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Extensive search of the literature found very few studies that dealt with the
validity and effectiveness of pre-entry skills with performance on a health
professional licensure examination. A retrospective study by Tang and Lee (1989)
investigated the use of a mobility test as a variable in the admission selection
process. The mobility test was designed to evaluate the candidates’ physical fitness,
coordination and imaginative powers considered essential qualities to perform as a
competent physiotherapist. The result of the study indicated that the mobility test
did not have significant predictive power for the overall grade point average. Lack
of significant correlation in the study was justified in two ways: 1) cultural behavior
which demands focus on academic rather than physical fitness and 2) most of the
applicants were not familiar with the exercise they were ask to perform, thereby
contributing to the apprehension which cause them not to perform to their potential.
The study indicated that although physical fitness was relevant to job performance,
applicants who performed poorly were not excluded because the level of fitness did
not have to be of top athletic quality.
The manual dexterity test is a part of the admission criteria in dental schools
and dental hygiene programs. Such a test as part of the admission process is
intended to serve as predictor of student success in the program and on the licensure
examination. Gansky et. al., (2003) investigated the reliability and validity of the
manual dexterity test to predict preclinical grades and faculty perception of
satisfactory performance in these skills which is a requirement for students to
advance to the clinic. The manual dexterity test consists of a two-hour block carving
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 55 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 47 Extensive search of the literature found very few studies that dealt with the validity and effectiveness of pre-entry skills with performance on a health professional licensure examination. A retrospective study by Tang and Lee (1989) investigated the use of a mobility test as a variable in the admission selection process. The mobility test was designed to evaluate the candidates’ physical fitness, coordination and imaginative powers considered essential qualities to perform as a competent physiotherapist. The result of the study indicated that the mobility test did not have significant predictive power for the overall grade point average. Lack of significant correlation in the study was justified in two ways: 1) cultural behavior which demands focus on academic rather than physical fitness and 2) most of the applicants were not familiar with the exercise they were ask to perform, thereby contributing to the apprehension which cause them not to perform to their potential. The study indicated that although physical fitness was relevant to job performance, applicants who performed poorly were not excluded because the level of fitness did not have to be of top athletic quality. The manual dexterity test is a part of the admission criteria in dental schools and dental hygiene programs. Such a test as part of the admission process is intended to serve as predictor of student success in the program and on the licensure examination. Gansky et. al., (2003) investigated the reliability and validity of the manual dexterity test to predict preclinical grades and faculty perception of satisfactory performance in these skills which is a requirement for students to advance to the clinic. The manual dexterity test consists of a two-hour block carving |
