Technical Standards
Applicants for admission to the College of Medicine must possess the capability to complete, with or without reasonable accommodations, the entire medical curriculum and achieve the degree, Doctor of Medicine. The medical curriculum requires demonstrated proficiency in a variety of cognitive, problem-solving, manipulative, communicative, and interpersonal skills. To achieve these proficiencies, the College of Medicine requires that each student be able to meet the following technical standards:
- Observation. Independently, the student must be able to observe a patient accurately. A student must be able to integrate all information received by whatever sense(s) employed.
- Communication. A student must be able to communicate effectively, sensitively, and rapidly with patients and members of the health care team. A student must be able to elicit information from patients, describe changes in mood, activity and posture, and perceive nonverbal communications.
- Motor Coordination. Students must be able to elicit independently information from patients by palpation, auscultation, percussion, and other diagnostic maneuvers. A student must be able safely to execute motor movements reasonably required to provide general care and emergency treatment to patients.
- Intellect. A student must be able to problem solve rapidly. This critical skill demanded of physicians requires the ability to learn and reason, and to integrate, analyze, and synthesize data concurrently in a multi-task setting. In addition, the student should be able to comprehend three-dimensional relationships and to understand the spatial relationships of structures.
- Behavioral and Social Attributes. Students must possess the emotional health required for full use of their intellectual abilities, the exercise of good judgment, and the prompt and safe completion of all responsibilities. They must be able to adapt to change, to display flexibility and learn to function in the face of uncertainties and stressful situations. The student must possess empathy, integrity, and concern for others.
All applicants to the College of Medicine shall be presumed to be able to complete successfully the technical standards set forth above. Upon receipt of an offer of acceptance, each successful applicant will be required to file an affidavit with the College of Medicine that attests to the applicant's ability to complete those technical standards successfully with or without reasonable accommodations. Requests for accommodations will be considered by a College of Medicine committee, in accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, prior to the applicant's matriculation into the class, as set forth in full in the College of Medicine's Technical Standards Advisory Committee Procedural Policies.
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