The Assessment for Healthcare Competency (AHC)
The first healthcare admission assessment developed for
early-program & licensing success
A Modern Approach to Admissions
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✺ Accessible
Whether your program is in a rural setting or has a large testing center on-site we work with you to determine the best means of delivering the assessment to maximize the potential for success.
This exam gets straight to heart of what healthcare providers need to know and does so with less time commitment (90 minute exam window) to allow more students to test daily with immediate results. -
✺ Equitable
Whether a candidate has just finished at a high performing high school, an alternative learning program or is a non-native English speaker they have the ability to contribute to the global shortage of healthcare professionals.
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✺ Affordable
Our prices are the lowest in the industry as admissions assessments should not be a barrier for potential healthcare professionals to pursue their dream of learning and achieving career success.
At just $25 per assessment and no fee for transcripts, we are the more affordable than any test in the industry. Beyond just nursing, this test is intended to be used to assess all healthcare professions up to a baccalaureate level. -
✺ Secure
With best in class test security, proctoring and a team with years of experience investigating and remedying situations where academic integrity was not upheld by a tester, our platform ensures that the results from your students reflect their actual performance.
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✺ Valid, Reliable, Unbiased
Our 12 step assessment development process (complete with bias review) ensures that the students you are admitting took a psychometrically sound assessment with in depth score reporting to aid admissions counselors and healthcare education leaders to guide applicants to the best program for them.
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✺ Fully Supported
Service is in our DNA and we treat each new partner with full onboarding support, testing center setup, proctor training and incident reporting mechanisms. While other companies commit to 24 hour turnaround on issues, our global team allows us to provide support at all hours and resolve issues in real-time.
Vision
HealthEd Global was founded based on the belief that access to healthcare education should be equitable and affordable. Our leadership team has immense experience working directly with students and educators and while the name of the school may change the pain points are the same - existing market offerings are too expensive, based on old technology that does not operate how students are trying to learn (on a mobile device), and creates an inherent barrier to entry in professions that already face significant shortages.
Leveraging best in class partners and modern technology allows us to keep prices low and meet each partner where they are through educator and student support. Sign up to be a part of our on-line community to stay up to have access to free pilots, early access to product launches and opportunities to contribute ideas and content.
✺ Frequently asked questions ✺
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The AHC is one part of a comprehensive admissions approach that can be aligned to suit the needs of any of your healthcare programs. One of our educational consultants will work with your team to set an appropriate cut score and using a scaled scoring approach from our large bank of unique items.
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As part of the onboarding process we will assess each institution's existing technical setup and process. This will include collaboratively making decisions on the best way for you to administer the assessment, proctor designation, management and training as well as an overview of how to prepare your applicants.
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Simply put—no. This test is about your program, educators and learners' success and if you decide at any point we are not meeting your needs you are not contractually obligated to continue administering the exam. We don’t rely on contracts to trap our customers; your satisfaction is our daily success.
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Immediately after completion of an AHC exam students will see their reports as well as designated administrators. Transcripts are available immediately to expedite the admissions process.
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AHC has 90 questions across 5 different domains; each item relies on the test takers instincts and how they would react in a scenario that will come up in their academic or professional journey versus memorization of facts.
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