Essential Functions

In addition to essential functions for all degree candidates, each degree candidate in the Physician Assistant Studies Graduate Program must be able to:

1. Participate in supervised clinical activities for extended periods of time, including rotations that require overnight call;
2. Demonstrate sufficient vision to perform tasks such as (but not limited to) wound care and skin lesion identification;
3. Demonstrate sufficient hearing to perform auscultation of the heart and vessels, breath sounds, and abdominal sounds;
4. Demonstrate sufficient upper and lower body strength, coordination, dexterity, and sensation to perform such activities as (but not limited to) prolonged standing, complete physical examination, and surgical and clinical procedures such as suturing, casting, venipuncture, emergency procedures, and basic and advanced cardiac life support;
5. Demonstrate sufficient problem-solving skills to learn to make a differential diagnosis, establish appropriate treatment plans, determine effectiveness of those plans, and make appropriate modifications; and
6. Demonstrate professional demeanor and behavior; perform in an ethical manner in all dealings with peers, faculty, staff, and patients.