Publications by authors named "Ralph R Utzman"
Background: Several factors have been shown to influence first-time pass rates on the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE). It is unclear to what extent academic difficulty experienced by students in a physical therapist education program may affect NPTE pass rates. The effects of institutional status (public or private) and Carnegie Classification on NPTE pass rates also are unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether admissions data could be used to estimate physical therapist students' risk for academic difficulty.
Subjects: A nationally representative sample of 20 physical therapist education programs provided data on 3,582 students.
Methods: Programs provided data regarding student demographic characteristics, undergraduate grade point average (uGPA), quantitative and verbal Graduate Record Examination scores (qGRE, vGRE), and academic difficulty.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to find out if admissions data could help predict the risk of physical therapy students failing the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE).
- A sample of 20 physical therapy programs provided demographic and academic data for 3,365 students, which was analyzed using hierarchical logistic regression.
- The findings indicated that combining undergraduate GPA, GRE scores, and race/ethnicity could effectively estimate a student's risk of NPTE failure, and programs should utilize these factors for their own risk assessments.