Mission:
Our mission is to develop extraordinarily competent and compassionate physician associates to provide evidence-based healthcare to Oklahomans, emphasizing rural and underserved communities.
Goals:
1. Maintain a 95% or better three-year graduation rate for students matriculating into the program.
- The current three-year graduation rate is 95.4%.
2. Maintain at least 50% of clinical rotation sites in low-income zip codes as defined by the Health Resource and Services Administration (HRSA).
- Currently, 79.26% of clinical rotation sites are in low-income zip codes as determined by HRSA.
3. Maintain a five-year first-time average pass rate on the PANCE at or above the national pass rate.
- The program's five-year pass rate is 94% and the national pass rate is 94%.
4. Create a program learning environment that promotes diversity, inclusion, and mutual respect measured by student survey.
Additional Performance Indicators:
- 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:
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Graduated Classes
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Class of 2019
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Class of 2020
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Class of 2021
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Class of 2022
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Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA)
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57
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57
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57
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57
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Entering class size
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52
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52
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51
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50
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Graduates
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47
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48
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50
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48
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* Attrition rate
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9.62%
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7.69%
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3.85%
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6.00%
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**Graduation rate
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90.38%
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92.31%
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96.15%
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94.00%
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*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.