Caspa

Article summary

CASPA or the Centralized Application Service for Physician Assistants is an application service for graduate-level PA programs. Similar to the Common Application used by some undergraduate institutions and the American Medical College Application Service used by medical schools, CASPA allows students to submit one application to multiple schools. The CASPA application platform is a service offered by the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA).

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1982-05-30 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 2004 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2009-05-04 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 2012 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 2012 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of birth is "1982-05-30". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "2004". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the release date is "2009-05-04". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the release date is "2012". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the release date is "2012". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
8. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372036618