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  • Professional Licensure Examinations
  • Accreditation and Program Outcomes

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  • The National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) pass rate is a critical metric for evaluating physical therapist education programs.
  • Declining national first-time NPTE pass rates necessitate identification of factors influencing program success.
  • Evolving educational landscapes require updated data on institutional, programmatic, and student characteristics impacting NPTE outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify key factors associated with first-time National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) pass rates.
  • To analyze institutional, programmatic, clinical education, faculty, and student cohort characteristics influencing NPTE success.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 2022-2023 NPTE first-time pass rates for 268 accredited physical therapist education programs.
  • Extraction of institutional, program, clinical education, faculty, and student variables from 2023 CAPTE Annual Accreditation Reports.
  • Multivariate logistic regression used to determine predictors of above-median NPTE pass rates after dichotomizing data via median split.

Main Results:

  • Four variables significantly predicted above-median NPTE pass rates.
  • Key predictors included: shorter terminal clinical experience, higher undergraduate GPA, increased part-time core faculty, and nonholistic admissions processes.

Conclusions:

  • Program structure and admissions strategies significantly influence NPTE outcomes.
  • Optimizing clinical experience length, faculty composition, and admissions processes can enhance NPTE performance.
  • Findings offer insights for physical therapist program development, curriculum planning, and admissions strategies to improve student success.