ACOE_Self-Study

1.1.1 The program publishes its mission and goals so that the information is readily and publicly available on the program’s website. The College’s current and recent prior strategic plans, which include its mission, goals and objectives, are published on its website at https://www.sunyopt.edu/about/strategic-plan. A PDF of this page can be found in Appendix I-2 . The current strategic plan, Care, Lead, Advance , which was formulated in 2017-18 as discussed under Standard 1.5, is posted on this page. 1.1.2 The goals and objectives include teaching and learning, research or scholarly activity, patient care, and service. As can be seen in Appendix I-1 , the College’s goals and objectives include teaching and learning (Goals 1 and 2), research/scholarly activity (Goal 3), patient care and service (Goals 4 and 5). 1.2 The mission, goals, and objectives result in a professional optometric degree program whose graduates possess the attributes, knowledge, skills, and ethical values required for independently practicing contemporary optometry. The College’s mission is to advance visual health and patient care through leadership in education, research and service. As discussed previously, goals and objectives supportive of this mission are articulated in the 2018-23 strategic plan, Care, Lead, Advance ( Appendix I-1 ). The College’s mission, goals and objectives give rise to the professional program’s statement of attributes, knowledge, skills and ethical values, which can be found in Appendix II-1 https://www.sunyopt.edu/education/academics/od-program/goals/what-students-learn. This document , which represents the program’s curricular learning objectives, serves as the basis for curriculum development. It is periodically reviewed by the Dean’s Council to ensure it adequately supports the independent practice of contemporary optometry. Course learning objectives are derivative of these program learning objectives, and assessment of student knowledge and competencies supports their attainment. 1.3 The program identifies and uses outcomes measures to evaluate its effectiveness by documenting the extent to which its goals and objectives have been met and must use such assessment to improve its performance. Such measures include but are not be limited to graduation rates, and results from National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO), Canadian Assessment of Competency in Optometry (CACO) or equivalent testing agencies. Overview Assessment of student learning at the program level occurs through multiple mechanisms, including tracking of the following key performance indicators: • Performance on national licensing examination (NBEO) o Part 1: Applied Basic Science o Part 2: Patient Assessment and Management o Part 3: Clinical Skills • Percentage of graduates who intend to enter a residency program • Quantity and nature of each student’s patient -care experiences

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