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PROGRAM GOALS

Department of Physician Assistant Medicine 

Below you will find our program goals along with success indicators used to measure progress towards achieving our outcomes. 



 

GOAL 1: PRIME

Admit highly-qualified students from our community who are prepared to successfully complete the WSU PA Program. 

Success Indicators

• Interview pool will contain >15% of students from our community* by 2025.
• Student cohorts will contain >15% of students from our community* by 2030.
• Attrition rate of <5% due to academic deficiencies.

* northern Utah region

GOAL 2: PREPARE

Prepare graduates to practice evidence-based and cost-effective primary care and adult hospital medicine as members of interdisciplinary teams.  

Success Indicators

• End-of-Didactic summative assessment first-time pass rates of >90%.
• End-of-Curriculum summative assessment first-time pass rates of >90%.
• Scores of >3.0 (competent) on preceptor evaluations of students in Primary Care and Hospital Medicine SCPE's.
• 100% of students will successfully complete a basic certificate in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI).

 

 

GOAL 3: PASS

Meet or exceed the U.S. national average first-time pass rate on the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE). 

Success Indicators

• First-time PANCE pass rates meet or exceed the national average.
 
 
 


GOAL 4: PRACTICE

Serve as part of the solution to the healthcare workforce shortage by increasing the number of qualified medical providers in our community. 

Success Indicators

• 95% of students will complete primary care and internal medicine SCPE's within the Northern Utah region.
• Following graduation, >50% of students will work in the Northern Utah region.

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