Demystifying Program Assessment: Seamless Integration of Continuous Quality Improvement

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

3:30 PM – 4:20 PM East Coast USA Time

Location: George Washington University (M1 Level)

CMEs: 0.75

Primary Speaker(s)

Heather Ontiveros, DHSc, MA, ATC, PA-C

Chair & Program Director Physician Assistant Department
California Baptist University
Riveriside, California

Slides Handouts

Co-Speaker(s)

James Zapata, DMSc, PA-C

Program Director, DMSc
California Baptist University
Riverside, California
Karen Genco, MSHS, PA-C

Associate Professor, Director of Assessment
California Baptist University
Riverside, California

Disclosure(s):

Heather Ontiveros, DHSc, MA, ATC, PA-C: No financial relationships to disclose

James Zapata, DMSc, PA-C: No financial relationships to disclose

Karen Genco, MSHS, PA-C: No financial relationships to disclose

Description: The ARC-PA has made assessment a focus, so must we! We will review a team-based and proven assessment process focused on continuous quality improvement and teach the listener how to start and implement their own. This cyclical process creates a streamlined approach to taking on the self-study with minimal adjustment.

Learning Objectives:

Be able to determine items needed to develop a program specific assessment process
Develop the tools to define program specific benchmarks, thresholds and rationales
Initiate development of their own program specific assessment timeline
Determine team members needed to be part of the assessment team