PLO 3 - Clinical Skills and Technical Skills Outcome Statement: Graduates will provide safe, evidence-based, patient-centered care including history-taking, physical examination, diagnostic interpretation, clinical reasoning and problem-solving, procedural skills, and patient management planning. Curricular Alignment: Physical Examination and Documentation I & II; Clinical Procedure Skills I & II; Adult Medicine I & II; Pediatric Medicine I & II; Introduction to Surgery; and all SCPEs. Assessment Strategies: Summative written examination and Summative OSCEs administere d four months prior to graduation (≥80% cohort pass rate); and clinical preceptor evaluations, clinical and technical skills domain (≥80% of cohort attains “Meets Expectations”). PLO 4 - Professional Behaviors Outcome Statement: Graduates will demonstrate ethical behavior, accountability, integrity, respect for diversity, adherence to legal and regulatory standards, interprofessional collaboration, and commitment to the values of the PA profession. Curricular Alignment: The Physician Assistant Profession I & II; Medical Ethics and Legal Medicine; Public Health; all SOAR courses; and all SCPEs. Assessment Strategies: Timely attendance in the didactic and clinical curriculum (student self- assessment Likert rating >3 by ≥80% of cohort); professionalism evaluate d in each SOAR course through both a student self-assessment and a faculty assessment using the NLU PA Professionalism Rubric (benchmark: Likert rating >3 for ≥80% of the cohort, assessed by both student and faculty in at least two of three rubric categori es); and clinical preceptor professionalism ratings (≥80% of cohort scores “Meets”). The NLU PA Program Professionalism Assessment and Faculty/Student Self-Assessment Rubric evaluates professionalism across defined categories (including attendance and reliability) using a four- point scale (Proficient – 4, Developing – 3, Insufficient – 2, Remediation required). A student who does not achieve a rating above 3 in categories 1–2 must begin remediation; if remediation is not completed by the end of the term, th e student receives no professionalism assessment credit for that term. The full rubric, including category- specific anchor descriptions and remediation strategies, is maintained by the Program and administered each SOAR course. PLO 5 - Clinical Reasoning and Problem-Solving Abilities
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