Navy/Thomas Nelson Community College MLT Training Pilot Evaluation
Abstract
In January 1999, the Navy contracted out a portion of its enlisted Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) training to Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC) in Hampton, VA. This marked the beginning of a 2-year MLT training pilot study (ending August 2001).During the development of the pilot, MED-05, Director of Education, Training, and Personnel for the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Department of the Navy (BUMED), asked CNA to develop an evaluation plan for the pilot. To accomplish this, CNA worked closely with staff members from the Naval School of Health Sciences (NSHS) Portsmouth (Navy oversight for the TNCC MLT program), NSHS San Diego (in-house MLT training control site for the pilot), and MED-05. The work involved identifying key parameters for measuring the success of the pilot program and developing appropriate survey tools and additional data needed to (1) monitor the ongoing progress of the TNCC MLT program and (2) evaluate the ultimate success of the pilot program relative to in-house training, in terms of actual cost-savings and training output (e.g., student performance). The resulting evaluation plan was documented in a July 1999 CNA Annotated Briefing (CAB).1 Throughout the pilot, CNA continued to work in conjunction with NSHS San Diego, NSHS Portsmouth, and MED-05 to collect data in support of the evaluation plan. This briefing documents the results of our evaluation analysis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA630930
Entities
People
- Cori Rattelman
- Jacquelyn Sanders
- Linda Marr
Organizations
- CNA ANALYSIS AND SOLUTIONS ALEXANDRIA VA