Program Themes
Introduction
As a Bachelor of Science student in the Department of Radiation Technology, you should understand why you are here and what you expect to learn or experience in your program. This understanding comes from the "grand design" or themes that have been built into your program. The technical term for these themes are Institutional Learning Outcomes or ILOs and Program Learning Outcomes or PLOs. ILOs and PLOs are statements about what you the student should be able to do or learn in your program. There are two types of outcomes: formative and summative. Formative outcomes are your introduction to that particular outcome, and summative outcomes show that you have mastered that outcome. Another way to think about this is a pre- and post-learning experience.
The Loma Linda University Institutional Learning Outcomes are:
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Information Literacy
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Critical Thinking
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Oral Communication
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Quantitative Reasoning
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Written Communication
Instructions
In Senior Portfolio II, you will be asked to write a reflection paper using these themes. You will place this paper in the Miscellaneous documents section of your ePortfoio.
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Program Learning Outcome (PLO) Details
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Institutional Learning Outcome (ILO) Details
1 - Written Communication
Written Communication is defined as: Written communication is the development and expression of ideas in writing. Written communication involves learning to work in many genres and styles. It can involve working with many different writing technologies and mixing texts, data, and images. Written communication abilities develop through iterative experiences across the curriculum. (AAC&U.org)
The performance indicators are:
A. Demonstrate effective written communication skills
Key Assignment Details (Course and assignment):
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Formative: RTCH 387 Writing for Health Care Professionals - Capstone Project Literature Review
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Summative: AHCJ 494 Senior Portfolio II - Capstone Project
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2 - Oral Communication
Oral Communication is defined as: Oral communication is a prepared, purposeful presentation designed to increase knowledge to foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners’ attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors. (AAC&U.org)
The performance indicators are:
A. Demonstrate effective oral communication skills
Key Assignment Details (Course and assignment):​
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Formative: AHCJ 493 Senior Portfolio I - Four live Zoom conference
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Summative: AHCJ 494 Senior Portfolio II - Oral Presentation Capstone Project
3 - Quantitative Literacy
Quantitative Literacy is defined as: Quantitative Literacy (QL) – also known as Numeracy or Quantitative Reasoning (QR) – is a "habit of mind," competency, and comfort in working with numerical data. Individuals with strong QL skills possess the ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations. They understand and can create sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence and they can clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats (using words, tables, graphs, mathematical equations, etc., as appropriate). (AAC&U.org)
The performance indicators are:
A. Students demonstrate quantitative reasoning through the ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts of everyday life situations.
Key Assignment Details (Course and assignment):
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Formative*: AHCJ 475 Health Care Research and Statistics - "T-test Assignment"
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Summative: AHCJ 494 Senior Portfolio II - Capstone Project
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*BS in Nuclear Medicine does not use this course.
4 - Information Literacy
Information Literacy is defined as: The ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand. - Adopted from the National Forum on Information Literacy (AAC&U.org)
The performance indicators are:
A. Students demonstrate the ability to identify, evaluate, utilize, and share information
Key Assignment Details (Course and assignment):
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Formative: RTCH 387 Writing for HC Professionals - Synthesizing Sources Assignment
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Summative: AHCJ 494 Senior Portfolio II - Capstone Project
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5 - Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is defined as: "Critical thinking is a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion." (AAC&U.org)
The performance indicators are:
A. Accurately interprets (analyzes and evaluates) information.
B. Objectively justifies conclusions and assimilates content into an honest and thorough presentation of findings.
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Key Assignment Details (Course and assignment):
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Formative*: RTCH 385 Radiologic Trends in Health Care - Future Scan Article Review
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Summative: AHCJ 494 Senior Portfolio II - Capstone Project
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*BS in Radiation Therapy does not use this course.
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