NLU PA Program Goals and Outcomes 9-28-26 (1)

Assessment Strategies:

• Timely Attendance in the Didactic and Clinical Curriculum (benchmark: Student Self- Assessment Evaluation Likert Rating > 3 by ≥80% of cohort) • Professionalism will be evaluated in each SOAR course through both a student self- assessment and a faculty assessment, using the NLU PA Professionalism Rubric as the standardized evaluation tool (benchmark: Student Self-Assessment/Faculty-Assessment Evaluation Likert Rating > 3 for ≥80% of student cohort/faculty in two of the 3 sections) • Clinical preceptor professionalism ratings on Preceptor Evaluation (benchmark: >80 of the cohort scores “Meets”)

PLO 5 – Clinical Reasoning and Problem-Solving Abilities

Outcome Statement: Graduates will engage in self-assessment, incorporate feedback, apply evidence-based medicine principles, and participate in quality improvement to enhance patient outcomes in clinical practice.

Curricular Alignment:

• PAS 513 & 523 Physical Examination and Documentation

• PAS 532 & 544 Clinical Procedure Skills I & II

PAS 533, 541 Adult Medicine I & II

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• PAS 535, 543 Pediatric Medicine I & II

• PAS 515 Medical Research and Information Literacy

SOAR I – VIII (PAS 516 – 583)

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All clinical rotations (SCPEs)

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Assessment Strategies:

• Peer Review Evaluation of Capstone Project and Presentation during the clinical year that thoughtfully discusses quality improvement clinical practices (benchmark: >80 of the cohort scores > “Acceptable”) • Summative Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) (4 mos. prior to graduation) and aggregated preceptor evaluation scores (benchmark: ≥80% cohort pass rate)

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