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Confer (1995) and Turnbull (2003) demonstrate the importance of using
subjective data to augment academic data in the admission criteria for health
professional programs. This investigation utilized subjective data to augment
objective data to examine the reliability and validity of such data in predicting
student success or failure. The utility of work experience, letters of reference and
personal statements are non-cognitive variables used in the physician assistant
admission criteria. The next section of this chapter focuses on the review of
literature that investigated the reliability and validity of these variables in admission
criteria in other health professional programs.
Work experience
The disposition of the medical profession requires that physician assistant
graduates have certain basic skills and abilities to practice medicine. Methods of
assessing basic skills and abilities of potential students should be measured as a
variable in the admission selection process of health professional programs
(Salahdeen, 2004). Prior work experience in health care as a prerequisite to the PA
program provides a means of assessing the applicant’s basic skills and abilities that
will contribute to the applicant’s performance in the program and on the Physician
Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE).
Review of the literature related to admission practices for health professional
programs acknowledged the utility of work experience as a consideration in the
selection process, but few studies actually investigated correlations between work
experience and academic performance and no study was found that correlated work
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 51 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 43 Confer (1995) and Turnbull (2003) demonstrate the importance of using subjective data to augment academic data in the admission criteria for health professional programs. This investigation utilized subjective data to augment objective data to examine the reliability and validity of such data in predicting student success or failure. The utility of work experience, letters of reference and personal statements are non-cognitive variables used in the physician assistant admission criteria. The next section of this chapter focuses on the review of literature that investigated the reliability and validity of these variables in admission criteria in other health professional programs. Work experience The disposition of the medical profession requires that physician assistant graduates have certain basic skills and abilities to practice medicine. Methods of assessing basic skills and abilities of potential students should be measured as a variable in the admission selection process of health professional programs (Salahdeen, 2004). Prior work experience in health care as a prerequisite to the PA program provides a means of assessing the applicant’s basic skills and abilities that will contribute to the applicant’s performance in the program and on the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE). Review of the literature related to admission practices for health professional programs acknowledged the utility of work experience as a consideration in the selection process, but few studies actually investigated correlations between work experience and academic performance and no study was found that correlated work |
