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invited to participate in this study via an email to difficulty and complexity. HSRT test items are set in little higher. Doctoral level experience shows a sharp
clinical and professional practice contexts. Any
p= < 0.05 Limitations
program directors. IRB approval was obtained. drop. But there were only 4 individuals in this category.
specialized information needed to respond correctly Types of HC Experience
While invitations were sent to all eligible PA programs
Program directors provided demographic data about is provided in the question itself. Items require no HC Experience Required by Program only 43 agreed to participate, and 23 had sufficient
the program, and students completed the health health science knowledge. HC Work Experience Mean Std. Deviation N student participation for analysis. However student
Required healthcare experience
science reasoning test (HSRT-N :Insight Assessment) hours (program N) Mean Std. Deviation N None 83.66 4.76 29
characteristics are consistent with that reported in
online, as a group in a proctored setting during their Questions are multidimensional and interrelated so 24 (1) 83.23 5.59 72
Shadow 83.02 5.86 320 national PAEA surveys. Student data were self-
first two weeks in the program. that individual and group test results provide 40 (1) 81.00 4.14 15
EMT 84.31 5.68 193 reported.
meaningful insights into specific critical thinking 50 (1) 80.94 6.89 50
Data were retrieved from the Insight Assessment skills. The Health Sciences Reasoning Test, 100 (2) 84.83 5.18 36
HC Associate degree 83.10 6.15 163 Acknowledgement
server and entered into SPSS for analysis. Numeracy was used for this study. HC Bachelor degree 83.77 6.02 214
200 (1) 84.83 5.78 78
The authors wish to thank the Physician Assistant
Descriptive statistics were calculated and general 290 (1) 84.71 5.58 41 HC Graduate degree 83.68 6.14 28
Education Association for their generous support
linear models drawn to determine significant 500 (3) 83.39 6.30 106 HC Doctoral degree 77.75 7.23 4
through the Faculty-Generated Research Grant fund and
differences between groups and to visualize trends in 1000 (7) 84.39 5.35 259 Total 83.48 5.91 951 the program directors who assisted with the
the data. 2000 (3) 84.22 5.43 83 administration of the HSRT-N at their programs.
Total 83.90 5.74 740 p = 0.095
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