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The application process is divided into three phases. Phase I entails transcript
evaluation to ensure at all applicants have met the academic qualifications for the
program. Transcript evaluation was done by the District’s transcript evaluator who
determined if all prerequisite course work had been completed and validated course
equivalencies for courses taken outside the college. Additionally the transcript
evaluator calculated the cumulative and science GPAs. Applicants who passed
Phase I criteria progressed to an advanced screening process, Phase II. Individuals
who do not pass the transcript screening process were disqualified and the
applicant’s file was removed from the selection pool.
Phase II of the admission process entails screening the application for the
following: verification of occupation experience (quality and hours of work, hours of
work experience), evaluation of the personal statement (to determine commitment to
the profession, goals of becoming a PA, and written communication skills), and
evaluation of reference letters. Each file was reviewed by two members of the
faculty. Written documents were read by two faculty members as well. The
personal statement was evaluated for content and must obtain statements that express
a goal of wanting to become a PA and a commitment to the PA profession. Rating
of personal statements and letters of reference were done subjectively without a
rating scale. Rater reliability had not been established and was a limitation in the
admission process currently practiced. This study incorporated the use of analytic
and holistic rubrics as tools for rating the personal statement and the letters of
reference. The decision to use rubrics in this study was to improve the reliability and
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 31 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 23 The application process is divided into three phases. Phase I entails transcript evaluation to ensure at all applicants have met the academic qualifications for the program. Transcript evaluation was done by the District’s transcript evaluator who determined if all prerequisite course work had been completed and validated course equivalencies for courses taken outside the college. Additionally the transcript evaluator calculated the cumulative and science GPAs. Applicants who passed Phase I criteria progressed to an advanced screening process, Phase II. Individuals who do not pass the transcript screening process were disqualified and the applicant’s file was removed from the selection pool. Phase II of the admission process entails screening the application for the following: verification of occupation experience (quality and hours of work, hours of work experience), evaluation of the personal statement (to determine commitment to the profession, goals of becoming a PA, and written communication skills), and evaluation of reference letters. Each file was reviewed by two members of the faculty. Written documents were read by two faculty members as well. The personal statement was evaluated for content and must obtain statements that express a goal of wanting to become a PA and a commitment to the PA profession. Rating of personal statements and letters of reference were done subjectively without a rating scale. Rater reliability had not been established and was a limitation in the admission process currently practiced. This study incorporated the use of analytic and holistic rubrics as tools for rating the personal statement and the letters of reference. The decision to use rubrics in this study was to improve the reliability and |
