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Sample Meeting Minutes

Program Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes
January 19, 2023
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Present: Willy Roentgen, Dean Bebe LeFlour, Clinical Preceptor Presbyterian Hospital West
Winnie Fred, Program Director Cocoa Puff, Clinical Preceptor General Hospital
Suzie Queue, Clinical Coordinator Zelda Zoo, Clinical Preceptor Park West Hospital
Tommy E. Dison, Radiography Faculty Lucy Lou Leggette, Clinical Preceptor JRC Community Hospital
Marie Curry, Nursing Faculty Pete Piper, Clinical Preceptor Methodist Hospital
Nels Bohr, Admissions Counselor Radiography Program L.B. FooFoo, Clinical Preceptor Edmundson General Hospital
Betty Boope, General Education Department Cardi O. Logist, Clinical Preceptor Park West Imaging Center
Dr. Stephanie York, Radiologist, St. Mary’s Hospital Ali J. Baba, Graduate
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George Costanzani, 2 Year Student Representative Georgia Jefferson, 1 Year Student Representative

I. Welcome and Introductions Following the luncheon, Winnie welcomed all committee members and introduced
Zelda Zoo as the new clinical preceptor for Park West Imaging Center. Zelda has
worked with Ms. Queue to become comfortable with the program’s policies,
requirements, competency requirements, etc.
II. Review of Minutes The minutes from the July 2022 Advisory Meeting were reviewed and approved as
amended.

III. Program Updates In response to the last Advisory meeting, the college has purchased additional
software to assist students in their digital imaging knowledge-base. The students are
required to complete both DVDs prior to the end of the Image Acquisition class.
Clinical preceptors indicate that they have seen a marked improvement in the
students’ understanding to date.
The following are good examples of
Objectives 6.3 and 6.4 -The program The students will participate in a community health event that was suggested by
has a systematic assessment plan and Bebe LeFlour at the last meeting. The students will be allowed to perform vital
facilitates ongoing program signs on the participants as well as participant registration. This should help to
improvement by analyzing the data and increase their skills in assessing patients as well as working with various patient
sharing with its communities of interest. populations. This will continue to be assessed to measure its effectiveness.
The first two examples were provided at
the previous meeting and the minutes The students continue to complain that the white lab jackets are hard to keep clean.
now document what action the program With the colored college patch, the students cannot bleach the jackets. The program
has taken to improve certain deficits. would like to suggest that the students purchase a matching maroon jacket in the
The last example shows how the future if this is not an issue with any of the sites. Additionally, current students
program selected a new student learning would also be allowed to change from white to maroon or they can keep the current
outcome and benchmark for the white jackets. The clinical affiliates see no issue with the change.
assessment plan.
It was decided to add a student learning outcome to the assessment plan under the
Goal of Communication. It is further discussed in section VII Assessment Process.

No other concerns were expressed. The clinical sites agreed that the students have a
positive attitude, are adjusting well, and are obtaining excellent images. Dr. York
also commented that the students’ patient care skills are amongst the best in several
years.
V. Student Progress Students continue to struggle with mathematical equations in the Image Acquisition
course. The faculty spends significant time reviewing basic algebraic equations.
Ms. Boope commented that the cross-multiplying was something that was skimmed
over in the Algebra course because the instructors felt that it was a remedial part of
Additional example of meeting minutes in the course. Mr. Bohr agreed to meet with course faculty to review the emphasis
support of Objective 6.4. placed on these concepts and to see if a different algebra course could be more
beneficial. Course syllabi will be forwarded to the radiography faculty and a follow-
up meeting will occur next month.

VI. Curriculum Updates All courses have been updated to reflect the most recent curriculum revision.