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University of Saint
Francis
Health Sciences Technical Standards and Clinical
Requirements
The
University of Saint Francis has identified non-academic
technical standards critical to the success of students
in health sciences programs. These standards are
designed not to be exclusionary, but to establish
performance expectations that will enable students to
provide safe patient practice with or without
accommodations. The standards are program requirements,
not individual functional ability requirements.
1. Observation:
Candidates and students must be able to observe
lectures, demonstrations, research and patient
situations in the practice of health care
professions. Observation is necessary to perform
competent health assessments and interventions and
necessitates functional use of vision, hearing, tactile
and somatic senses.
2.
Communication:
Candidates and students must have the ability to use
multiple communication techniques (verbal, written,
nonverbal, group processes, and information technology)
that enable them to communicate effectively with
clients, teachers and all members of the health care
team. They must be able to speak, read and write in
English. Candidates and students must be able to report
to members of the health care team, express appropriate
information to others, communicate with sensitivity and
teach, explain, direct and counsel clients.
3.
Intellectual,
Conceptual, Integrative and Quantitative Abilities: Candidates
and students must have the ability to measure,
calculate, reason, analyze and synthesize data in a
timely manner. Problem solving, a critical skill
demanded of health care practitioners, requires all
these intellectual abilities. Additionally, candidates
and students must be able to comprehend
three-dimensional relationships and understand the
spatial relationships of structures.
4.
Motor Skills: Candidates
and students must possess fine and gross motor function
necessary to perform patient assessment and therapeutic
interventions. Such interventions require coordination
of both gross and fine muscular movements, stamina,
equilibrium and functional use of touch and vision.
5. Behavioral
and Social Attributes: Candidates
and students must possess the emotional health required
for full use of their intellectual abilities,
demonstration of good judgment, prompt and safe
completion of all responsibilities, and development of
mature and effective relationships with patients. They
must be able to work cooperatively with others, adapt to
rapidly changing environments, think clearly and
tolerate physically and mentally taxing workloads under
stressful situations. Additionally they must
demonstrate moral reasoning and ethical behaviors.
In
addition to the technical standards stated above,
students must be able to successfully complete all
required components of the curriculum.
1. Tests and
Evaluations: Periodic examinations, both written and
practical, are an essential component of the
curriculum. In order to progress through the curriculum
students must successfully fulfill examination
requirements.
2. Clinical Assessment: Essential to the success of a
student enrolled in a health care program is the
demonstration of clinical competency. The process of
evaluation of the clinical performance is an essential
component of the curriculum. Participation in clinical
experiences and evaluation of that performance is
required.
It
is the policy of University of Saint Francis to provide
reasonable accommodations to qualified students with
disabilities to provide equal opportunity to meet the
performance and technical standards. Determination of a
reasonable accommodation will be considered on an
individual basis and is an interactive collaboration
with the disability services director, the student,
faculty advisor, and Program Director when
indicated. Students with disabilities will adhere to the
same admission, progression, dismissal, and readmission
policies as all students.
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University of Saint
Francis
Health Sciences Programs
Technical Standards and Clinical Requirements Disclosure
Due
to the nature of health sciences programs, ALL students
seeking admission to the
________________________________________ (identify
Nursing, Physical Therapist Assistant, Physician
Assistant, Radiologic Technology or Surgical Technology)
are required to acknowledge that they have read,
understand and can fulfill the attached Health Sciences
Technical Standards and Clinical Requirements with or
without reasonable accommodation.
Your
file will not be complete until this statement is
received.
I
understand that I cannot complete a health sciences
program if I cannot comply with the technical standards
and clinical requirements with or without reasonable
accommodation. In addition to course specific clinical
requirements, all students must have negative drug
screens, good driving records and no criminal records.
Clinical Requirements
I
understand that evidence of positive drug screens, any
DUI or other current or pending driving violations or
penalties, crimes such as battery or assault, theft or
embezzlement, and drug or other substance abuse-related
crimes will make me ineligible to participate in
clinical experiences and therefore ineligible to be
admitted to a health sciences program.
By
signing below, I hereby certify that I have read,
understand and can fulfill the Health Sciences Technical
Standards and Clinical Requirements with or without
reasonable accommodation.
Based upon these standards and clinical requirements, I
can complete the _________________________________
(identify Nursing, Physical Therapist Assistant,
Physician Assistant, Radiologic Technology or Surgical
Technology) curriculum, with or without reasonable
accommodation. *
______Yes
______No
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Name
(print) Name
(signature)
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______________________________
Date Social
Security Number
*The
University of Saint Francis is committed to providing
equal access to all students, including those students
with disabilities. Once a student is admitted to a
health sciences program, he or she should contact
Student Academic Support Services at 260-399-7700 x 6008
if the student believes that he or she may require
reasonable accommodation to fulfill the Health Sciences
Technical Standards and Clinical Requirements,
Please return the signed form in the enclosed envelope
to the Office of Admissions as soon as possible.
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