PA Goals and Outcomes

Goal 1: Equip graduates with the requisite preparation to enter into clinical practice.

Benchmarks

1. Maintain a 5-year Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE) pass rate at or above the national average.
2. Maintain 100% of the class scoring “Satisfactory Medical Knowledge” on the PAEA End of Curriculum assessment.
3. Earn a 4.0 on a 5.0 (5.0=extremely well) scale on the question “How well do you feel the program prepared you (or our students) for clinical practice/profession?” on these surveys:
   • Education Survey completed by students at graduation
   • Education Survey completed one year post-graduation by alumni
   • Student Preparedness Survey completed by active clinical preceptors

Outcomes

1. MET: UW–Madison PA program 5-year average PANCE pass rate is 94%, compared to the 5-year national average of 93%.
2. MET: 100% of the Class of 2022, Class of 2023, and Class of 2024 graduates have scored above a 1400, or “Satisfactory Medical Knowledge” on the End of Curriculum exam, one data point in ensuring they are ready for graduation.
3. MET: Scores on the question “How well do you feel the program prepared you (or our students) for clinical practice/profession?” exceeded 4.0 on a 5-point scale.
   • Class of 2024 at graduation rated the question 4.4
   • Class of 2023 one year post-graduation alumni rated the question 4.1
   • Class of 2024 active preceptors rated the question 4.4

Goal 2: Support our mission by recruiting and admitting highly qualified “Mission Match” applicants who are successful graduates.

Benchmarks

1. 50% of our class are” Mission Match” students, defined as:
   • Student from a Health Professions Shortage Area (HPSA) or Medically Underserved Community (MUC)
   • Student from an economically disadvantaged background
   • Student who is a first generation college student
   • Student that is a veteran of or currently serving in the military
2. Maintain a total attrition rate at or below the national average of 6.7% (PAEA Research, Program Report 35, 2019 National cohort), with ultimate graduation rate of at least 98%.
3. Create and maintain a Student Success Coaching model. Score 4.0 on a 5.0 scale on the Global Survey completed annually by students to these questions: 1) I am satisfied with access to student services, 2) I am satisfied with access to academic support, and 3) The mentoring by faculty is effective.

Outcomes

1. MET: For the class entering in 2024, 54% of our students are considered “Mission Match.”
   • From a Health Professions Shortage Area (HPSA) or Medically Underserved Community (MUC): 31%
   • Economically disadvantaged background: 38%
   • First generation college student: 28%
   • Veteran of or currently serving in the military: 2%
2. PARTIALLY MET: The attrition rate for the Class of 2024 is 5%, which is better than our benchmark of 6.7% (which is the national average). However, our attrition rate was higher than the benchmark for the Class of 2022 (as demonstrated on this table “ARC-PA Attrition Table”).
3. MET: For the class entering in 2024, 100% of incoming PA students completed the pre-matriculation curriculum around academic success. 100% of students are assigned a faculty and peer mentor. Regressive data analysis was used to predict students who will benefit from success coaching.
   • On the 23-24 Global Survey (n=79; response rate=58%) completed by current students the following benchmarks (4.0 on a 5.0 scale, 5=strongly agree) were also met:
     • I am satisfied with access to student services: 4.3 / 5.0
     • I am satisfied with access to academic support: 4.5 / 5.0
     • The mentoring by faculty is effective: 4.4 / 5.0

Goal 3: In support of our mission, expose students to clinical rotations in rural and underserved areas.

Benchmark

1. 100% of clinical year students will complete a minimum of a 4-week clinical rotation in a rural or underserved area.

 Outcome

1. MET: 100% of students in the last 3 graduating classes (2022-2024) completed a minimum of 4 weeks in rural and/or underserved clinic with the average number of weeks being 10.