Evaluation of MSc programmes: MSc in Healthcare Management ...

1.3 Results
The demographic profile of the sample that completed the evaluation of the
programmes at RCSI in Dublin is outlined in table 4.
Table 4 Demographic, Academic and Professional Profile of Master’s Graduates
Characteristic
Age in Years M, (SD) 39.1 (8.0)
Gender (%)
Female 88.1
Male 11.9
Year Degree Completed (%)
2007 6.7
2008 6.7
2009 37.8
2010 22.2
2011 26.7
Strand Degree Completed (%)
MSc in Healthcare Management
MSc in Leadership & Management Development
MSc in Quality and Safety in Healthcare Management 6
63.8
29.8
1.3.1 Graduates’ Evaluation of the Quality of their Educational Programme
This section reports on the results of the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ)
and the Extended Course Experience Questionnaire, which were used to evaluate
graduates’ perceptions of the quality of the courses and the extent to which they
developed a number of generic and graduate capabilities. The results in this
section are reported in relation to students’ perceptions of the quality of
teaching, the extent to which they were provided with clear goals and standards,
the appropriateness of workload, the appropriateness of assessment, graduates’
overall satisfaction with the course and the development of generic skills. The
Extended Course Experience Questionnaire, used in conjunction with the CEQ,
measured graduates’ perceptions of their integration into the learning
community of the Institute, the extent to which they were intellectually
motivated by the programme of study and the development of graduate qualities.
The results are presented in relation to the individual items that comprise each
of the scales of the CEQ and Extended CEQ and then in relation to each of the
summated scale scores. To aid interpretation and standardise scores across the
CEQ and the Extended CEQ the mean item scores in the tables and figures are
based on a linear transformation where the 1 to 5 categories (strongly disagree
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