Program Mission, Vision, and Goals

Mission: 

Our mission is to develop extraordinarily competent and compassionate physician associates to provide evidence-based healthcare to Oklahomans, emphasizing rural and underserved communities.

Vision: 

The OUHSC Physician Associate Program will maximize the utilization of its position within a comprehensive academic health center to provide our students with robust medical education, service opportunities, and interprofessional training.

Goals:   

1.  Maintain a 95% or better three-year graduation rate for students matriculating into the program.

2.  Maintain at least 50% of clinical rotation sites in low-income zip codes as defined by the Health Resource and Services Administration (HRSA).

3.  Maintain a five-year first-time average pass rate on the PANCE at or above the national pass rate.

4.  Create a program learning environment that promotes diversity, inclusion, and mutual respect measured by student survey (results pending).

Additional Performance Indicators:

 PANCE Pass Rate: (Click Here)

• 5 year first time taker pass rate for the OUHSC Program: 95%
• 5 year first time taker pass rate for the National average: 95%

Graduation Rate:

*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.

 Employment Rate:

• Students in the Class of 2017 received on average 1.98 job offers prior to graduation^[1] .
• 43% of the Class of 2017 accepted an employment offer prior to graduation^[1].
• 93% of our graduates begin work as a PA within three months of graduation^[2].

[1]. Class of 2017 Exit Survey

[2]. 2017 Alumni Survey

Key:

Class of 2015; Graduated in 2015,

Class of 2016; Graduated in 2016,

Class of 2017; Graduated in 2017,

Class of 2018; Graduated in 2018,

Class of 2019; Graduated in 2019,

Class of 2020; Graduated in 2020,

Class of 2021; Graduated in 2021,

Class of 2022; Graduated in 2022.