574 Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine—M.D. Program Technical Standards for Medical School Admission, Continuation, and Graduation Introduction Applicants to the college’s M.D. program are selected for admission on the basis of their academic, personal, and extracurricular attributes. Applicants must also have the intellectual, physical, and emotional capabilities to meet the requirements of NSU MD’s curriculum and of a successful medical career. The mission of NSU MD is to provide its graduates with broad, general knowledge in all fields of medicine and the basic skills and competence requisite for the practice of medicine. Therefore, the faculty of NSU MD believes that a broad-based and patient-oriented curriculum is necessary for the development of such knowledge and skills and is best suited to the education of future generalists, specialists, physician investigators, and leaders in medicine. In other words, NSU MD seeks to graduate students who will have the knowledge and skills to function in a broad variety of clinical situations and to render a wide spectrum of patient care. The following technical standards are based on standards suggested by the Special Advisory Panel on Technical Standards for Medical School Admissions convened by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Memorandum #79-4, in January 1979.* These guidelines were formally adopted by the NSU MD Curriculum Committee in 2016, are reviewed at least every three years, and are updated as deemed appropriate. These guidelines specify the attributes considered essential for completing medical school training and for enabling each graduate to enter residency and clinical practice. Moreover, because the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree signifies that the holder is a physician prepared for entry into the practice of medicine within postgraduate training programs, it follows that graduates must have the knowledge and skills to function in a broad variety of clinical situations and to render a wide array of patient care. As such, these standards, along with the academic standards established by the faculty, describe the essential functions applicants must demonstrate to meet the requirements of a general medical education, and are prerequisites for entrance, continuation, promotion, and graduation. NSU MD will consider for admission and continuation any applicant who meets its academic and nonacademic criteria and who demonstrates the ability to perform skills and meet the standards listed in this document, with or without reasonable accommodations, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. These standards also conform to the AAMC guidelines for medical schools. NSU MD believes all applicants must possess the intellectual, physical, and emotional capabilities necessary to undertake the required curriculum in a reasonably independent manner, without having to rely on the assistance of others or intermediaries, and that all applicants must be able to achieve the levels of competence required by faculty members. All applicants for admission, both those with and without disabilities, are expected to be competitive with others in the applicant pool in academic, personal, and extracurricular attributes. The institutional policy is to make admissions decisions on a case-by-case basis and on the basis of each applicant’s qualifications to contribute to NSU MD’s educational mission. For purposes of this document, and unless otherwise defined, the term “applicant” or “candidate” means applicants for admission to medical school, as well as enrolled medical students who are candidates for promotion and graduation. *NSU MD’s adopted Technical Standards, based on the recommendations of the AAMC Special Advisory Panel on Technical Standards for Medical School Admissions, approved by the AAMC Executive Council on January 18, 1979, are reproduced below. Technical (Nonacademic) Standards for Medical School Admission A candidate for the M.D. degree must have abilities and skills in the six functional areas described following, and must have the physical and emotional stamina and capacity to function in a competent manner, and consistent with these standards, in the classroom, clinical, and laboratory settings, including settings that may involve heavy workloads, long hours, and stressful situations. 1. Observation: The candidate must be able to observe demonstrations and experiments in the basic sciences, including, but not limited to, anatomic, physiologic, and pharmacologic demonstrations; microbiologic cultures; and microscopic studies of microorganisms and tissues in normal and pathologic states. A candidate must be able to observe a patient accurately at a distance and close at hand. Observation necessitates the functional use of the senses of vision and hearing and somatic sensation. It is enhanced by the sense of smell. 2. Communication: A candidate must be able to speak, to hear, and to observe patients in order to elicit information; describe changes in mood, activity, and posture; and perceive nonverbal communications. A candidate must be able to communicate effectively and sensitively with patients. Communication includes not only speech, but reading and writing. The candidate must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in oral and written form with all members of the health care team. 3. Motor: Candidates must have sufficient motor function to elicit information from patients by palpation, auscultation,
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