Program: Ike Ao Pono
Date: Thu Nov 08, 2012 - 11:56:44 am
1) Below are your program's student outcomes (SOs). Please add or update as needed.
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 20 times higher than before the program began
b) Develop an understanding of cultural sensitivity, the nursing profession and the skills needed to improve health, healthcare and wellbeing while addressing and eliminating disparities
c) Are committed to improving the health, well-being and healthcare of underserved peoples and communities and all peoples throughout Hawai'i, the Pacific and beyond.
2) Your program's SOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.
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) 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 needs evaluations questions range from: scholarships needs, skills building and academic needs, computer use,
professional development needs, community service site needs, research support, cultural experiences to advocacy needs,
and employment readiness and placement...and address a range of priorities based on the actual students enrolled each
semester.
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.
A convenience sampling technique was used for student needs evaluations. Sampling size varies with number of students
per semester.
7) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
Varies by semester dependent upon actual needs of students enrolled. Convenience sampling technique was used.
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: Reviewed student needs as self-reported in order to inform the program to meet the needs of each student semester by semester. Also through open ended responses and descriptive statistics.10) For the assessment questions/goals stated in Question #5, summarize the actual results.
*Between 2011 and 2012, the number of 'IKE AO PONO students increased to 116 enrolled in combined undergrad and graduate programs with an historic record of 165 native nurses graduated invluding Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Tahitian, Fijian and Chamorro students.
11) What was learned from the results?
That an innovativeeducational program based on meeting the needs of native first generation college students can be highly successful in providing both academic and cultural support with significant results such as a 95% overall recruitment, retention and graduation and licensing rate as well as achieving meaningful employment and continuing to advanced degrees. 'IKE AO PONO received a national award for these achievements and is honored as the only native nursing program in the US and the Pacific to have acheived these results. 'IKE AO PONO is also one of the fastest growing and most successful UH health programs.
12) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
The student evaluation process 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 their graduation into the nursing
profession. Courses, workshops, mentoring opportunities and community based experiences have been organized to enhance
the educational process.
13) 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 'IKE AO PONO is overwhelmingly positive and affirms that the program provides the support needed to promote achievement of educational and professional goals and endeavors. 'IKE AO PONO is partnering with the Center for Nursing and the Hawaii Nurses Association to improve tracking native nurses in community and healthe and healthcare outcomes. Since native nurses make up 5% of the nursing profession in Hawaii but come from a native population that represents 25% of the state by census, it is hope that the continued increase in native nurse will improve health and healthcarein Hawaii, especially in underserved and underrepresented communities.
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.
As a model program 'IKE AO PONO is attracting more students into nursing through the UH Nursng Consortium on four islands.
'IKE AO PONO and the UHSONDH have also begun to partner with the UH schools of Law, Social Work, Medicine, Public Health and Hawaiinuiakea in developing interdisciplinary and indigenous health programs in alignment with the WASC and UH Strategic Plan mandates to create an indigenous serving university, a destination for indigenous studies and a Hawaiian place of learning throughout the ten UH campuses.