You are taking the PACKRAT "against" the same people you are taking the PANCE against. On the other hand, your program hopefully has your best interests at heart.
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At the same time, this is also not the way that the PAEA intended the PACKRAT to be used. If they are making this up out of thin air, well, they just can't do that. A policy with such serious consequences would need to be in writing somewhere, probably in your student manual.
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Programs are pretty free to make any policies they want as long as they enforce them fairly. My school will not allow us to graduate if we do not "pass" the packrat exam as well. Hope I gave a better explanation this time. what I'm asking is if this is legal to do? We will have already graduated and just in a holding pattern to take our PANCE after graduation. Now, because of this year's high PACKRAT average, our school has informed us that until we get within 6 points of 167, they will redact our release to take the PANCE. The PACKRAT was supposed to be an exit exam. What I'm saying is that we are 2 weeks away from graduation and most of us have our PANCE date already set.
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I think you may have misunderstood so I'll try to add more info! We have already taken the PACKRAT, next is the PANCE, we've been studying all along. As per googled information, a 111 on the packrat equates to a passing score of 350 on the PANCE. Why not just chill and do what they say: start studying before the PACRAT? This will all be over soon enough. Schools want you to pass if you don't they look bad.Īs a practical matter, if passing the PACRAT isn't in the documentation for completion, I suspect they might have to call you done whether you pass it or not and thus you would be able to take the PANCE. I suspect your program is trying to get you guys to study for the PANCE, which is something that some students fall down on in the rush of clinicals and EORs. It offers an additional opportunity for programs to provide PA students with another layer of academic advising and to guide their preparation for PANCE.Sounds like you're already fighting a war that hasn't started yet! PAEA's End of Curriculum exam is one of the strongest predictors of PANCE score (r = 0.78). A combination of PACKRAT I and PACKRAT II was the best predictor of PANCE score and explained a large amount of variance (77.0%) in PANCE scores. The End of Curriculum exam, PACKRAT I, PACKRAT II, and SUMM I are statistically significant predictors of PANCE score ( p < 0.01). Value of the End of Curriculum exam, Physician Assistant Clinical Knowledge Rating and Assessment Tool (PACKRAT I, PACKRAT II), PANCE simulation (SUMM I), and Objective Structured Clinical Examination in predicting future PANCE scores was assessed using correlation and regression analysis of data for 27 PA students from one cohort. To assess the value of the Physician Assistant Education Association's End of Curriculum exam TM and formative and summative exams during the physician assistant program in predicting Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE) scores. The authors declare no conflict of interest. Telephone: 41 Email: Ĭhristine Rodgers, MPAS, PA-C, MPH, is associate director and director of clinical education for the Physician Assistant Studies Hybrid Program and assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Rajat Chadha, PhD, is a psychometrician for the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology in Sachse, Texas.ĭana Campbell, MSPAS, PA-C, is the director of the physician assistant program at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky.Ĭorrespondence should be addressed to: Scott Massey, PhD, PA-C, University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, 3420 Forbes Avenue, Murdoch Building, Room 241, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
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Scott Massey, PhD, PA-C, is an associate professor in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.