Standard 4

• The education unit and its programs regularly assess their effectiveness in relation to the course of study offered, fieldwork and clinical practice, and support services for candidates.

• Both the unit and its programs regularly and systematically collect, analyze, and use candidate and program completor data as well as data reflecting the effectiveness of unit operations to improve programs and their services.

• The continuous improvement process includes multiple sources of data including

  1. the extent to which candidates are prepared to enter professional practice; and

  2. feedback from key stakeholders such as employers and community partners

about the quality of the preparation.