PANCE Results, Program Goals and Outcomes

PANCE Results

The Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE) results may be viewed here: PANCE pass report PDF.

Program response to the PANCE pass rate PDF.

Goals

The PA program will:

• Select qualified applicants, through a holistic process, who successfully complete the program.
• Provide a quality educational experience that allows graduates to gain the knowledge, skills and competencies required for entry-level medical practice.
• Provide a quality educational experience that allows graduates the knowledge, skills and competencies required to provide medical care to diverse patient populations in a wide variety of clinical settings.
• Provide a quality educational experience that prepares graduates to meet or exceed an all-time PANCE pass rate of 95%.

Effectiveness in meeting goals will be updated each June.

Link to report: Evidence of effectiveness in meeting goals and outcomes.

Program Outcomes

1. The program expects to have a graduation rate consistent with the national average of PA programs.
2. The program expects to have an attrition rate consistent with the national average of PA programs.
3. 100% of graduates will be employed or actively engaged in a project utilizing their PA training (for example: medical missions) or enrolled in a post-graduate residency/fellowship within six months of graduation.

Rates will be calculated as follows:

*Attrition rate calculation per ARC-PA:  Number of students who attrited from cohort divided by the entering class size.

**Graduation rate per ARC-PA:  Number of cohort graduates divided by the entering class size.

**Graduation is held annually in December.