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examination is designed to assess entry-level competency of graduate physician
assistants to practice medicine. The exam in based on a practice analysis performed
every four years and is practice-based in format.
Conclusion
The physician assistant profession is a fairly new health profession compared
to the longevity of other health professions such as nursing and medicine. The
profession has evolved from an informal hospital-based curriculum in the mid 1960s
to a formal college/university curriculum that exists in physician assistant education
today. The roles and responsibility of physician assistants in clinical practice has
expanded and public demand for highly qualified health care providers have
compelled gatekeepers of the profession (i.e. ARC-PA, PAEA, NCCPA, and AAPA)
to ensure that physician assistant graduates have the skills and competencies
necessary to practice quality medicine. The admission selection process plays a
crucial role in ensuring that individuals who enter the profession have the academic
abilities and personal attributes requisite to achieve this goal.
The current admission criteria for the community college-based physician
assistant program are driven by two independent sources: the state guidelines
regulating the community college admission process and the Physician Assistant
Committee Laws and Regulation guidelines established in the early 1970s. The
admission criteria for the program were implemented eight years ago and the
reliability and validity of the admission process had never been established through
research. The increased attrition rates of students in the program and the decrease in
Object Description
| Title | A predictive valdity study: correlation of admission variables with program completion and student performance on the National Certification Examination in a physician assistant program |
| Author | Middleton, Delores E. |
| Author email | delores.middleton@rcc.edu; lolokinard@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-29 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-10-18 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Jimenez y West, Ilda |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Cole, Darnell Hocevar, Dennis J. |
| Abstract | The purpose of this investigation was to examine the reliability and predictive validity of the of admission data in predicting student success in completing a community college-based physician assistant program and their performance on the National Certification Examination (NCE). The files of 170 graduates were reviewed and the following data was complied: 1) science grade point average (GPAsci), 2) cumulative grade point average (GPAcum), 3) reference letter ratings, 4) personal statement ratings, and 5) work experience -- each identified as a predictor measure in this study. The criterion measures identified in the study were 1) program completion, 2) performance on the NCE, and 3) skills. Findings demonstrated variations in the degree of relationship among predictor measures and criterion measures. The GPAsci demonstrated the greatest degree of correlation with student outcome in comparison with other predictor measures, which is consistent with previous research. Overall, the research demonstrated that there was practical significance or potentially significance correlations between the majority of the predictor measures. |
| Keyword | admission variable; criterion measures; national certification examination; criterion related evidence; reliability and predictive validy; prior academic achievement; letters of reference; personal statement; work experience |
| Coverage date | 1999/2005 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1678 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Middleton, Delores E. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Middleton-2420 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Middleton-2420.pdf |
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| Title | Page 23 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 15 examination is designed to assess entry-level competency of graduate physician assistants to practice medicine. The exam in based on a practice analysis performed every four years and is practice-based in format. Conclusion The physician assistant profession is a fairly new health profession compared to the longevity of other health professions such as nursing and medicine. The profession has evolved from an informal hospital-based curriculum in the mid 1960s to a formal college/university curriculum that exists in physician assistant education today. The roles and responsibility of physician assistants in clinical practice has expanded and public demand for highly qualified health care providers have compelled gatekeepers of the profession (i.e. ARC-PA, PAEA, NCCPA, and AAPA) to ensure that physician assistant graduates have the skills and competencies necessary to practice quality medicine. The admission selection process plays a crucial role in ensuring that individuals who enter the profession have the academic abilities and personal attributes requisite to achieve this goal. The current admission criteria for the community college-based physician assistant program are driven by two independent sources: the state guidelines regulating the community college admission process and the Physician Assistant Committee Laws and Regulation guidelines established in the early 1970s. The admission criteria for the program were implemented eight years ago and the reliability and validity of the admission process had never been established through research. The increased attrition rates of students in the program and the decrease in |
