Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences (PCHCS)—Department of Physician Assistant 2024–2025 241 Physical Exam (Physical Diagnosis) Lab Attire Students in the didactic phase of the curriculum will be required to wear a uniform for physical diagnosis lab. Students also may be required to wear this uniform during end-of-rotation seminars during the clinical year. This uniform will consist of T-shirt and shorts. The T-shirt will be a gray, short-sleeved T-shirt with the PA program logo on the front of it. No logo or writing should be on the back of this T-shirt. Pants must be navy blue gym-type shorts of modest length with an elastic waistband and draw strings. All students must be prepared and able to remove the T-shirt for thoracic, cardiac, or chest wall and abdominal examination at any time during physical examination labs. Therefore, female students must wear a sports bra or similar under attire beneath the T-shirt. Athletic shoes and socks must be worn at all times in the lab except as dictated by the instructor. The physical diagnosis uniform is permitted to be worn only in the physical diagnosis lab. Jewelry, Body Piercing, and Tattoos Only appropriate jewelry for professional business attire is permitted. Visible body jewelry, such as rings for the nose, eyebrow, lip, chin, or tongue, is NOT permitted. Tattoos must be covered by clothing. 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 academic and clinical-year PA students is based on an alpha scale as shown. Alpha Grade A AB+ B BC+ C F Scale 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.0 0.0 Percent 94–100 90–93 87–89 83–86 80–82 77–79 75–76 0–74 During the clinical year, the clinical rotation grade is composed of various components. Students must pass each component to pass the clinical rotation. Students receiving failing grades in clinical courses will be referred to the CSP for disposition.
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