title: Does administering a comprehensive examination affect pass rates on the Registered Health Information Administrator certification examination?
abstract: The purpose of this research study was to determine whether the administration of a comprehensive examination before graduation increases the percentage of students passing the Registered Health Information Administrator certification examination. A t-test for independent means yielded a statistically significant difference between the Registered Health Information Administrator certification examination pass rates of health information administration programs that administer a comprehensive examination and programs that do not administer a comprehensive examination. Programs with a high certification examination pass rate do not require a comprehensive examination when compared with those programs with a lower pass rate. It is concluded that health information administration faculty at the local level should perform program self-analysis to improve student progress toward achievement of learning outcomes and entry-level competencies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Informatics and Information Management, School of Allied Health Sciences, 324 Lewis-Beck Allied Health Bldg., Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA. marjorie.mcneill@famu.edu
authors.forename: Marjorie H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: McNeill
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D002568:Certification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans