HEALTH PROFESSIONS STUDENT HANDBOOK PHYSICAL THERAPY Fall 2013 Class of 2016 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 PHYSICAL THERAPY ............................................................................................................. 1 2.0 UNIVERSITY MISSION .......................................................................................................... 1 2.1 UNIVERSITY MISSION STATEMENT .......................................................................................... 1 3.0 DIVISION MISSION, VISION, AND PROGRAM GOALS ............................................................ 2 3.1 DIVISION OF PHYSICAL THERAPY MISSION ............................................................................... 2 3.2 DIVISION OF PHYSICAL THERAPY VISION .................................................................................. 2 4.0 GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................... 2 4.1 ADVISORS ................................................................................................................................ 2 4.2 APPOINTMENT WITH FACULTY ................................................................................................ 2 4.3 ATTENDANCE ........................................................................................................................... 2 4.4 STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT ......................................................................................... 3 4.4.1 PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIORS AND CORE VALUES ............................................................... 3 4.4.2 UNSAFE OR IMPAIRED BEHAVIOR ..................................................................................... 5 4.5 INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY ................................................................................................. 6 4.6 CORK STREET FACILITY ............................................................................................................. 7 4.7 PHOTOCOPYING ...................................................................................................................... 7 4.8 TELEPHONES ............................................................................................................................ 8 4.9 BORROWED ITEMS .................................................................................................................. 8 4.10 CLASS SCHEDULES .................................................................................................................. 8 4.11 CLASS OFFICERS ..................................................................................................................... 8 4.12 STUDENT CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................... 10 4.13 BULLETIN BOARDS ............................................................................................................... 10 4.14 STUDENT ADDRESSES AND IDENTIFICATION ....................................................................... 11 4.15 STUDENT MESSAGES ........................................................................................................... 11 4.16 PARKING .............................................................................................................................. 11 4.17 SECURITY ............................................................................................................................. 12 4.18 FIRE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES .......................................................................................... 12 4.19 MEDICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ............................................................................... 12 4.20 DISABILITIES ......................................................................................................................... 13 4.21 SOCIAL NETWORKING POLICY .............................................................................................. 13 4.22 SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY ............................................................................................. 14 4.23 ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS POLICY ................................................................................. 14 4.23.1 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................... 15 4.23.2 POLICY ........................................................................................................................... 15 4.23.3 PROCEDURE .................................................................................................................. 16 4.24 LEGAL ISSUES AND THE FAMILY EDUCATION RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT ............................. 17 4.25 CORE FACULTY ..................................................................................................................... 17 4.26 ADDITIONAL ROLES .............................................................................................................. 17 4.26.1 DIRECTOR: ..................................................................................................................... 17 4.26.2 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: .................................................................................................. 17 4.26.3 DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL EDUCATION (DCE) ................................................................... 17 4.26.4 FACULTY CLASS ADVISOR: ............................................................................................. 18 iii 5.0 STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES .............................................................................................. 18 5.1 ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: ......................................................................................................... 18 5.2 APTA MEMBERSHIP ............................................................................................................... 21 5.3 EMAIL AND SU INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY POLICY STATEMENT ....................................... 21 5.4 CONFIDENTIALITY OF PATIENT RECORDS ............................................................................... 22 5.5 HIPAA AND PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY ................................................................................. 22 5.6 COUNSELING SERVICES .......................................................................................................... 23 5.7 OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT ........................................................................................................ 23 5.8 STUDENT RECORDS/REFERENCE REQUESTS .......................................................................... 24 5.8.1 RELEASE OF INFORMATION: ............................................................................................ 24 5.8.2 ACCESS TO RECORDS. ...................................................................................................... 24 5.8.3 FORMS: ............................................................................................................................ 24 5.9 PROCESS FOR STUDENT CONTACTING CAPTE WITH FORMAL COMPLAINT .......................... 24 6.0 CURRICULUM .................................................................................................................... 26 6.1 PLAN OF STUDY CLASS OF 2016 ............................................................................................. 26 6.2 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS .......................................................................................................... 27 6.3 DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM ...................................................................................................... 35 6.3.1 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: .......................................................................................... 35 6.3.2 DEGREE REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................. 36 7.0 STUDENT EVALUATION ..................................................................................................... 39 7.1 METHODS .............................................................................................................................. 39 7.2 GRADING ............................................................................................................................... 39 7.3 PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONS ................................................................................................... 39 7.4 CLINICAL EXPERIENCES .......................................................................................................... 40 7.5 SAFETY STANDARDS ............................................................................................................... 40 7.6 SELF-EVALUATION AND PEER REVIEW ................................................................................... 41 7.7 WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS ........................................................................................................ 41 7.8 STUDY WEEK .......................................................................................................................... 41 7.9 EXAMINATIONS AND MISSED EXAMINATIONS ...................................................................... 42 7.10 REVIEW OF EXAMINATION .................................................................................................. 42 7.11 TEST CHALLENGE PROCEDURES: ......................................................................................... 42 7.12 DISSEMINATION OF SCHOLARSHIP .....................................................................................