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Meeting the Mission
The mission of the Physician Assistant Program at the University of Findlay is to provide our students with the medical knowledge, technical skills, and experience in a variety of didactic and clinical settings necessary for them to become ethical, competent, and compassionate health care providers as part of the healthcare team. This mission complements the University of Findlay’s mission which is to equip our students for meaningful lives and productive careers.
Since the enrollment of the original cohort of students in the fall of 1998, 183/190 or 96.3 percent of graduates who have taken the Physician Assistant National Certification Exam (PANCE) have ultimately passed and were able to practice clinically as a physician assistant.
Passing the Physician Assistant National Certification Exam (PANCE)
Since 2010, all graduates have passed the PANCE with the exception of one student who is not currently registered. All graduates passed the PANCE on their first attempt since 2010 with the exception of six students who passed the PANCE on their second attempt and one student currently not registered to repeat the examination. To view the University of Findlay Physician Assistant Program’s Performance Summary Report for the last five years, Click Here.
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Graduation and Attrition Rates
| Graduated Classes |
Class of 2022
| Class of 2021
| Class of 2020
|
Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA)
| 20
| 18
| 18
|
Entering class size
| 20
| 18
| 18
|
Graduates
| 19
| 18
| 17
|
*Attrition rate
| 0.05
| 0
| 0.06
|
**Graduation rates
| 95%
| 100%
| 94%
|
*Attrition rate calculation: Number of students who attritted from cohort divided by the entering class size.
**Graduation rate: Number of cohort graduates divided by the entering class size.
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Employment as a physician assistant
Of the 295 graduates since 2000, 95% are currently certified through NCCPA. There are a number of reasons why five percent of the graduates are not currently certified, including, but not limited to, retirement, life changes, unsuccessful certification maintenance, or failure to gain initial certification.
Preparation for Practice
Success in Preparing Graduates for Clinical Practice
In annual surveys completed since 2010, graduates are asked to rate how well the University of Findlay PA program had prepared them in a number of areas involving clinical practice, including but not limited to such things as:
- Clinical problem solving
- Screening for wellness
- Assisting in surgical procedures
- Ordering and interpreting common laboratory and diagnostic studies
- Formulating a problem list from the medical history and physical assessment
Over 85 percent (often higher) of the respondents either “agreed” or “strongly agreed” with the statement that the PA program had prepared them well for the items on the list. This, coupled with 100% of graduates over the past eight years, except one, passing the PANCE on their first attempt, suggests that the program is successfully meeting the needs of the vast majority of its graduates.
Ohio Association of Physicians Assistants
100 percent of the University of Findlay's PA students are currently members of the
Ohio Association of Physicians Assistants, putting our University at Platinum status of the OAPA's student membership incentive program.