NLU_PA_Didactic_Year_Student_Handbook (Full) updated

NLU PA Program — Didactic Year Handbook

● Developing or approving course content;

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Serving as the instructor of record;

● Independently delivering required course instruction;

● Establishing course learning outcomes or instructional objectives;

● Independently evaluating or assigning grades to other students;

● Making progression or promotion decisions;

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Determining student competency;

● Conducting official summative evaluations of other students;

● Serving as an official course coordinator;

● Serving as an official academic advisor for other students;

● Developing or approving examinations or other official assessments;

● Determining whether another student has successfully met a program competency; or

● Performing other responsibilities designated by the program to instructional or principal faculty.

Students may assist with approved peer-learning activities , including peer tutoring or mentoring, when such activities are educationally appropriate and authorized by the program. Such participation does not confer faculty status or authority and does not permit the student to independently perform faculty responsibilities. All official instruction, assessment, evaluation, academic advising, competency determination, and progression decisions remain the responsibility of appropriately qualified NLU faculty. A3.03(b) — Clinical or Administrative Staff: Students Do Not Substitute for or Function as Clinical or Administrative Staff PA students shall not substitute for or function as clinical or administrative staff of the NLU PA Program or its affiliated clinical sites. During supervised clinical practice experiences (SCPEs), students function exclusively in their designated role as NLU PA students and participate in patient care for educational purposes under the supervision required by the program and clinical site.

Students shall not be used to:

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Replace employed clinical personnel;

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Fill clinical staffing vacancies;

● Provide clinical coverage in place of employees;

● Perform duties assigned to clinical staff as an employee;

● Substitute for a preceptor or clinical faculty member;

● Substitute for a physician, PA, nurse, medical assistant, or other clinical employee;

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