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Program Mission 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.

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.

  • Pending survey results.

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:

 

Graduated Classes

Class of 2019

Class of 2020

Class of 2021

Class of 2022

Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA)

57

57

57

57

Entering class size

52

52

51

50

Graduates

47

48

50

48

* Attrition rate

9.62%

7.69%

3.85%

6.00%

**Graduation rate

90.38%

92.31%

96.15%

94.00%
 

*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.