Correlation between physician assistant students’ performance score of history taking and physical exam documentation and scores of Graduate Record Examination, clinical year grade point average, and score of Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam in the United States
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Purpose: Learning to perform and document patient history taking and physical exam (H&P) entails a major component of thefirst year academic education of physician assistant (PA) students at Wayne State University, USA. The H&P is summative of multipleaspects of PA education, and students must master communication with patients and other health care providers. The objectives of thisstudy were first, to determine if there was a correlation between scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) component testingand scores on graded H&Ps. The second objective was to identify a correlation between proficiency with H&P documentation and academic and clinical year grade point average (GPA) and Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE) score. Methods: Subjects included 147 PA students from Wayne State University from 2014–2016. PA students visited local hospitals or outpatient clinics during the academic year to perform and document patient H&Ps. Correlation between the H&P mean scores and GREcomponent scores, GPAs, and PANCE scores were analyzed. Results: The subjects were 26.5 years-old (+6.5) and 111 females (75.5%). There was no correlation between the GRE componentscore and the H&P mean score. The H&P score was positively correlated with GPA 1 (r=0.512, P<0.001), with GPA 2 (r=0.425,P<0.001) and with PANCE score (r=0.448, P<0.001). Conclusion: PA student skill with H&P documentation was positively related to academic performance score during PA school andachievement score on the PANCE at Wayne State University, USA.
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Purpose: Learning to perform and document patient history taking and physical exam (H&P) entails a major component of thefirst year academic education of physician assistant (PA) students at Wayne State University, USA. The H&P is summative of multipleaspects of PA education, and students must master communication with patients and other health care providers. The objectives of thisstudy were first, to determine if there was a correlation between scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) component testingand scores on graded H&Ps. The second objective was to identify a correlation between proficiency with H&P documentation and academic and clinical year grade point average (GPA) and Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE) score. Methods: Subjects included 147 PA students from Wayne State University from 2014–2016. PA students visited local hospitals or outpatient clinics during the academic year to perform and document patient H&Ps. Correlation between the H&P mean scores and GREcomponent scores, GPAs, and PANCE scores were analyzed. Results: The subjects were 26.5 years-old (+6.5) and 111 females (75.5%). There was no correlation between the GRE componentscore and the H&P mean score. The H&P score was positively correlated with GPA 1 (r=0.512, P<0.001), with GPA 2 (r=0.425,P<0.001) and with PANCE score (r=0.448, P<0.001). Conclusion: PA student skill with H&P documentation was positively related to academic performance score during PA school andachievement score on the PANCE at Wayne State University, USA.
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