GVSU PAS Program Effectiveness in Meeting Goal #1: The program effectively met its first goal, as all program benchmarks were met.

• Benchmark #1: The GVSU PAS Program combined campuses’ 5-year First-Time Taker composite pass rate for the PANCE is above the national average.
  • GVSU PAS 5-year First-Time-Taker composite pass rate for the PANCE (Classes of 2021-2025): 94%
  • National Average 5-year First-Time-Taker composite pass rate for the PANCE: 92%
     
• Benchmark #2: Problem-Focused Patient Care Summative Performance: At least 95% of GVSU PAS students achieve a passing score on the first attempt.
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 Problem-Focused Patient Care Summative performance: 96% of students achieve a passing score on the first attempt
     
•  Benchmark #3: Physical Examination Skills Testing (PEST) Summative Performance: at least 95% of GVSU PAS students achieve a passing score on the first attempt.
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 PEST Summative Performance: 100% of students achieve a passing score on the first attempt
     
•  Benchmark #4: Procedural Skills Summative Performance: At least 95% of GVSU PAS students achieve a passing score on the first attempt.
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 Procedural Skills Summative Performance: 100% of students achieve a passing score on the first attempt
     
•  Benchmark #5: Aggregate Preceptor Evaluation Score for GVSU PAS students in the Medical Knowledge Competency domain, across all core clinical rotations, is greater than or equal to 90%.
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 Aggregate Preceptor Evaluation Score for all core clinical rotations for the Medical Knowledge Competency domain: 95.1%
     
•  Benchmark #6: Aggregate Preceptor Evaluation Score for GVSU PAS students in the Patient Care Competency domain, across all core clinical rotations, is greater than or equal to 90%.
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 Aggregate Preceptor Evaluation Score for all core clinical rotations for the Patient Care Competency domain: 95.1%

GVSU PAS Program Effectiveness in Meeting Goal #2: The program effectively met its second goal, as all program benchmarks were met.

• Benchmark #1: Greater than 80% of GVSU PAS students in each cohort will hold membership in the Richard Paul Clodfelder (RPC) PA Student Society as an indicator of professional engagement and identity formation.
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 RPC PA Student Society membership: 96% of students were RPC PA Student Society members
     
• Benchmark #2: Greater than 50% of GVSU PAS students in each cohort will hold membership in either the Michigan Academy of Physician Associates (MAPA) or the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA), as an indicator of professional engagement and identity formation.
  • GVSU PAS Class 2025 MAPA/AAPA membership: 64% of students were AAPA/MAPA members
     
• Benchmark #3: Aggregate Preceptor Evaluation Score for GVSU PAS students in the Professionalism Competency domain, across all core clinical rotations, is greater than or equal to 90%
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 Aggregate Preceptor Evaluation for the Professionalism Competency domain, across all core clinical rotations: 98.6%
     
• Benchmark #4: Less than 10% of GVSU PAS students in a cohort receive an adverse professionalism action (i.e., professionalism warning or professionalism probation as defined in the GVSU PAS Student Handbook)
  • Percentage of GVSU PAS Class of 2025 students who received an adverse professionalism action: 6.25% (3/48)
     
• Benchmark #5: GVSU PAS students will score at or above the national average on the PANCE Professionalism subscore.
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 PANCE Professionalism subscore: 82
  • National average PANCE Professionalism subscore: 78

GVSU PAS Program Effectiveness in Meeting Goal #3: The program effectively met its third goal, as all program benchmarks were met.
 

•  Benchmark #1: Aggregate Preceptor Evaluation Score for GVSU PAS students on questions related to Collaborative Practice, across all core clinical rotations, is greater than or equal to 90%.
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 Aggregate Preceptor Evaluation for questions related to Collaborative Practice, across all core clinical rotations: 98.05%
     
•  Benchmark #2: GVSU PAS students self-report an average score of 3.5/5 on the End-of-Didactic Self-Assessment for questions related to Collaborative Practice.
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 average score on the End-of-Didactic Self-Assessment for questions related to Collaborative Practice: 3.92/5
     
•  Benchmark #3: GVSU PAS students self-report an average score of 4/5 on the End-of-Program Self-Assessment for questions related to Collaborative Practice.
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 average score on the End-of-Program Self-Assessment for questions related to Collaborative Practice: 4.89/5
     
•  Benchmark #4: 100% of GVSU PAS students will participate in an interprofessional experience with students from two or more different health professions.
  • Percentage of GVSU PAS Class of 2025 students who participated in an interprofessional experience with students from two or more different health professions: Benchmark met

GVSU PAS Program Effectiveness in Meeting Goal #4: The program effectively met its fourth goal, as all program benchmarks were met.

• Benchmark #1: On the Grand Rounds assignment for Evidence-Based Medicine III (PAS 584), GVSU PAS students will achieve an average score of at least 90% on questions related to critical appraisal and application of medical literature to clinical decision-making and patient care.
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 average score on questions related to critical appraisal and application of medical literature to clinical decision-making and patient care for the Grand Rounds assignment for Evidence-Based Medicine III (PAS 584): 99%
     
•  Benchmark #2: GVSU PAS students self-report an average score of 3.5/5 on the End-of-Didactic Self-Assessment for questions related to Lifelong Learning.
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 average score on the End-of-Didactic Self-Assessment for questions related to Lifelong Learning: 4.07/5
     
•  Benchmark #3: GVSU PAS students self-report an average score of 4/5 on the End-of-Program Self-Assessment for questions related to Lifelong Learning.
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 average score on the End-of-Program Self-Assessment for questions related to Lifelong Learning: 4.75/5
     
•  Benchmark #4: 100% of GVSU PAS students develop learning goals based on their End-of-Didactic and End-of-Program Self-Assessment results, with goals reviewed and approved by their academic advisor at least once during the didactic phase and once during the clinical phase.
  • 100% of GVSU PAS met this benchmark
     
•  Benchmark #5: On the Summative Competency in Essential PA Series III (PAS 644), GVSU PAS students will achieve an average score of at least 90% on items related to critical appraisal and application of medical literature to clinical decision-making and patient care.
  • GVSU PAS Class of 2025 average score on questions related to critical appraisal and application of medical literature to clinical decision-making and patient care for the Summative Competency in Essential PA Series III (PAS 644): Data not yet available. This assessment will be implemented beginning with the PAS Class of 2028.