Program: Ike Ao Pono
Date: Mon Nov 14, 2011 - 9:16:53 am
1) List your program's student outcomes.
As a result of participating in 'IKE AO PONO, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander nursing students:
a) Apply to, succeed in, and graduate from the School of Nursing at a rate of 17 times higher than the number of native students before the program began;
b) Develop an understanding of the cultural sensitivity, awareness and appropriate responses to improving health, healthcare and wellness;
c) Are committed to improving the health, well-being and recovery of underserved native islanders throughout Hawai'i and the Pacific.
2) Where are your program's student outcomes published? Mark all that apply and include URLs when appropriate.
Program's Website. URL: www.nursing.hawaii.edu
Student Handbook. URL, if available online: Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure. URL, if available online: NA UHM Catalog. Page Number: Other: UH Manoa Chancellor EER Report Other: UH Manoa Educational Outcomes and Measures Report3) Provide the program's activity map or other graphic that illustrates how program activities/services align with program student outcomes. Please upload it as a PDF.
4) For the period June 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the student outcomes that were targeted, if applicable.
5) State the type(s) of evidence gathered to answer the assessment question and/or meet the assessment goals that were given in Question 4.
Student tracking data and student needs evaluations.
6) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
A convenience sampling technique was used, with a sample ranging from 60 students to 105; sampling size depends on current enrollment of students semester by semester.
7) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected. Check all that apply.
Program faculty/staff Faculty/staff committee Ad hoc faculty/staff group Director or department chairperson Persons or organization outside the university Students (graduate or undergraduate) Dean Other Program assistant8) How did he/she/they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? Check all that apply.
Compiled survey results Used qualitative methods on interview, focus group, open-ended response data Scored exams/tests/quizzes Used a rubric or scoring guide Used professional judgment (no rubric or scoring guide used) External organization/person analyzed data (e.g., Social Science Research Institute) Other: Reviewed student needs as self reported in order to direct the program to meet the needs of each student semester by semester. Also through open-ended responses and descriptive statistics9) For the assessment questions/goals stated in Question 4, summarize the actual results.
- Between 2010 and 2011, the number of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander nursing students in 'IKE AO PONO increased to between 80 and 105 students per semester in both undergraduate and graduate programs (a significant increase compared to the original 6 students who piloted the program in 2001).
- The first 130 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander nurses were graduated with the support of 'IKE AO PONO between 2004 and 2011. Among these graduates there were 116 Native Hawaiians and 14 Pacific Islanders (including Samoan, Tahitian, Fijian, and Chamorro).
10) What was learned from the results?
That an innovative educational program based on meeting the needs of first generation native college students can be highly successful in providing both academic and cultural support. Some significant results are that the recruitment, retention, and graduation rate of all 'IKE AO PONO students is over 95% success, as well as passage of the nursing licensing exam and meaningful employment. Note: 'IKE AO PONO has just received a National award in innovative education in nursing received in Washington DC on November 1, 2010.
11) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
The student evaluation is essential in organizing the program to become more effective in support of each student, semester by semester, to help ensure their successful completion of the nursing program and graduation into the nursing profession. ‘IKE AO PONO faculty and staff will also develop and teach an online HAP course to be available to four nursing schools in the University of Hawaii consortium.
12) Reflect on the assessment process. Is there anything related to assessment procedures your program would do differently next time? What went well?
The student response to our program evaluation is overwhelmingly positive and affirms that the program provides the support needed to promote achievement of educational goals and endeavors, and the confidence and skills that students need to become exemplary and compassionate health professionals. In the future these assessments will help to affectively benefit the community outcomes in health and education through the work of IKE AO PONO graduates in clinical and community settings to improve health and healthcare for underserved communities in both rural and urban settings. One example of this community health effort is the E ALA PONO APHN/NP dual program (PI, Dr. Kris Qureshi and Co-PI, Nalani Minton), many of whose graduate students come directly from the IKE AO PONO program and will focus their first 2 years in nursing on improving health and healthcare on the Waianae Coast where the population of native peoples is the highest in Hawai'i. As a model program in community health, it is expected that this kind of program will eventually provide nurse managed care on every island in underserved communities.
13) Other important information
'IKE AO PONO has helped to raise over $5 million dollars in research funding and student support in the past 6 years and collaborates with Native Hawaiian serving institutions and funders, as well as community health and education advocates. ‘IKE AO PONO provided outreach to 3 other UH campuses through a HRSA grant (PI, Dr. Mark, and Associate PI, Nalani Minton) to increase the number of underrepresented students in nursing on other islands. This initiative aids in addressing workforce diversity issues, such as more equity in the profession. For example, although Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders make up at least 23% of Hawaii’s population, they represent only 5% of the nursing workforce.