Publications by authors named "David Holmerud"
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether student scores on the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) End of Rotation™ subject examinations had a statistically significant relationship with subsequent performance on the Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE). The raw scores achieved by students from 3 participating programs were correlated with scores on the PANCE.
Methods: Seven 120-question End of Rotation examinations, developed by the PAEA, were administered to students from 3 PA programs (n=72).
The relationship between formative and summative examination and PANCE results: a multi-program study.
J Physician Assist Educ
August 2013
Purpose: This correlational research study was conducted to validate externally a previous pilot study that examined the relationship between formative and summative examinations and PANCE scores at one physician assistant (PA) program. The study was expanded to five PA programs to test the hypothesis that PA programs throughout the country could use comprehensive examinations that mirrored the Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE) along with the Physician Assistant Clinical Knowledge Rating and Assessment Tool (PACKRAT) scores to predict future PANCE performance successfully.
Methods: The six participating PA programs administered the SUMM I, which is a 360-question PANCE simulation exam based upon the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) blueprint, the SUMM II, a 700-question examination based upon the NCCPA blueprint, and the PACKRAT examination to all second-year students.
Purpose: This paper describes how a systematic analysis of students at risk for failing the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE) may be used to identify which students may benefit from intervention prior to taking the PANCE and thus increase the likelihood of successful completion of the PANCE. The intervention developed and implemented uses various formative and summative examinations to predict students' PANCE scores with a high degree of accuracy.
Methods: Eight end-of-rotation exams (EOREs) based upon discipline-specific diseases and averaging 100 questions each, a 360-question PANCE simulation (SUMM I), the PACKRAT, and a 700-question summative cognitive examination based upon the NCCPA blueprint (SUMM II) were administered to all students enrolled in the program during the clinical year starting in January 2010 and concluding in December 2010.