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settings including hospitals, physician private offices, HMOs, correctional facilities,
branches of the military, nursing homes, public health and community clinics, as
well as industrial clinics. Physician assistants are also employed by the government
to work in foreign embassies and in the White House.
Physician assistant graduates must obtain certification in order to gain the
necessary license to practice medicine as a physician assistant. Achieving a passing
score on the National Certification Examination (NCE) is required for certification.
A brief description defining the certification process follows.
Physician Assistant Certification
The NCCPA is the only national credentialing organization for physician
assistants in the United States. It was established in 1975 at the recommendation of
the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Medical Association.
The purpose of this organization is to certify that graduate physician assistants and
practicing PAs have the knowledge and skills necessary to practice medicine. All
states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia rely on the NCCPA certification
criteria for initial licensure of physician assistants in their state or territory
(http://nccpa.net/AboutUs.aspx).
The first certification examination was administered in 1975 and was
designed as a two part examination. Part I, a 300 question multiple-choice test was
designed to cover content knowledge, therapeutic, diagnostic and laboratory
interpretation and clinical management. Part II was a demonstration component
which assessed physical assessment skills and clinical reasoning. In 1995, part II
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 |
Description
| Title | Page 27 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 19 settings including hospitals, physician private offices, HMOs, correctional facilities, branches of the military, nursing homes, public health and community clinics, as well as industrial clinics. Physician assistants are also employed by the government to work in foreign embassies and in the White House. Physician assistant graduates must obtain certification in order to gain the necessary license to practice medicine as a physician assistant. Achieving a passing score on the National Certification Examination (NCE) is required for certification. A brief description defining the certification process follows. Physician Assistant Certification The NCCPA is the only national credentialing organization for physician assistants in the United States. It was established in 1975 at the recommendation of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Medical Association. The purpose of this organization is to certify that graduate physician assistants and practicing PAs have the knowledge and skills necessary to practice medicine. All states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia rely on the NCCPA certification criteria for initial licensure of physician assistants in their state or territory (http://nccpa.net/AboutUs.aspx). The first certification examination was administered in 1975 and was designed as a two part examination. Part I, a 300 question multiple-choice test was designed to cover content knowledge, therapeutic, diagnostic and laboratory interpretation and clinical management. Part II was a demonstration component which assessed physical assessment skills and clinical reasoning. In 1995, part II |
