Program Competencies and Program Performance Measures

PANCE Performance*

*The CCPA program has received provisional accreditation

The most recent PANCE score report is available here

Class

Graduation Year

Number first time takers

Program First Time Taker Pass Rate

National First Time Taker Pass Rate

2023

2023

87

69%

92%

2024

2024

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2025

2025

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2026

2026

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2027

2027

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Program Attrition

Graduated Classes

Class of 2023

Class of 2024

Class of 2025

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

90

90

90

Entering class size

90

90

90

Graduates

88

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* Attrition rate

2%

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**Graduation rate

98%

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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.
# No data yet available.

CCPA Program Goals

  • Goal 1: Matriculate and graduate a cohort of diverse students from historically underrepresented groups.+

    • Benchmark

      1. Matriculate a greater national average, than other PA programs, of diverse and underrepresented students
      2. Maintain an annual attrition rate of <10%

      Data Source

      1. CASPA comparison data
      2. Student attrition rates

      Results

      1.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
        DemographicUS PopNat CHC Patient PopPA Program ComparisonCCPA CO2023CCPA CO2024CCPA CO2025
        White (non-Hispanic)63%42%69.8%37.78%21%42%
        Asian6%4%10.5%15.56%13%27%
        Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0%1%0.2%1.11%2%1%
        American Indian/Alaska Native1%1%0.5%1.11%1%6%
        Multiracial12%3%3.1%17.78%16.85%54.65%
        African American/Black12%21%4.9%8.89%18%17%
        Hispanic/Latino19%31%9.5%28.89%40%37%
        Income At or Below 100% Fed Poverty Limit13%68%—23.33% (economically disadvantaged)63% (economically disadvantaged)72% (economically disadvantaged)
      2. Please see program attrition rate chart above.

  • Goal 2: Develop graduates with the requisite medical knowledge and skills to deliver evidence-based, patient-centered primary health care.+

    • Benchmark

      1. Program completion rate of 90%.
      2. First time taker PANCE pass rate >85%.
      3. On student exit surveys, new graduates will report >3.5 (on a 5 point likert scale) on obtaining the knowledge and skills to deliver evidence-based patient-centered primary healthcare.

      Data Source

      1. Clinical year pass rate.
      2. Pance Pass rate
      3. End of program survey

      Results

      1. Clinical Year Pass Rate for the Class of 2023 was 98%
      2. Please see PANCE performance chart above.
      3. On the program exit survey, 2023 graduates rated their education on incorporating knowledge of etiologies, risk factors, underlying pathologic process, and epidemiology for medical conditions into diagnosis, management, and patient education with a 4.0 on a 5.0 Likert scale.

  • Goal 3: Prepare graduates with the cultural humility and skills necessary to care for underserved communities.+

    • Benchmark

      1. 100% of students do SCPE rotations in underserved areas
      2. On student exit surveys, graduates will report >3.5 (on a 5 point likert scale) on preparedness to serve underserved communities.
      3. Cohort median of Preceptor Evaluation of Student (Cultural awareness) >3.5 (on a 5 point likert scale)

      Data Source

      1. SCPE logs
      2. End of program survey
      3. Preceptor evaluations

      Results

      1. 100% of students in the Class of 2023 completed Supervised Clinical Patient Experiences (SCPEs) in designated Health Professions Shortage Areas (HPSA).
      2. On the program exit survey, 2023 graduates rated their ability to recognize the cultural norms, needs, influences, and socioeconomic, environmental, and other population-level determinants affecting the health of the individual and community being served, and ability to incorporate them into evaluation and management of the patient as a 4.5 on a 5.0 Likert scale.
      3. On student evaluations of preceptors, students rated their preparedness with the cultural humility and skills necessary to care for underserved communities as a 4.56 on a 5.0 Likert scale.

CCPA Program Graduate Competencies

Clinical and Technical Skills (CTS)

CTS_1. Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their health status through history taking, physical examination, and the use of laboratory data, imaging, and other diagnostic modalities

CTS_2. Perform medical and surgical procedures with appropriate supervision.

Clinical Reasoning and Problem- Solving Abilities (CRPS)

CRPS_1. For patients of all ages, differentiate between the normal and the abnormal in anatomy, physiology, laboratory findings, and other diagnostic data

CRPS_2. Discern among, and provide appropriate care for, patients with acute, chronic, and emergent disease states

CRPS_3. Evaluate and address issues of ongoing signs, symptoms, or health concerns that remain over time without clear diagnosis despite evaluation and treatment

CRPS_4. Identify the appropriate site of care for presenting conditions, including identifying emergent cases and those requiring referral or admission to including ensure continuity of care

CRPS_5. Apply established and emerging principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision making, clinical problem solving, and other aspects of evidence-based health care

CRPS_6. Apply principles of social–behavioral sciences to provision of patient care, including assessment of the impact of psychosocial–cultural influences on health, disease, care-seeking, care compliance, and barriers to and attitudes toward care

CRPS_7. Recognize the cultural norms, needs, influences, and socioeconomic, environmental, and other population-level determinants affecting the health of the individual and community being served, and incorporate them into evaluation and management of the patient

CRPS_8. Recognize the potential impacts of the social community, environment, biology, and genetics on patients and incorporate them into decisions of care

CRPS_9. Apply principles of epidemiological sciences to the identification of health problems, risk factors, treatment strategies, resources, and disease prevention/health promotion efforts for patients

CRPS_10. Locate, appraise, and integrate evidence from scientific studies related to their patients’ health problems

CRPS_11. Recognize the need for, and methods for locating/providing, assistive services/ technologies that patients may require for physical, mental or emotional disabilities

CRPS_12. Use the full scope of knowledge, skills, and abilities of available health professionals to provide care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable

CRPS_13. Recognize and explain legal and regulatory requirements, as well as the appropriate role, of the physician assistant

CRPS_14. Demonstrate an understanding of, and ability to apply, ethical principles pertaining to provision or withholding of clinical care, confidentiality of patient information, informed consent, and business practices

CRPS_15. Apply medical information and clinical data systems to provide more effective, efficient patient care

CRPS_16. Practice cost-effective health care and resource allocation that does not compromise quality of care

CRPS_17. Incorporate knowledge of etiologies, risk factors, underlying pathologic process, and epidemiology for medical conditions into diagnosis, management, and patient education

CRPS_18. Order and Interpret laboratory data, imaging studies, and other diagnostic tests for general clinical practice

CRPS_19. Formulate plan for management of general medical and surgical conditions, as they present across the lifespan, including pharmacologic and other treatment modalities

CRPS_20. Describe and apply interventions for prevention of disease and health promotion/maintenance

CRPS_21. Describe, order, and/or perform screening methods to detect conditions in an asymptomatic individual

CRPS_22. Utilize history and physical findings and diagnostic studies to formulate and narrow differential diagnoses

Interpersonal Skills (IS)

IS_1. Apply principles of social–behavioral sciences to provision of patient care, including assessment of the impact of psychosocial–cultural influences on health, disease, care-seeking, care compliance, and barriers to and attitudes toward care

IS_2. Demonstrate techniques to develop therapeutic rapport with patients and their families

IS_3. Counsel and educate patients and their families to empower them to participate in their care and enable shared decision making

IS_4. Describe and demonstrate cultural humility

IS_5. Deliver health information so that patients can understand and make meaning out of the information conveyed to them

IS_6. Provide effective, equitable, understandable, and respectful quality care and services that are responsive to diverse cultural health beliefs and practices, preferred languages, health literacy, and other communication needs

IS_7. Organize and communicate information with patients, families, community members, and health team members in a form that is understandable, avoiding discipline-specific terminology when possible, and checking to ensure understanding

IS_8. Develop professional relationships and effectively communicate with physicians, other health professionals, and health care teams

IS_9. Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations

IS_10. Demonstrate respect for the dignity and privacy of patients while maintaining confidentiality in the delivery of team-based care

Medical Knowledge (MK)

MK_1. For patients of all ages, differentiate between the normal and the abnormal in anatomy, physiology, laboratory findings, and other diagnostic data

MK_2. Discern among, and provide appropriate care for, patients with acute, chronic, and emergent disease states

MK_3. Incorporate knowledge of etiologies, risk factors, underlying pathologic process, and epidemiology for medical conditions into diagnosis, management, and patient education

MK_4. Order and Interpret laboratory data, imaging studies, and other diagnostic tests for general clinical practice

MK_5. Formulate plan for management of general medical and surgical conditions, as they present across the lifespan, including pharmacologic and other treatment modalities

MK_6. Describe and apply interventions for prevention of disease and health promotion/maintenance

MK_7. Describe, order, and/or perform screening methods to detect conditions in an asymptomatic individual

MK_8. Utilize history and physical findings and diagnostic studies to formulate and narrow differential diagnoses

MK_9. Make informed decisions about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment

Professional Behaviors (PROF)

PROF_1. Describe and demonstrate cultural humility

PROF_2. Accurately articulate one’s role and responsibilities to patients, families, communities, and other professionals

PROF_3. Develop professional relationships and effectively communicate with physicians, other health professionals, and health care teams

PROF_4. Demonstrate respect for the dignity and privacy of patients while maintaining confidentiality in the delivery of team-based care

PROF_5. Use the full scope of knowledge, skills, and abilities of available health professionals to provide care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable

PROF_6. Recognize and explain legal and regulatory requirements, as well as the appropriate role, of the physician assistant

PROF_7. Demonstrate an understanding of, and ability to apply, ethical principles pertaining to provision or withholding of clinical care, confidentiality of patient information, informed consent, and business practices

PROF_8. Apply medical information and clinical data systems to provide more effective, efficient patient care

PROF_9. Apply information technology to manage information, access online medical information, and support their own education

PROF_10. Demonstrate methods for removing barriers to health

Provide health care services aimed at wellness and prevention of health problems

PROF_11. Identify and describe personal and professional limitations in providing care, formulating possible solutions, and recognize learning activities that address one’s gaps in knowledge, skills, or attitudes

PROF_12. Recognize the value of the work of monitoring and reporting for quality improvement

PROF_13. Articulate and apply the legal, ethical and evidence- based, scientific basis of standard of care practice

PROF_14. Recognize one’s physical and emotional limits and establish healthy boundaries to support healthy partnerships

PROF_15. Identify and describe the funding sources and payment systems that provide coverage for patient care

PROF_16. Describe the PA’s responsibility for promoting a safe environment for patient care and recognizing and correcting systems-based factors that negatively impact patient care

PROF_17. Provide health care services aimed at wellness and prevention of health problems