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CHAPTER V
DISCUSSION
The major implication for this study was to develop reliable and predictive
validity admission criteria for selecting qualified students (with relatively high
probability of success) for admission to a community college-based physician
assistant program. The high cost of training assistants and the extensive time
involved in training competent physician assistants, alone with the limited resources,
are reasons that discriminators in the admission criteria must distinguish individuals
more likely to succeed from those who are less likely to succeed. In addition, the
increase demand for physician assistants in the workforce and increased public
demand for competent health care providers require that individuals selected for
admission be discriminated effectively. The existing data from one hundred and
seventy students who enrolled in the program for 1999 to 2005 was evaluated to
determine the significance of the predictor measures used in the admission process as
indicators of student success.
The theoretical frame work for this study relied on the review of literature
related to other predictive validity studies. Review of literature related to admission
practices of health professional programs identified traditional admission variables
commonly used in the admission criteria (Zhang, 1999; Gansky et. al., 2003; Tang &
Lee, 1989; Downey et.al., 2002; Salahdeen, 2004; Confer, 1995; Turnbull, 2003).
The statistically significant correlation of these variables with student outcomes
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 115 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 107 CHAPTER V DISCUSSION The major implication for this study was to develop reliable and predictive validity admission criteria for selecting qualified students (with relatively high probability of success) for admission to a community college-based physician assistant program. The high cost of training assistants and the extensive time involved in training competent physician assistants, alone with the limited resources, are reasons that discriminators in the admission criteria must distinguish individuals more likely to succeed from those who are less likely to succeed. In addition, the increase demand for physician assistants in the workforce and increased public demand for competent health care providers require that individuals selected for admission be discriminated effectively. The existing data from one hundred and seventy students who enrolled in the program for 1999 to 2005 was evaluated to determine the significance of the predictor measures used in the admission process as indicators of student success. The theoretical frame work for this study relied on the review of literature related to other predictive validity studies. Review of literature related to admission practices of health professional programs identified traditional admission variables commonly used in the admission criteria (Zhang, 1999; Gansky et. al., 2003; Tang & Lee, 1989; Downey et.al., 2002; Salahdeen, 2004; Confer, 1995; Turnbull, 2003). The statistically significant correlation of these variables with student outcomes |
