Technical Standards
University of Saint Francis
Health Sciences Technical Standards
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.
The Technical
Standards form can be downloaded as a pdf.
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