Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Dental Hygiene	Reported By: T. McDaniel / D. Miller
Date Submitted: 06-01-06	Assessment Period: 2005-2006
Related College Goal: provide career programs that complement community needs.
Unit/Team Goal: Assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment in the promotion of oral and systemic health using an evidence based approach.
Expected Outcome: Students will be able to identify teeth (crowns and roots) based on anatomical and morphological characteristics.
Outcome Assessment: In DHYG 1120 (Dental Anatomy/ Histology) the students will take a timed practical examination on dental anatomy/ morphology of roots and crowns, numbering systems and anatomical characteristics of teeth.
Performance Targets: Primary Performance Target: 85% of the students will score 76 or higher on the identification of dental anatomy and morphology questions. Secondary Performance Target: 85% of the students will score 76 or higher on the numbering systems questions.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results): Primary Performance Target: 85.7% of the students scored 76 or higher on the dental anatomy and morphology questions. Secondary Performance Target: 92.8% of the students scored 76% or higher on the numbering systems questions.
Recommended Actions: Primary Performance Target met. No further action required. Secondary Performance Target met. No further action required.
Date: Follow-up on Recommended Actions:

Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Dental Hygiene Career Program	Reported By: D. Miller
Date Submitted: 06-01-06	Assessment Period: 2005-2006
Related College Goal: provide career programs that complement community needs.
Unit/Team Goal: Assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment in the promotion of oral and systemic health using an evidence based approach.
Expected Outcome: Students will create viable dental hygiene treatment plans based upon data collected during review of medical/dental history and/or clinical examination.
Outcome Assessment: In DHYG 1200 (Clinical Dental Hygiene I) the students will satisfactorily assess a patient’s medical history and modify dental hygiene treatment accordingly.
Performance Targets: Primary Performance Target: 80% of the students will identify all medical alerts for patients during clinic. Secondary Performance Target: 85% of the students will have less than 5 medical history errors during patient care.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results): Primary Performance Target: 90% of the students identified all medical alerts for patients during clinic. Secondary Performance Target: 90% of the students had less than 5 medical history errors during patient care.
Recommended Actions: Primary Performance Target met. No further action required. Secondary Performance Target met. No further action required.
Date: Follow-up on Recommended Actions:

Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Dental Hygiene Career Program	Reported By: E. Greene / D. Miller
Date Submitted: 06-01-06	Assessment Period: 2005-2006
Related College Goal: provide career programs that complement community needs.
Unit/Team Goal: Assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment in the promotion of oral and systemic health using an evidence based approach.
Expected Outcome: Students will be able to assess the medical history of a patient presented in a case based examination.
Outcome Assessment: In DHYG 2410 (Dental Hygiene III) the student will take a case based examination with patient medical history data presented.
Performance Targets: Primary Performance Target: 80% of the students will score 80 or higher on the final exam. Secondary Performance Target: 85% of the students will answer the questions pertaining to eating disorders at a 90% accuracy.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results): Primary Performance Target: 100% of the students scored greater than 80% on the final exam. Secondary Performance Target: 100% of the students answered the questions pertaining to eating disorders at 92.8% accuracy.
Recommended Actions: Primary Performance Target met. No further action required. Secondary Performance Target met. No further action required.
Date: Follow-up on Recommended Actions: