NLU PA Program — Didactic Year Handbook
3. Individuals Covered by This Policy This policy applies specifically to: A. Program Director The NLU PA Program Director may not provide healthcare services to an enrolled PA student except in an emergency. B. Medical Director The NLU PA Medical Director may not provide healthcare services to an enrolled PA student except in an emergency. C. Principal Faculty All NLU PA Program Principal Faculty are prohibited from serving as healthcare providers for enrolled PA students except in an emergency. D. Associate Medical Director The Associate Medical Director is also expected to maintain appropriate professional boundaries and shall not serve as a student's healthcare provider when functioning in a program leadership or faculty role , except in an emergency. This requirement is intentionally broader than the minimum A3.06 requirement and supports the program's commitment to avoiding conflicts of interest involving individuals who participate in student education, assessment, clinical education, or program governance. 4. Separation of Educational and Healthcare Roles The NLU PA Program recognizes that program leadership and faculty members may maintain clinical practices outside the University. However, when a faculty member, Medical Director, Associate Medical Director, or Program Director encounters an NLU PA student who is also a patient, the individual's healthcare provider role must remain separate from their educational or program role . Faculty and program leadership must not use information obtained through a healthcare relationship to influence: • Academic evaluation; • Clinical evaluation; • Professionalism assessment; • Promotion or progression decisions; • Remediation decisions; • Academic standing; • Graduation decisions; or • Other program-related decisions. Likewise, information obtained through the educational relationship must not be used to provide or influence personal healthcare except when necessary to respond to an emergency. 5. Routine Healthcare Needs Students requiring routine healthcare should obtain care from an appropriately qualified healthcare provider who is independent of the NLU PA Program's educational and evaluative structure .
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