Meeting & Agendas

Paul Dubiel, Committee Chairperson, presented the previous meeting minutes and the committee members approved them.

Mr. Garza discussed the current status of the Radiography and specialty programs. In the radiography program we admitted 52 students in April, and currently have 39 students remaining. Eastview Campus: Class of 2016 a. 29 orginally admitted. 22 currently enrolled Round Rock Campus: Class of 2016 a. 20 originally admitted. 16 currently enrolled. Reasons for attrition: 1. Work related issues: 1 student 2. Personal Choice: 6 students 3. Academic Reasons: 5 students.

* The program was found to be in compliance with all accreditation Standards and Objectives * The program has responded to their letter informing us of the report and we are pleased to announce that the JRCERT has awarded the Program the maximum accreditation period that can be earned. 8 Years. We thank all of our clinical sites and officials, as well as program faculty for their hard work and support for the program.

Rudy Garza advised the committee members that because of the legislative mandate, Senate Bill 497, all Associate of Applied Science degree programs in the state of Texas are required to cut their number of semester credit hours to no more than 60 SCH. The program was able to request and had a waiver approved that allowed the program to have 63 semester credit hours. Going down to 60 semester credit hours is excessive and 63 hours will permit the program to have a reasonable number of clinical hours and academic courses. To permit the program to go down to 63 semester credit hours, the following changes/revisions in the program were made: a. Intro to Computing has been cut. b. The course RADR 1317-Radiographic Anatomy has been deleted from the curriculum. The content of this course has been moved to a different course that has been retained (RADR 1411) c. The program cut 130 clock hours of clinical training. It is felt that this is the maximum number of hours that can be cut and where the program can still achieve its objectives of clinical competency. d. Medical Terminology has been added to the curriculum HPRS 1106-Essentials of Med. Terminology is now a prerequisite. The program also submitted to the JRCERT, a “substantive change form” to make sure that they are aware that these changes have been made.

The committee discussed possible ways that can be used to help improve retention of students in the program. The main issue that is of significant concern are the individuals that leave the program because they did not know enough about the profession to make the decision to stay in the discipline. The possibility of doing applicant interviews was discussed, however because the community college is required to be accessible to everyone, interviews cannot be used at this time, however it is felt that if the program requires an observation period by all applicants this may help ensure that anyone who may not be aware of what the profession is like would have an opportunity to see what really happens during a typical day in Clinical training for the Radiography Students.. The program will change the admissions process beginning in the Fall of 2015 as follows: * The program will have 7 pre-requisites: BIOL-2404- Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology MATH 1314-College Algebra ENGL- 1301-Engl. Comp I SPCH-1315-Public Speaking HPRS-1106-Essentials of Medical Terminology PSYC-2301-Introduction to Psychology. Language, Philosophy, and Culture or Creative Arts (one class required) * TEAS Examination: Test of Essential Academic Skills. * Program Information Session. *Observation period for all admitted students is now going to be required required beginning in the Spring Semester of 2016.

Mr. Garza discussed the outcomes for the Assessment Plan for 2014. The program met or exceeded the benchmarks for each of the Outcomes published by the Program. A new cycle will begin in the Fall Semester of 2015 with completion of that particular assessment plan scheduled for late August or early September. There was no additional discussion on this topic and each of the Advisory Committee Members received a hard copy of the completed Assessment Plan. The program has published the assessment plan and it can be found in the Program website. To review the documents on line, please visit the following address: http://www.austincc.edu/health/radr/assessment.php

Mr. Garza explained to the committee that the Joint Review committee on Education in Radiologic Technology requires that the program periodically have the Program Advisory Committee and Faculty Members review the current Program Goals and Mission Statement to determine if they are still acceptable and current. The goals and missions statement was briefly discussed and the Advisory committee members voted to approve them.

Because the meeting went on longer than expected, this agenda item was shelved until a future meeting. We will re-visit this at the next meeting.

There was no additional discussion and the meeting was adjourned.