Analyzing the Five Questions Vol 5
Today, I’ll conclude the series on the five questions required by ARC-PA Standard C1.01 by examining the final two questions. In many ways, these questions bring everything together.

Today, I’ll conclude the series on the five questions required by ARC-PA Standard C1.01 by examining the final two questions. In many ways, these questions bring everything together.

In this post, we turn our attention to two additional questions: Is the admissions process effective in selecting students who can successfully complete the program? Is the didactic curriculum effective in preparing graduates for clinical practice?

Today, I'd like to turn our attention to what may be the most challenging of the five questions: Are program faculty effective in operating the program outside of teaching?

Programs must now analyze information, draw conclusions, and defend their reasoning through a systematic process of comparison, trend analysis, triangulation, and contextualization.


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