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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 Medical Dosimetry 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, Oncologist, St. Mary’s Hospital
Ali J. Baba, Graduate
George Costanzani, 2 Year Student Representative
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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 medical dosimetry knowledge-base. The students are required
to complete both DVDs prior to the end of the Research Design and Statistics II class.
Clinical preceptors indicate that they have seen a marked improvement in the students’
understanding to date.

The following are good examples of The students will participate in a community health event that was suggested by Bebe
Objectives 6.3 and 6.4 -The program LeFlour at the last meeting. The students will be allowed to perform vital signs on the
has a systematic assessment plan and participants as well as participant registration. This should help to increase their skills
facilitates ongoing program in assessing patients as well as working with various patient populations. This will
improvement by analyzing the data and continue to be assessed to measure its effectiveness.
sharing with its communities of interest.
The first two examples were provided at The students continue to complain that the white lab jackets are hard to keep clean.
the previous meeting and the minutes With the colored college patch, the students cannot bleach the jackets. The program
now document what action the program would like to suggest that the students purchase a matching maroon jacket in the future
has taken to improve certain deficits. if this is not an issue with any of the sites. Additionally, current students would also be
The last example shows how the allowed to change from white to maroon or they can keep the current white jackets.
program selected a new student learning The clinical affiliates see no issue with the change.
outcome and benchmark for the
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 Intro to Treatment
Planning and Physics courses. The faculty spends significant time reviewing basic
algebraic equations. Ms. Boope commented that the cross-multiplying was something
Additional example of meeting minutes in that was skimmed over in the Algebra course because the instructors felt that it was a
support of Objective 6.4.
remedial part of the course. Mr. Bohr agreed to meet with course faculty to review the
emphasis placed on these concepts and to see if a different algebra course could be
more beneficial. Course syllabi will be forwarded to the medical dosimetry faculty and
a follow-up meeting will occur next month.