An Analysis of Physical Therapy Preadmission Factors on Academic Success and Success on the National Licensing Examination

Dockter, Mary

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“…Entry GPA was not the major determinant of a student's academic success as noted in other studies. [2][3][4][5] Such consistent trends evident in most institutions of higher learning tend to point to each enrolling institution to cultivate enrolled students into competent and polished doctors at the end of the curriculum to meet the demanding needs of the public. The majority of participants in our study had been encouraged to keep up with their studies right from the time of admission.…”

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“…More current research in chiropractic and other health fields support the view that a high pre-accumulative GPA is a good predictor of one's academic success. [2][3][4][5] Whereas some studies show that students with a higher entry GPA tend to perform better, others show the contrary. Abedi studied the correlation between graduate academic success and undergraduate academic performance and concluded that undergraduate GPA did not have any relationship with graduate academic success.…”

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Correlation between academic performance and NBCE part I scores at a chiropractic college

Kenya¹,

Kenya²,

Hart³

2013

Journal of Chiropractic Education

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Objective: This study investigates the association between pre-National Board assessments and National Board Part 1 scores (NBCE) at a chiropractic college. Methods: A convenience sample of 24 students enrolled in the doctor of chiropractic degree program was recruited for the study. These were 6th and 7th quarter students who had registered to take NBCE in March 2011. Each student's class scores were computed and average numeric means score derived. Subject clusters that make up testable subject categories in NBCE also were computed to obtain a single numeric mean score. Pretests were administered in all areas tested in NBCE. Results were compared to the student's scores in NBCE using correlation and multiple linear regression for 14 predictors and one response variable (NBCE). Results: Among the 14 correlations for 19 students (due to missing data when running the correlation matrix), six were moderate-to-strong and statistically significant. Two predictors qualified for multiple linear regression (where n ¼ 22): mean anatomy and mean chemistry, both of which revealed similar regression coefficients. Conclusion: Mean anatomy and mean chemistry scores were shown to be the best predictors of NBCE Part 1 results in this sample.

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Correlation between academic performance and NBCE part I scores at a chiropractic college

Kenya¹,

Kenya²,

Hart³

2013

Journal of Chiropractic Education

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“…In contrast, research in related fields has identified relationships between such preadmission factors as undergraduate GPA, prerequisite course GPA, and/or Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)/GRE performance with subsequent performance on the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) (Dockter, 2001;Galleher, Rundquist, Barker, & Chang, 2012;Hollman et al, 2008;Thieman, Weddle, & Moore, 2003;Utzman, Riddle, & Jewell, 2007b) and the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE) (Andreeff, 2014;Ennulat, Garrubba, & DeLong, 2011;Higgins et al, 2010).…”

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“…Kirchner and Holm (1997) reported no predictive value of letters of recommendation on future academic performance or fieldwork in their study of MOT students. In contrast, Halberstam and Redstone (2005) (Andreeff, 2014;Dockter, 2001;Kosmahl, 2005;Luedtke-Hoffmann, Dillon, Utsey, & Tomaka, 2012;Middlemas, Manning, Gazzillo, & Young, 2001;Oakes, MacLaren, Gorie, & Finstuen, 1999;Thieman et al, 2003). Harrelson, Gallaspy, Knight, and Leaver-Dunn (1997) reported that although no single variable predicted success on the athletic trainer examination, a composite set of variables that included (among others) overall academic GPA, athletic training GPA, and academic minor GPA explained 42% of the variance in first attempt examination pass rates.…”

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“…Pitt, Powis, Levett-Jones, and Hunter (2012) There is scant research to support clear and consistent relationships between student demographic variables and certification examination outcomes. There is variable evidence linking age to academic performance in the fields of physical therapy (Dockter, 2001;Utzman et al, 2007a) and nursing (Pitt et al, 2012). Utzman et al (2007b) reported that failure on the NPTE examination varied with race or ethnicity, yet postulated that the increased tendency for students in some ethnic groups to fail the examination was associated with such factors as socioeconomic status or educational background.…”

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Passing the NBCOT Examination: Preadmission, Academic, and Fieldwork Factors

Novalis¹,

Cyranowski²,

Dolhi³

2017

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

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All occupational therapy students are required to successfully complete the certification examination administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) before they can practice independently. The need to repeat the examination can result in stress, anxiety, and financial hardship. This paper explores the relationship of preadmission factors, academic and fieldwork performance, and demographic variables to successful first-time attempts on the certification examination for occupational therapists. Data were gathered from 144 student files in a Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) Program at a single university. Of the sample, 82% passed and 18% failed their first NBCOT test trial. Considered independently, preadmission recommendation letters and writing sample scores, graduate MOT program GPA, lack of MOT program difficulty, fieldwork self-reports, and gender predicted NBCOT certification examination outcomes. When considered together in logistic regression models predicting outcome, this combination of factors correctly predicted 86.2% of student outcomes (or 20% to 32% of the variance in certification examination success), with OT program GPA and preadmission recommendation scores predicting unique outcome variance. This information may be helpful to admissions committees as well as to occupational therapy faculty as they identify strategies and practices to facilitate first-time test taking success on the NBCOT certification examination. Keywords certification examinations, predictors, student outcomes Cover Page FootnoteThe authors would like to acknowledge the assistance of Katlyn Long Salac, OTR/L and Lauren Harvey, OTR/L with this project. Complete Author ListSharon D. Novalis, Jill M. Cyranowski, and Cathy D. Dolhi This topics in education is available in The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/ojot/vol5/iss4/ 9All entry-level occupational therapy (OT) There is an abundance of literature related to academic selection criteria and their relationship to The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 5, Iss. 4 [2017], Art. 9https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/ojot/vol5/iss4/9 DOI: 10.15453/2168-6408.1341the PANCE and determined gender as a predictor of success (with males being more successful than females).Although strong graduate-level academic performance is consistently associated with future success on certification examinations, the predictive value of other criteria is variable. The intent of the current study was to explore the relationship among Sample Characteristics Preadmission FactorsTo be considered for admission to the MOT program under study, applicants were typically required to have a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale. This requirement was also applied to prerequisite course performance in human anatomy with lab, physiology with lab, abnormal psychology, lifespan development, and statistics or research methods.Applicants were also required to secure three letters of recommendation from aca...

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Detecting Artificial Intelligence-Generated Personal Statements in Professional Physical Therapist Education Program Applications: A Lexical Analysis

Hollman,

Cloud-Biebl,

Krause

et al. 2024

Physical Therapy

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Objective The objective of this study was to compare the lexical sophistication of personal statements submitted by professional physical therapist education program applicants with those generated by OpenAI’s Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT). Methods Personal statements from 152 applicants and 20 generated by ChatGPT were collected, all in response to a standardized prompt. These statements were coded numerically, then analyzed with recurrence quantification analyses (RQAs). RQA indices including recurrence, determinism, max line, mean line, and entropy were compared with t tests. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to examine discriminative validity of RQA indices to distinguish between ChatGPT and human-generated personal statements. Results ChatGPT-generated personal statements exhibited higher recurrence, determinism, mean line, and entropy values than did human-generated personal statements. The strongest discriminator was a 13.04% determinism rate, which differentiated ChatGPT from human-generated writing samples with 70% sensitivity and 91.4% specificity (positive likelihood ratio = 8.14). Personal statements with determinism rates exceeding 13% were 8 times more likely to have been ChatGPT than human generated. Conclusions While RQA can distinguish artificial intelligence-generated text from human-generated text, it is not absolute. Thus, artificial intelligence introduces additional challenges to the authenticity and utility of personal statements. Admissions committees along with organizations providing guidelines in professional physical therapist education program admissions should re-evaluate the role of personal statements in applications. Impact As artificial intelligence-driven chatbots like ChatGPT complicate the evaluation of personal statements, RQA emerges as a potential tool for admissions committees to detect artificial intelligence-generated statements.

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An Analysis of Physical Therapy Preadmission Factors on Academic Success and Success on the National Licensing Examination

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Correlation between academic performance and NBCE part I scores at a chiropractic college

Correlation between academic performance and NBCE part I scores at a chiropractic college

Passing the NBCOT Examination: Preadmission, Academic, and Fieldwork Factors

Detecting Artificial Intelligence-Generated Personal Statements in Professional Physical Therapist Education Program Applications: A Lexical Analysis

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