Other [PAEA] Effect of the PA-CAT on admissions

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Implications of Requiring the Physician Assistant College Admissions Test on Physician Assistant Program Applicant Pool: Lessons Learned​

Lauren Fogelgren, PA-C, is an Assistant Professor, Director of Admissions, Medical University of South Carolina, Physician Assistant Program, Charleston, South Carolina.

Introduction​

To present a physician assistant (PA) program's experience and lessons learned by requiring a new standardized test as an admissions requirement. A state academic PA program changed an admission requirement by requiring the Physician Assistant College Admissions Test (PA-CAT) instead of the Graduate Record Examination. The admissions requirement change correlated with a 72% drop in the applicant pool.

Implications of Requiring the Physician Assistant College... : The Journal of Physician Assistant Education

ead of the Graduate Record Examination. The admissions requirement change correlated with a 72% drop in the applicant pool. Methods Data from previous literature present background information on standardized testing and predictors of student success. The program-specific data retrospectively...

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