Targeted Early Alert and Intervention for Retention of Health Workforce Students: Academic Risk Factors and Adverse Academic Status
Craig Johnson PhD, Ronald Johnson DDS, John C. McKee PhD
Presented at the Lubbock Conference
A Targeted Early Alert and Intervention for Retention (TEAIR) program implemented at six schools in three health science disciplines employed the Personal Background and Preparation Survey (PBPS) to identify academic risks of health workforce graduate and professional students and especially appropriate candidates for TEAIR.
During first year orientations 541 of these students took the PBPS. Students ranking in the upper third of PBPS academic risk counts experienced approximately double (p < .02) the number of first year adverse academic status events of others, as indicated by logistic regression analysis. Underrepresented minorities (URM’s) reported uniformly high numbers of risks across Schools/disciplines. Risk counts differed significantly depending upon both URM status and School/discipline according to analyses of variance (p <.001). Schools having the lowest risk overall were schools where URM’s had a significant and substantial risk disadvantage (p < .05).
Objectives:
This presentation describes how:
- The PBPS identifies health workforce students who are at risk for adverse academic status events,
- Academic risks differ significantly by School/discipline and URM status, and
- Low overall school risk count means can mask substantial risk disadvantages for URM’s who are especially appropriate candidates for TEAIR.