumni Survey, and Patient Satisfaction Survey.

 

Directory of Outcomes Assessment Instruments for Dental Hygiene

26 instruments from various programs including Alumni Surveys, Clinic Assessments, Employer Surveys, Entering Student Surveys, Patient Satisfaction Surveys, Program Surveys and Purpose Statements.

 

Educational Assessment for the 90s and Beyond

As presented at the 1995 National Dental Hygiene Directors' Conference, this describes the assessment process for higher education and the grading criteria for the Dental Hygiene Exit Examination.

  

Lessons Learned from the Competency-Based Curriculam Initiative at Baylor College of Dentistry

Article describes the experience of implementing a competency-based education model at Baylor.

 

"OSCE Stations" Videotape

Describes aspects of the Dental Hygiene Exit Examination for assessing student competence. Includes a student interacting with standardized patients about cultural differences, communication for humane care and taking vital signs.

 

Program Assessment Practices in Dental Hygiene Education

Summary of a national survey conducted by the Assessment Center in 1992 to determine the assessment practices of US dental hygiene programs. Recommendations are offered for improvements in these practices. Published in the Journal of Dental Education, November 1995.

  

Survey of Dental Hygiene Assessment Practices

A 1997 national survey conducted to identify the assessment practices of US dental hygiene programs

 

 

DENTAL

 

Competencies for the New Practitioner

A listing of 120 skills in which dental students at Baylor must be competent at the time of graduation.

 

Competencies for the New Dentist

A listing of 63 skills for the beginning practioner that have been developed by the American Association of Dental Schools

 

Dental Faculty Survey

A survey for faculty to assess the competence of the dental students.

  

Dental Faculty Group Leader Survey

A survey for group leaders to assess the competence of dental students assigned to their groups.

 

4th Year Dental Student Graduation Survey

A survey for 4th year students to self-assess their competence.

OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE

Competencies of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine 

PHARMACY

Competencies of the University of Houston College of Pharmacy

UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE ASSESSMENT LINKS

 

University of North Carolina

University of Montana

Eastern New Mexico University

 

CONTACTS FOR ASSESSMENT CENTER ACTIVITIES:

 

 

Ann L. McCann

Project Director

email: almccann@tambcd.edu

Phone: 214-828-8407

Fax: 214-828-8911

 

 

Patricia R. Campbell

Project Investigator

email: pcampbell@tambcd.edu

Phone: 214-828-8342

Fax: 214-828-8911

 

 

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