Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences (PCHCS)—Department of Physician Assistant 2023–2024 244 Incomplete Coursework The course director, with the academic director or the clinical director, in concurrence with the program director, may determine the method by which an incomplete grade will be converted to an earned grade. When a student fails to complete all the requirements of a course or clinical rotation, the student shall receive a grade of I (incomplete). A change from an incomplete to an earned grade must occur within 90 days of having received the incomplete grade or the student’s grade will be converted to an F. Clinical Rotations The clinical year of the program is devoted to hands-on training in clinical rotations. The clinical year consists of nine total rotations: seven core required rotations, one selective rotation, and one elective rotation. The core and one selective rotation are each six weeks; the other elective rotation is four weeks. All PA students on clinical rotations must maintain, at their expense, a functioning cell phone and a laptop computer with webcam capabilities and universal Internet access. To facilitate communications, PA students must provide the PA program with their cell phone numbers and their residence phone number and inform the PA program in advance of any changes. Students must comply with all policies and procedures of the clinical sites, assigned hospitals, and NSU. During the clinical year, PA students will be required to document clinical experiences via a web-based program. Students will be responsible for completing their electronic patient logs on a daily basis. All students will be given training on using the clinical experience software during the advanced didactic semester. Additional Specific Policies Orlando student handbooks, academic and clinical, cover respectively all policies, procedures, courses, and rotations appropriate for the two areas of the curricula. These handbooks elucidate more specifics for guidance and governance of the students while in the program. The Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences Student Handbook supersedes the Orlando PA program handbooks if there are conflicts, although the program’s handbooks may be more strict and detailed. Jacksonville At its September 2022 meeting, the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA) extended Accreditation-Probation status for the Nova Southeastern University—Jacksonville Physician Assistant Program, sponsored by Nova Southeastern UniversityJacksonville until its next review in September 2024. Probation accreditation is a temporary accreditation status initially of not less than two years. However, that period may be extended by the ARC-PA for up to an additional two years if the ARC-PA finds that the program is making substantial progress toward meeting all applicable standards but requires additional time to come into full compliance. Probation accreditation status is granted, at the sole discretion of the ARC-PA, when a program holding an accreditation status of Accreditation—Provisional or Accreditation—Continued does not, in the judgment of the ARC-PA, meet the standards or when the capability of the program to provide an acceptable educational experience for its students is threatened. Once placed on probation, a program that fails to comply with accreditation requirements in a timely manner, as specified by the ARC-PA, may be scheduled for a focused site visit and is subject to having its accreditation withdrawn.
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