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The Touro University Illinois Physician Assistant Program is carefully designed to meet our mission and specific learning goals to help prepare students to pass the NCCPA certification examination and be qualified for entry into clinical practice.

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Mission Statement

The mission of the Physician Assistant Programs is to educate capable students to meet the challenges of practicing medicine in collaboration with physicians and other members of the health care team. The curricula are formulated to sensitize the student to the complexities of healthcare delivery that influence patients and their families. Students engage in community service to foster effective communication, compassion, and dedication. We encourage research and create life-long learners trained to utilize evidence to deliver safe, effective patient-centered care to patients and their communities.

Goals

  1. Recruit capable applicants for PA education who will provide healthcare services as part of the healthcare team 
  2. Deliver a quality educational experience that provides students with knowledge and skills for employment and entry into clinical practice
  3. Encourage and prepare graduates to work with patients from all populations
  4. Foster research and the application of evidence-based scientific information to improve patient-centered care and promote lifelong learning
  5. Provide students with the requisite knowledge to pass the PANCE and have a Five Year First Time Taker average PANCE pass rate that is at or above the national mean

The program’s success in achieving these goals will be published following the graduation of the first cohort of students.
Survey ratings reported are on a scale from 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest.
The program benchmark for meeting these goals is > 3.0.

Outcomes

Program data indicators to assess outcomes are listed below.  
Note that survey Likert benchmark is ≥ 3.0 on an ascending scale of 1-5. 

  1. Recruit capable applicants for PA education who will provide healthcare services as part of the healthcare team
    1. Incoming cumulative and science GPAs (benchmark for each: > 3.0)

      Cohort Incoming Cumulative GPA Incoming Science GPA
      CO2025 3.48 3.27
      CO2026 3.56 3.44
      CO2027 3.63 3.47
      CO2028 3.70 3.60
    2. Preceptor end of rotation student evaluations
      CO2025: 4.86 
      CO2026: 4.87 
      CO2027: 4.87 (partial data)
    3. Student exit survey
      CO2025: 3.23 
      CO2026: 4.24
      CO2027: pending

      Conclusion: Program is meeting Goal #1 based on data to date 
  2. Deliver a quality educational experience that provides students with knowledge and skills for employment and entry into clinical practice (benchmark for each: > 3.0)
    1. Student evaluation of courses and instructors

      Cohort Course Evaluations Instructor Evaluations
      CO2025 4.15 4.67
      CO2026 4.58 4.96
      CO2027 4.63 4.83
      CO2028 (partial data) 4.22 4.80
    2. Student exit surveys
      CO2025: 3.23 
      CO2026: 4.24
      CO2027: pending 
    3. Preceptor rating of student’s preparedness for entry into clinical practice
      CO2025: 4.76 
      CO2026: 4.70 
      CO2027: 4.80 (partial data) 

      Conclusion: Program is meeting Goal #2 based on data to date
  3. Encourage and prepare graduates to work with patients from all populations (benchmark for each: > 3.0)
    1. Student Exit surveys
      CO2025: 4.03 
      CO2026: 4.18
    2. Preceptors rating of students interpersonal and communication skills
      CO2025: 4.88 
      CO2026: 4.85 
      CO2027: 4.88 (partial data) 

      Conclusion: Program is meeting Goal #3 based on data to date 
  4. Foster research and the application of evidence-based scientific information to improve patient-centered care and promote lifelong learning (benchmark for each: > 3.0)
    1. Student evaluation of courses and instructors

      Cohort Evidence Based Medicine Research Methods Capstone Project
      CO2025 No data available
      CO2026 Course-4.60
      Instructor-4.7      		 Course-4.20
      Instructor-4.7      		 Course-4.70
      Instructor-4.8
    2. Student exit survey
      CO2025: 3.30
      CO2026: 4.10
      CO2027: pending

      Conclusion: Program is meeting Goal #4 based on data to date.
  5.  Provide students with the requisite knowledge to pass the PANCE and have a Five Year First Time Taker average PANCE pass rate that is at or above the national mean

    Cohort Class Average National Average
    CO2025 100% 91.5%
    CO2026 pending pending
    1. Student exit survey
      CO2025: 3.38
      CO2026: 4.40
      CO2027: pending

      Conclusion: Program is meeting Goal #5 based on data to date.