Eressy, C., & Sobey, B., & Cousins, M. (2022, August), Work in Progress: Exit Surveys as a Tool for Continuous Improvement in Biomedical Engineering Education  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--40792

\bibitem{asee_peer_40792}
  Eressy, C., \& Sobey, B., \& Cousins, M. (2022, August), \emph{Work in Progress: Exit Surveys as a Tool for Continuous Improvement in Biomedical Engineering Education}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--40792

Carly Eressy, Brittain Sobey, and Margo Cousins.  "Work in Progress: Exit Surveys as a Tool for Continuous Improvement in Biomedical Engineering Education".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/40792 Internet.  25 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_40792}
  Carly Eressy, Brittain Sobey, and Margo Cousins.
  "Work in Progress: Exit Surveys as a Tool for Continuous Improvement in Biomedical Engineering Education".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/40792 Internet.  25 Apr, 2024

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AB  - This Work in Progress paper presents a survey tool deployed to assist with continuous program improvements to the Biomedical Engineering curriculum and co-curricular activities at the University of Texas at Austin. A mixed-methods data collection questionnaire is distributed to graduating students annually which targets a range of academic and professional goals and outcomes. The survey is distributed to all second semester senior-level undergraduates enrolled in their final required capstone design course; it is distributed in mid-April and closes in mid-May, prior to graduation. Timing of deployment is such as to enable collection of employment plans and graduate or professional school decisions and also provide extra credit for students prior to final grade submission as incentive for completion. The collection method as a part of the final senior design capstone course has been successful since the initial implementation in 2017 with a consistent response rate each year, averaging 93% over a five-year span. The survey is anonymous and motivation is driven by offering extra course credit (2 additional percentage points) if total participation exceeds 90% completion rate by the last class day. The results of the annual surveys since the graduating Class of 2017 have successfully informed continuous improvements and new curricular and co-curricular initiatives to meet program and student needs. Furthermore, the survey results provide qualitative indirect methods of measurement on the program’s ability to achieve ABET accreditation requirements in Student Outcomes. In this paper, we will present: the survey questions; methods of collection and analysis of specific types of data; and introduce an example of a continuous improvement made to the program as related to students’ post-graduate pursuits in the industry.

Keywords: Continuous Improvement, Survey Methods, ABET, Biomedical Engineering Education
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