ACAOM Updates to CCAOM , Spring 2019

SERVICES

Comprehensive Standards Updates Since Nov. 2018

Standard 6 – “Assessment” versus “Evaluation”

Assessment (of student learning)

An ongoing, iterative process consisting of four basic steps:

1. defining course learning outcomes

2. choosing a method or approach and then using it to gather evidence of learning (e.g. exams, essays, group work)

3. analyzing and interpreting the evidence

4. using this information to improve student learning (both for formative and summative feedback).

Assessment is related to student performance and is closely associated with grading.

Standard 6 – “Assessment” versus “Evaluation”

Evaluation

A process for measuring and judging the quality of performance of an institution, a program, a process, or individuals, e.g., instructors, administrators.

Evaluation for institutions/programs demonstrates the institution/program’s ability to meet or exceed mission/purpose, goals, and program learning outcomes.

Criterion 7.02: Minimum program length

Additional detail added to clinical training hour allocation for PD programs:

– Acupuncture: be a minimum of 121 semester credits of instruction and include a minimum of 790 clock hours of instruction of clinical training, comprised of at least 150 hours in clinical observation and 500 clock hours of instruction in clinical internship.

– Oriental Medicine: be a minimum of 162 semester credits of instruction and include a minimum of 1000 clock hours of instruction of clinical training, comprised of at least 150hours in clinical observation and 700 clock hours of instruction in clinical internship.

Criterion 7.05: Clinical training

Post-professional doctorates must be a minimum of 1200 clock hours of instruction and include a minimum of 650 clock hours of instruction of

demonstrated clinical experience (such as observation, internship, externship, clinical tutorials, case study composition, case study presentation, scholarly writing for publication, clinical pedagogy/supervision, etc.) The demonstrated clinical experience must include of a minimum of 200 clock hours of instruction of clinical training, as defined in ACAOM’s glossary.

Criterion 5.02: Admissions

Added native-English countries to education option for language competency

The student must have completed a two-year (60 semester credits or 90 quarter units) baccalaureate or graduate-level English based education in an institution:

a) accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S Secretary of Education, or

b)in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada (except Quebec), New Zealand, or Ireland.

In all cases, English must have been both the language of instruction and the language of the curriculum used.

DAOM Program Nomenclature

– No longer using “Post-graduate” doctorate.

-January 2019 – Changed references to “post-professional” doctorate

March 2019 – degree structure and naming convention adopted ” advanced practice” doctorate