Standard 

All enrolled Physician Assistant students entering the final four months of the educational program must demonstrate entrustability across all program-defined competency domains through completion of the Physician Assistant Summative Evaluation (PASE) series to establish eligibility for graduation.

• Associated ARC-PA Standard (B4.03): The program conducts and documents a summative evaluation of each student within the final four months of the program to verify that each student meets all program-defined competencies required to enter clinical practice, including: a) clinical and technical skills b) clinical reasoning and problem-solving abilities c) interpersonal skills d) medical knowledge e) professional behaviors.

Provisions

1. Evaluation Timing and Assessment Components: Students in the final four months of the curriculum must participate in the Physician Assistant Summative Evaluation framework:

   • Standardized Testing: Statistically validated national benchmarking through the PAEA End-of-Curriculum (EOC) Exam to evaluate core applicable program competencies.

   • Authentic Practical Assessment: Time-dependent, real-world evaluations via Clinical Assessment Tasks (CATs) and Objective Structured Long Examination Reviews (OSLERs) to gauge practical clinical competence.

2. Assessed Competency Domains: Students must demonstrate entry-level readiness and entrustability across five core domains: medical knowledge; clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills; clinical and technical skills; interpersonal communication skills; and professional behaviors.

3. Competency Tracking and Progress Recording: Program faculty must evaluate and log all student competency outcomes in the primary electronic academic record system, Progress IQ, to document verified competency acquisition prior to degree conferral.

4. Summative Testing Restrictions: Students must complete all designated summative evaluation components as prescribed; prior evaluation reviews or formative progress-tracking assessments (such as PACKRAT) must not serve in lieu of or fulfill summative evaluation requirements.

5. Mandatory Remediation and Reassessment: Students who demonstrate deficiencies or receive pre-entrustable scores in any assessed domain must complete program-designed remediation plans and reassessment protocols until attaining the required level of performance. Please refer to the Remediation section of this handbook for additional information.

Enforcement 

Students who fail to achieve entrustability across all required competency domains, or who fail to successfully complete prescribed remediation and reassessment protocols, will be denied degree conferral and remain ineligible for program graduation.