KPCOM - Student Handbook 2024-2025

Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM)—Department of Couple and Family Therapy 2024–2025 269 Students are expected to learn to recognize and appropriately address biases related to culture, diversity, and inclusion in health care delivery, while considering first the health and well-being of clients. Students who exhibit unprofessional and culturally offensive behavior will be referred to the SPAC and/or proper authorities for disciplinary action, and may be subject to dismissal. Student Achievement NSU KPCOM’s M.S. in Couple and Family Therapy, Ph.D. in Couple and Family Therapy, and D.M.F.T. programs have a policy of continuous assessment of students and of graduate success. 1. A ssessment of students includes course evaluations and grades, practicum evaluations (both on site and faculty supervisor evaluations), comprehensive examination results (for M.S students) and clinical portfolio, and applied clinical project and dissertation results (for doctoral students). Additionally, KPCOM maintains close contact with external supervisors at agency sites and obtains their evaluations of its students. 2. The Department of Couple and Family Therapy maintains data on graduation rates, licensure exam pass rates, and job placement rates in the field. The Department of Couple and Family Therapy is able to verify graduation rates from its own internal data. Once students are graduated, the Department of Couple and Family Therapy relies on their maintaining in contact with the college to provide licensure exam pass rates and career data. To encourage students to do this, the Department of Couple and Family Therapy uses personal contact. NSU provides graduates with an @nova.edu email address. In addition, the NSU alumni office sends out a survey to graduates, annually. The program directors are reliably in contact with the majority of program graduates, and supply them with job openings, references, workshop information, and ongoing updates on the licensure examination. 3. F inally, the Department of Couple and Family Therapy also maintains contact with major employers of its graduates and obtains their input through participation in the department’s Curriculum Committee. The Department of Couple and Family Therapy has representatives of large private practices and agencies, that employ Department of Couple and Family Therapy graduates in the tricounty area, serving on this committee, which this allows the college to continuously assess the program fit with employer needs. B. Academic Standing The Office of the University Registrar compiles a transcript of each student’s academic record. A copy of this transcript is available to the student, the department chair, the program director’s office, the dean’s office, the SPAC, the Office of Student Financial Assistance, and other individuals or facilities when authorized by the student, program director, or dean. The transcript includes • grades earned (including remediated failures) • deficiencies (incompletes, failures, etc.) • semester GPA and cumulative GPA

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