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- Title
CONSIDERATION OF A STANDARDIZED PRE-ADMISSION EXAMINATION TO IDENTIFY PROBABLE SUCCESS ON THE RESPIRATORY THERAPIST CREDENTIALING EXAMINATIONS.
- Authors
Insley, Carlton R.; Schneider, Sidney R.; Joyner, Robert L.
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: RT Program Directors (RTP) need to recruit students who will succeed on NBRC exams as part of accreditation. This study considered using the mean score (MS) of a pre-admission exam for the RT (60% = 50th percentile rank) as a threshold to assess students' NBRC exam success. METHODS: Upon IRB approval, 51 students from two consecutive BS-level cohorts voluntarily took the Health Occupations Basic Entrance Test (HOBET V). Participation varied among these NBRC exams: CRT, WRE, and the CSE. The Pearson Chi-Square test χ² was used to examine the association pass/fail for each of the three exams using the HOBET V (HV) with three conditions: (1) No Threshold, (2) HV-MS <60%, and (3) HV-MS =>60%). The Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient rwas used to evaluate relationship strength between the overall HOBET V Score (HVS) and its subscales: Reading (Re), Math (Ma), Science (Sc), and English (En), under three conditions as stated above, with the exam scores on the CRT and WRE exams, and the pass/fail for the CSE exam (except for condition 3). Significance was accepted at P < 0.05. RESULTS: Although there were differences in the exams % pass rates with the three conditions, the association pass/ fail (P/F) for each of the three exams showed: CRT P/F (1) 46/3, (2) 28/3, (3) 18/18, χ² = 1.86, P = .40. WRE P/F (1) 38/7, (2) 20/7, (3) 18/18, A2 = 5.53, P = .06; CSE P/F (1) 35/9, (2) 17/9, (3) 18/18, χ² = 7.83, P =.02*. For some of the three conditions, medium and large significant correlations (* P <.05) were consistently found for the relationships of all three exams with HVS, and the HV Science scale. The following results include the above and the other HV scales: CRT and HVS .573*, .567*, .387; Re .438*, .313, .240; Ma .325*, .235, -.164; Sc .620*, .620*, .371; En .098, .217, .357; WRE and HVS .359*, .133, .040; Re .195, -.160, .071; Ma .206, .045, -.246; Sc .536*, .489*, .207; En .180, -.124, -.040; CSE and HVS -.409,*-.136, Re -.283, .080, Ma -.286, -.068, Sc -.523*, -.424*, En -.085, .186. CONCLUSION: Of 51 participants, a HOBET V mean score =>60% would have disqualified 33, leaving only 18 for admission. Emphasis on this admission criteria may be helpful in identifying candidates for admission having a high probability of success on the NBRC exams, but deny other capable candidates entry into a RTP. DISCLOSURES: The authors have no conflict of interest. Note that Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) made the exams available, gratis.
- Publication
Respiratory Care, 2016, Vol 61, Issue 10, pOF25
- ISSN
0020-1324
- Publication type
Academic Journal