Essential Functions

Essential Functions

In addition to essential functions for all O'Donnell School of Public Health students (see Entrance Requirements in the Student Information chapter), each student in the Master in Clinical Investigation program must be able to:

1. Observe and perform laboratory and/or clinical tests in which human subjects, animals, chemicals, and/or biological materials (e.g., body fluids, culture materials, tissue sections) are tested for their physical attributes including, but not limited to, movement, force, texture, color, sound, odor, viscosity, and immunological, microbiological, and histochemical components.
2. Move freely and safely about a laboratory and clinic.
3. Recognize potentially hazardous material, equipment, and situations and proceed safely in order to minimize risk of injury to human subjects, self, and other individuals.
4. Control equipment and adjust instruments to perform laboratory procedures.
5. Travel to numerous laboratory/clinical sites.
6. Effectively, confidently, and sensitively converse with human research subjects.
7. Communicate effectively and efficiently with faculty members, fellow students, staff, and other members of the research and health care community to convey information essential for studying and conducting research.
8. Manage the use of time to be able to systematize actions in order to complete professional and technical tasks with realistic constraints.
9. Support and promote activities of fellow students and health care and research professionals. Promotion of peers helps to facilitate a team approach to learning, task completion, problem-solving, and patient care.
10. Be honest, compassionate, and responsible.
11. Demonstrate professional demeanor and behavior; perform in an ethical manner in all dealings with peers, faculty, staff, and patients.