PA Program Mission, Goals, and Outcomes

Mission

To prepare future PAs as socially responsible members of interprofessional teams, empowered to promote health, provide compassionate patient-centered care, and advocate for the well-being of local and global communities.

Program Goals

1. Create an inclusive ‘student focused’ learning community of diverse members with a shared commitment to patient-centered care.
2. Provide a foundation of sound medical knowledge and proficiency in clinical and technical procedural skills in preparation for clinical practice.
3. Offer supervised clinical practice experiences in the range of medical specialties with diverse patients across the lifespan requiring varying acuities of care. 
4. Foster interprofessional collaboration and commitment to ethical standards.
5. Promote service learning through local and global opportunities with diverse populations.
6. Guide student development of medical research culminating in the dissemination of findings.
7. Cultivate commitment to lifelong learning.

Outcomes

Outcomes: Program Goals

The FDU PA Program has identified specific program goals or ends towards which its efforts are directed. These goals and the benchmarks utilized for determining their outcome are noted in the table below. Outcome data will be available upon graduation of the first cohort of students.

Outcomes: PANCE

PANCE Pass Rates for the FDU PA Program

Comparison of FDU to the National Pass Rate

A copy of the NCCPA PANCE Rate Pass Summary Report will be posted here in 2024.

Attrition

• Attrition Rate: Number of students who attrite from cohort divided by entering class size
• Graduation Rate: Number of cohort graduates divided by entering class size
• Rate data will be available upon graduation of the first cohort of students