University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences 2012 – 2013 Student ...

Clinical Education4. Religious Holidays:The student must submit a written request for Religious Holidays to the AFWC/ACCE andFWS/CI a minimum of three (3) days prior to the holiday and approval will be pending clinicalsite policy.The student is required to make up any missed days prior to the completion of the clinical affiliationexperience. Students missing any days of their clinical affiliation experience for any reason are at riskof failing the clinical affiliation experience. Students will submit a written plan to the AFWC/ACCEregarding how they will make up the time. Any violation to this policy is automatic referral to theUniversity Professional Misconduct Committee.Professional BehaviorStudents are expected to abide by the Code of Ethics of their respective Associations. Studentsdemonstrating unprofessional behavior will fail their clinical affiliation experience regardless oftheir performance in other skill areas. Specific skills and criteria upon which the student will beevaluated, related to professionalism, are detailed within clinical affiliation course syllabus, assignmentsand evaluation forms.OT and PT students are required to procure and read the state practice act in the state where theywill be practicing as student occupational/physical therapists. The physical therapy information isreadily available on the APTA web page. The occupational therapy information can be accessedthrough the various state associations.Clinical Dress CodeStudents should reflect both professional dress and behavior during all clinical activities. Being neatlydressed, well-groomed, and avoiding "FADDISH" modes of dress is required. It is University policy thatstudents maintain the University dress code while on clinical affiliation experiences unless this poses aproblem with direct patient care and treatment application as determined by the clinical site. For example,many pediatric and psychiatric settings request that white lab coats not be worn as some patients may befearful or apprehensive of authority figures in white coats. Students are required to obtain informationregarding the dress code for their clinical affiliation and relay any variation to the University ClinicalEducation Committee.Required Professional Dress Code:Students MUST wear lab coats with nametags. Closed-toe and closed-heel shoes are to be worn. Socks orstockings must be worn. A clean neutral, solid color tennis shoe is acceptable. Shoes must also have aleather/rubber sole with limited height of 1" or less. The student must be well-groomed, with no heavymake-up, perfume, cologne, after-shave, or jewelry (other than watch and wedding rings-which may needto be removed at times for certain skills). Hair must be neatly pulled back away from face, nails groomedto 1/4" or less with neutral polish only (no artificial nails).Ladies:Dress pants with blouse/shirt MUST be worn.NO: type of jeans, “hip-hugger” pants, “Capri” pants, “grunge look” pants, shorts, skirts, dresses(regardless of length), tank tops, sleeveless tops or low cut blouses/shirts are acceptable. Shirts mustbe of a length that can be tucked into and remain in pants. Underwear is not permitted to show.Men:Dress pants with dress shirt and tie MUST be worn.NO type of jeans, “grunge look” pants, shorts, tank tops, sleeveless tops or low- cut shirts areacceptable. Shirts must be of a length that can be tucked into and remain in pants. Underwear is notpermitted to show. Cleanly shaved or well-groomed beards/mustaches are acceptable.Required Casual Professional Dress Code:Khakis or casual full-length trousers with a polo shirt/golf shirt/casual blouse with a collar MUST beworn. If you choose to wear USA polo shirts, USA OT polo shirts must be worn to OT fieldworkUniversity of St. Augustine for Health Sciences 103