{"id":25,"date":"2023-07-31T16:58:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T23:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/physician-assistant-program\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:52:24","slug":"our-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/physician-assistant-program\/courses\/our-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/physician-assistant-program\/home\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Physician 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We educate future health care leaders to work in medically underserved communities and shape the future of the PA profession.<\/p>\n<h2>Program Goals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Goal No. 1<\/strong>: Prepare graduates with the medical knowledge and clinical skills necessary to enter clinical primary care practice as an entry-level certified physician assistant on a healthcare team.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Goal No. 2<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recruit students from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Recognize that individuals from underserved communities are often best equipped to return and provide care in these areas, fostering inclusion and access for all.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Goal No. 3<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Train PAs to work in underserved communities. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Goal No. 4<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recruit and develop service-minded individuals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Goal No. 5<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Educate future health care leaders.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0Indicators of Success in Achieving These Goals<\/h2>\n<p><em>These indicators are still being calculated so some areas may be empty or pending. (September 2025)<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Goal No. 1: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prepare graduates with the medical knowledge and clinical skills necessary to enter clinical primary care practice as an entry-level certified physician assistant on a healthcare team.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<table class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 97.4044%; border-style: solid; height: 1045px;\" tabindex=\"0\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.5731%; height: 26px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.0105%; text-align: center; height: 26px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class of 2025<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 14.6043%; text-align: center; height: 26px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class of 2024<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 15.8258%; text-align: center; height: 26px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class of 2023<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 14.8617%; text-align: center; height: 26px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class of 2022<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 95px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.5731%; height: 95px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EOC Exam First-Time Pass Rate<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0105%; height: 95px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N=57<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">98.27%*<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.6043%; height: 95px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N=59<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8258%; height: 95px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N=60<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">98.3%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.8617%; height: 95px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N=58<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">96.5%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.5731%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0105%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Benchmark:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.6043%; height: 24px;\">98%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8258%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.8617%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 95px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.5731%; height: 95px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CPX Exam First-Time Pass Rate<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0105%; height: 95px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N= 58<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Results pending<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.6043%; height: 95px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N=59<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8258%; height: 95px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N=60<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.8617%; height: 95px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N=58<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.5731%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0105%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benchmark:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.6043%; height: 24px;\">100%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8258%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.8617%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 207px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.5731%; height: 207px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clinical rotation hours in primary care for Core Rotations<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0105%; height: 207px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">960 hours\/student<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.6043%; height: 207px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">960 hours\/student<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8258%; height: 207px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">960 hours\/student<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.8617%; height: 207px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">960 hours\/student<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.5731%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0105%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Benchmark:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.6043%; height: 24px;\">960 hours\/student<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8258%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.8617%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.5731%; height: 72px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Percent of cohort working in primary care upon graduation<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0105%; height: 72px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Survey distributed in Fall 2026<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.6043%; height: 72px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<em>Pending<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8258%; height: 72px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a039%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.8617%; height: 72px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 37%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.5731%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0105%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benchmark:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.6043%; height: 24px;\">35%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8258%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.8617%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 151px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.5731%; height: 151px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average hours of curriculum that include Interprofessional Education**<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0105%; height: 151px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">727 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.6043%; height: 151px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">727 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8258%; height: 151px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">727 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.8617%; height: 151px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">727 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.5731%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.0105%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benchmark:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.6043%; height: 24px;\">\u00a0727 hours<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8258%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.8617%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 255px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.5731%; height: 255px;\">First-Time Pass Rate PANCE Results***<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.0105%; height: 255px;\"><em>Pending<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.6043%; height: 255px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N=58<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">91%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8258%; height: 255px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N=60<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">92%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.8617%; height: 255px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N=58<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">93%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.5731%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 16.0105%; height: 24px;\">Benchmark:<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.6043%; height: 24px;\">85%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.8258%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.8617%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*50 percent of total clinical hours\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>*<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Includes clinical rotations that have healthcare team, Interprofessional Education Day and Interprofessional presentations in didactic phase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>***Benchmark is aligned with the ARC-PA benchmark for PANCE Pass Rate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/physician-assistant-program\/resources\/\">Official NCCPA 5 year summary report of National Board Pass Rates for first-time test takers.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Goal No. 2: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recruit students from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Recognize that individuals from underserved communities are often best equipped to return and provide care in these areas, fostering inclusion and access for all.<\/span><\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 94.7955%; height: 528px;\" tabindex=\"0\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.1042%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.8347%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class of 2028<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.443%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class of 2027<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.4821%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class of 2026<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 22.309%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class of 2025<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 144px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.1042%; height: 144px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Percent of students who matriculate and have indicated\u00a0 educational disadvantaged designation<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 17.8347%; height: 144px; text-align: left;\">82%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 17.443%; height: 144px;\">80%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 19.4821%; height: 144px;\">75%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 22.309%; height: 144px;\">85%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.1042%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 17.8347%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benchmark:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 17.443%; height: 24px;\">65%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 19.4821%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 22.309%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 144px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.1042%; height: 144px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Percent of students who matriculate and have indicated economic disadvantage background<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 17.8347%; height: 144px; text-align: left;\">52%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 17.443%; height: 144px;\">50%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 19.4821%; height: 144px;\">58%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 22.309%; height: 144px;\">33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.1042%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 17.8347%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benchmark:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 17.443%; height: 24px;\">25%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 19.4821%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 22.309%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 144px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.1042%; height: 144px;\">Percent of students who matriculate that indicated Underrepresented Minority (URM)* status<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 17.8347%; height: 144px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 17.443%; height: 144px;\">45%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 19.4821%; height: 144px;\">43%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 22.309%; height: 144px;\">50%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 19.1042%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 17.8347%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benchmark:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 17.443%; height: 24px;\">35%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 19.4821%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 22.309%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*Underserved groups refer to populations that do not have adequate access to medical care. This includes rural, elderly, low-literacy, blue collar, and poor populations. Minorities per se are not included, but often belong to one or more or the included categories. Similarly, people with special needs and homeless people also may belong to one or more of the included categories.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/toolkit.ncats.nih.gov\/glossary\/underserved-group\/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Health%20Services%20Administration,or%20a%20high%20elderly%20population\">U.S. Health Services Administration (HRSA)<\/a> designates medically underserved areas\/populations as areas or populations having too few primary care providers, high infant mortality, high poverty, or a high elderly population.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Goal No. 3: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Train PAs to work in underserved communities. <\/span><\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 760px; height: 244px;\" tabindex=\"0\" border=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 55px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 157.76px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; height: 55px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 139.514px; height: 55px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class of 2026<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 152.726px; height: 55px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class of 2025<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 141.163px; height: 55px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class of 2024<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 138.941px; height: 55px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class of 2023<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 71px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 157.76px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; height: 71px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hours of clinical rotations at LA General Medical Center<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 139.514px; height: 71px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15,400 hours (<em>pending<\/em>)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 152.726px; height: 71px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16,500 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 141.163px; height: 71px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18,920 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 138.941px; height: 71px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17,160 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 157.76px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 139.514px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benchmark:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 152.726px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13,200 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 141.163px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 138.941px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 95px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 157.76px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; height: 95px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Percent of didactic curriculum that focus on disparities and vulnerable populations<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 139.514px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; height: 95px;\">24%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 152.726px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; height: 95px;\">24%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 141.163px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; height: 95px;\">24%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 138.941px; height: 95px;\">24%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 157.76px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 139.514px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benchmark:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 152.726px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">15% of didactic curriculum<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 141.163px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 138.941px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Goal No. 4: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recruit and develop service-minded individuals.<\/span><\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 753px;\" tabindex=\"0\" border=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 165.156px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 129.062px;\">Class of 2027<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 141.076px;\">Class of 2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 151.372px;\">Class of 2025<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 136.424px;\">Class of 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 165.156px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average service hours completed by students as part of the curriculum<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 129.062px;\">85 total hours<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 141.076px;\">85 total hours<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 151.372px;\">85 total hours<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 136.424px;\">85 total hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 165.156px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 129.062px;\">Benchmark:<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 141.076px;\">80 total hours<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 151.372px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 136.424px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 165.156px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average service hours completed outside required curriculum<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 129.062px;\">243 hours a year<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 141.076px;\">243 hours a year<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 151.372px;\">243 hours a year<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 136.424px;\">243 hours a year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 165.156px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 129.062px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benchmark:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 141.076px;\">200 hours per student a year<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 151.372px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 136.424px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 165.156px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average non-clinical service hours completed by applicants*<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 129.062px;\">1,631 hours<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 141.076px;\">1,961 hours<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 151.372px;\">1,433 hours<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 136.424px;\">1,924 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 165.156px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 129.062px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benchmark:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 141.076px;\">1,000 hours<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 151.372px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 136.424px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*This data is self-reported by the applicants and calculated at matriculation.<\/p>\n<h3>Goal No. 5: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Educate future health care leaders.<\/span><\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 763px;\" border=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 162.674px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 132.795px;\">Class of 2027<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 135.208px;\">Class of 2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 143.941px;\">Class of 2025<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 158.472px;\">Class of 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 162.674px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocacy Trip Participants Each Year<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 132.795px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 135.208px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 143.941px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 158.472px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtual Year (no travel)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 162.674px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 132.795px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benchmark:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 135.208px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 143.941px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 158.472px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 162.674px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PA Student Society\u00a0 Board Roles \u2013 Percentage of class<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 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