WCU ’ s SACS QEP Quality Enhancement Plan The HIA Experience Irene Mueller, EdD, RHIA Mary Teslow, MLIS, RHIA College of Health & Human Sciences August 13, 2008

2 SACS Cycle  10-year timeframe  Compliance & QEP  QEP Assessment ongoing  Units and Students  University as a whole  Progress Report at the 5 th year  Final report 10 th year  Next SACS Review 2017  New QEP

3 WCU Quality Enhancement Plan  2007: accreditation from SACS-COC  10 year cycle, reporting at year 5  QEP topic (Undergraduate Only)  Synthesis: A Pathway to Intentional Learning.  QEP Committees  Irene – served on SACS  Mary – serves on Technology

4 Synthesis  Definition  The ability to integrate knowledge from different areas into an integrated, original whole  Impact  Is now the driving framework for teaching and learning at WCU.

5 QEP Framework  Fosters synthesis across disciplines  coordinating curricular and co-curricular experiences to facilitate students’ development of a clearer purpose at the university.  The outcome of the plan will be  students who are intentional participants in their own learning.

6 QEP Learning Goal #1 Students will apply the synthesis concept in key decision-making. Specifically, students will: A.formulate a learning plan that integrates academic/student life and post-graduation goals, B.demonstrate synthesis in key curricular and co-curricular decisions.

7 Students will reflect on their progress through the university experience, maintaining an integrated approach to learning. Specifically, students will: A.connect the academic and student life components of their university experience, B.refine their learning plan in light of those connections. QEP Learning Goal #2

8 Students will evaluate their university experience in relation to their future education and career plans. Specifically, students will: A.communicate the connections between the university experience and future education and career plans, B.review and revise their “Education Briefcase” to create appropriate documents … in preparation for life after university. QEP Learning Goal #3

9  Coordinated by Carol Burton  Asst. Vice Chancellor, Undergraduate Studies  Will Impact  Academics, faculty and advisors  Residential Life  Service Learning  Student Leadership  Career Planning/Education Implementation

10  4 academic programs are piloting  Health Information Administration (HIA)  Recreation Therapy, Chemistry, History   Planning by pilot programs, others   Implementation by pilot programs, others  Planning by all undergrad components   Implementation across campus QEP Timeline (SACS 10-year cycle)

11 Education Briefcase  An e-portal through which students will be able to interact with faculty, advisors, and career counselors; it is the literal manifestation of the students’ learning plan  Microsoft SharePoint  Pilot Programs  Starts with Fall 2009 freshmen  Students “own” their Briefcase

12 HIA Pilot  Program Goal  To integrate WCU’s QEP goals throughout the upper-division professional sequence  To address several current concerns  Professional expectations  Professional behaviors  Professional products

13 HIA will focus only on the following QEP learning goals In the Junior Year, students will:  Connect the academic and student life components of their experience  Refine their learning plan

14 HIA will focus only on the following QEP learning goals In the Senior Year, students will:  Communicate the connections between their university experiences and their future education and career plans, and  Review and revise their learning/career plan.

15 QEP-related Activities in HIA  Should meet several goals, including  Related to healthcare  Application of professional behaviors and attitudes  Application of interpersonal communication skills, and  Experience working in teams

16 Examples of HIA Activities  AHIMA student membership  Business Etiquette Dinners and Receptions  Allied Health Career Day  Haunted Moore Hall project management and teamwork  Red Cross Blood Drive sponsorship  HSCC 101 fitness assessment data recorders  Personal Health Record (MyPHR) presentations

17 PPE (clinical) courses  QEP-related curriculum structure  1-credit course in each of first 3 semesters  Relate other courses to activities  Exploring, Applying  Self-SOAP Notes about activities  Reflecting and Connecting

18 Self-SOAP Notes  Standard healthcare documentation method adapted for self-reflection  Subjective  Objective  Assessment  Plan  Also connects / integrates professional content with personal context

19 eBriefcase Artifact Examples  Research Papers  Myers-Briggs Personality Type  Technology assignments  Self-SOAP notes and other reflection  Resumes, evolving over time  Perfect Interview responses  Performance evaluations

WCU ’ s QEP Quality Enhancement Plan The HIA Experience QEP Pilot Programs: HIA & RT Presentations FEEd: Faculty Education & Enrichment day WCU – University Center Tuesday, September 23rd Posted in H:/HHS/Share in a new QEP Folder