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Students must be able to do:
1. STRENGTH: Perform
physical activities requiring ability to push/pull
objects/persons more than 50 pounds and possess hand-arm
strength to control manual and power hand instruments and
tools.
2. MANUAL DEXTERITY:
Perform complex motor skills such as writing, typing;
manipulative skills with fine instruments and devices,
calibration of equipment. Have not impairment of the use of
a foot, let, hand, fingers, or arm, and no other structural
defect of limitation, which may interfere with the ability
to control and safely operate medical/dental devices and
instruments.
3. COORDINATION:
Perform body coordination such as walking, filing,
retrieving equipment; eye-hand coordination and arm-hand
steadiness (i.e., use of hand instruments, taking blood
pressures, calibration of instruments and equipment).
4. MOBILITY: Perform
mobility skills such as walking, standing, prolonged
standing or sitting in occasionally uncomfortable positions
or very small spaces (i.e., 2 feet by 4 feet spaces).
5. VISUAL ABILITY: See
objects far away, very close, and to discriminate fine
detail and colors, and to see objects closely as in reading
faces, dials, monitors, etc.
6. HEARING: Hear normal
sounds with background noise and to distinguish sounds
(i.e., pulse with sphygmomanometer, percussion of teeth, TMJ
- temporomandibular joint - clicking/popping).
7. TACTILE ABILITY:
Demonstrate tactile abilities sufficient to make physical
assessments of soft and hard tissues (i.e., perform
palpation, functions of physical assessments and oral
examinations, functions related to therapeutic
intervention).
8. CONCENTRATION:
Concentrate on details with moderate amount of interruptions
(i.e., patient and co-worker requests, alarms, equipment
noise).
9. ATTENTION SPAN:
Attend to task/functions that require up to 60 minutes in
length and handle a variety of tasks for periods up to 8
hours. No mental, nervous, organic or functional disease or
psychiatric disorder likely to interfere with the ability to
coordinate treatment planning; work with other health care
professionals and patients; coordinate treatment procedures;
and safely operate medical/dental devices and instruments.
10. CONCEPTUALIZATION:
Understand and relate to specific ideas, concepts, and
theories generated and simultaneously discussed and
implemented. Apply theory to a clinical situation.
11. MEMORY: Remember
task/assignments given to self and others over both short
and long periods of time (i.e., information gathered in
assessing patients).
12. CRITICAL THINKING:
Ability critical thinking ability sufficient for clinical
judgment Identify cause-effect relationships in clinical
situations and develop and implement treatment/care plans.
13. INTERPERSONAL:
Demonstrate interpersonal abilities to Interact with
individuals, families, and groups from a variety of social,
emotional, cultural, and intellectual backgrounds. Establish
rapport with patients and colleagues.
14. COMMUNICATION:
Communicate sufficiently for interaction with others in
verbal and written form. Explain treatment procedures,
initiate health teaching, document, and interpret health
care actions and patient responses.
15. SUBSTANCE ABUSE: No
current clinical diagnosis of alcoholism and must not use
Schedule 1 drugs or other substances such as amphetamines,
narcotics, or any other habit-forming drug except those
substances or drugs prescribed by a licensed medical
practitioner who is familiar with the individual's medical
history and assigned duties and who has advised the
individual that the prescribed substance or drug will not
adversely affect the individual's ability to safely practice
these health professions.
16. STRESS: Work with
patients who may be very young or old, critically ill or
injured, or mentally or physically deficient/impaired; work
with a constantly changing group of staff and resident
physicians, medical students, etc.
 Environmental
Conditions:
Upon acceptance
into the program students will be required to complete a
mandatory on-line OSHA Blood-Borne Pathogen and Universal
Precautions training program.
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