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Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed at associating the Board of Certification (BOC) pass rates with the affective performances of Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) students.

Method: Retrospective data analysis on the BOC pass rates, advanced clinical practicum (ACP) routes, affective assessment, grade point average (GPA), highest academic degree (HAD) upon graduation, years to degree completion, and gender was conducted on thirty-three (33) MLS graduates between 2017 and 2022 from a higher education institution (HEI) in Wyoming.

Results: Based on the Chi-square (X2) test, BOC was associated with HAD and affective performance, but no significant statistical association was established between BOC and ACP and gender. A point-biserial correlation (rpb) found that BOC was moderately correlated with GPA, but no statistical relationship existed between BOC and years to degree completion.

Discussion: Higher education institutions (HEIs) increasingly prioritize outcomes-based measures, focusing mainly on cognitive and psychomotor learning domains to predict academic success. However, there's a demonstrated correlation between affective assessments and academic performance, despite limited attention to the affective domain. This study used an institutional affective assessment tool to explore how student affective factors relate to the ASCP BOC examination success.

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