Program: Student Affairs
Date: Thu Oct 11, 2012 - 3:08:42 pm
1) Below are your program's student outcomes (SOs). Please add or update as needed.
Accessibility to services of the Office of Student Affairs
Awareness of student concerns
Resposiveness to student problems
2) Your program's SOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.
Program's Website. URL: 
Student Handbook. URL, if available online: NA Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure. URL, if available online: NA UHM Catalog. Page Number: Other: Shared with staff; presented to medical students during orientation and periodic colloquia throughout the year Other: 3) 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) Did your program engage in any program assessment activities between June 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012? (e.g., establishing/revising outcomes, aligning activities to outcomes, collecting evidence, interpreting evidence, using results, revising the assessment plan, creating surveys, etc.)
Yes
No (skip to question 14)5) For the period June 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the student outcomes that were targeted, if applicable.
Students will be satisfied with accessibility to the Office of Student Affairs
Students will be satisfied with awareness to student problems by the Office of Student Affairs
Students will be satisfied with responsiveness to student problems by the Office of Student Affairs
6) State the type(s) of evidence gathered to answer the assessment question and/or meet the assessment goals that were given in Question #5.
Medical student graduation questionnaire administered by the Association of American medical Colleges 2012
7) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
57/64 graduates in 2012 responded to the voluntary assessment administered by the AAMC
8) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? Check all that apply.
Program faculty/staff member(s) Faculty/staff committee Ad hoc faculty/staff group Director or department chairperson Persons or organization outside the university Students (graduate or undergraduate) Dean or Associate Dean Advisory Board Other: 9) How did he/she/they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? Check all that apply.
Compiled survey results Used quantitative methods on student data (e.g., grades, participation rates) or other numeric data Used qualitative methods on interview, focus group, or other 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: 10) For the assessment questions/goals stated in Question #5, summarize the actual results.
Accessibility: 84.3% were satisfied, 12.3% were neutral, 3.5% were dissatisfied
Awareness: 85.5% were satisfied, 7.5% were neutral, 7% were dissatisfied
Responsiveness: 75.5% were satisfied, 15.8% were neutral, 8.8% were dissatisfied
11) What was learned from the results?
Our efforts to improve accessibility, awareness of student problems, and responsiveness showed a 12% improvement in accessibility rating, a 21% improvement in awareness of student problems rating, and an 11% improvement in responsiveness rating. We will continue to strive to further improve these ratings.
12) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
We will use these results to continue to refine our efforts in providing service and support of JABSOM students.
13) Reflect on the assessment process. Is there anything related to assessment procedures your program would do differently next time? What went well?
Assessment procedures are external to JABSOM. Would like greater granularity in these broad topic areas.
14) If the program did not engage in assessment activities, please explain.
Or, if the program did engage in assessment activities, please add any other important information here.
Survey is voluntary. The participation rate of our graduates was 87% and well exceeded the national rate of participation for all medical schools.