Departmental Self Review - UCLA Academic Senate

MSACTA Findings 2003-2007The Masters of Science Achievement and Critical Thinking Assessment Instrument is a 35-item tool usedto assess students’ perceptions of self achievement on competencies (critical thinking, culturalsensitivity, research, therapeutic interventions, communication, ethics) of students who have completedtheir MSN program. The likert scale ranges from 1 “never” to 4 “many times”. In the timeframe of 2003-2007, exit surveys were analyzed to examine trends in the data on the various competencies (N=354). Thesurvey return rate ranged between 48-74%. The following analysis examines those items (N= 9) withsignificant trends over the five year period, comparing the response “many times” to pooled responses ofall of the other response categories of ‘never”, “once”, and “a few times”. Of the nine significant changesdetected over the five year period, all but two showed significant improvement in student’s perceptionsabout their learning. The two items that exhibited lower than desired results included item number 32 “Iparticipate as a member of a team to investigate nursing problems’, and item number 34, “I develop a newapproach to clinical practice and/ or education based on evaluation of nursing theory”.Table 1: Question 8 “I apply theory relating to cultural diversity to the nursing process”YearNever, Once, A fewTimes(N, %)Many Times(N, %)2003 29, 43.3% 38, 57% 672004 29, 38% 47, 62% 762005 16, 22% 58, 78% 742006 32, 38% 53, 62% 852007 13, 27% 35, 73% 48*p=0.04Total312