Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences (PCHCS)—Department of Physician Assistant 2023–2024 238 Department of Physician Assistant Fort Lauderdale The Nova Southeastern University Physician Assistant Program at the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus is fully accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission for Physician Assistant Education (ARC-PA) and is a member of the Physician Assistant Education Association. Dress Code Students in the Physician Assistant (PA) program—Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus are expected to comply with the dress code as outlined by the PCHCS policy. In addition, students in the didactic phase of the curriculum will be required to wear a uniform for physical diagnosis lab and other laboratory exercises throughout the curriculum. This uniform will include a gray, short-sleeved T-shirt with the PA program logo. No logo or writing should be on the back of the T-shirt. Pants must be navy blue gym-type shorts with an elastic waistband and drawstrings with the logo on the pant leg. All students must be prepared and able to remove their T-shirt for thoracic, cardiac, chest wall, and abdominal examinations. Therefore, female students must wear a sports bra beneath their T-shirt. Because of the nature of the exams, tank tops are not permitted in lieu of a sports bra. Athletic shoes and socks must be worn at all times in the lab, except as dictated by the instructor. Academic Promotions and Progression The progress of each student through the curriculum requires continuous, satisfactory academic and professional performance. No student may advance to the clinical year of study without satisfactorily completing all of the requirements for the didactic year’s courses. In addition, no student may complete the clinical-year curriculum and graduate without satisfactorily completing all of the requirements for the clinical-year coursework. Any student failing a course or failing to exhibit satisfactory professional behavior will be referred to the CSP. (See information regarding the CSP in the Academic Standing section of this handbook.) Grading Policies and Procedures Grading for all PA courses is based on an alpha scale as shown.
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