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• The student incorporates the use of the naturopathic principles and the therapeutic order into
the treatment plan and can document their action over time.
To rectify a PC grade, the student will be assigned five cases from the supervisor’s caseload and be
required to formulate specific alternative treatment plants for the given conditions. These treatments
will be reviewed and discussed with the supervisor. The skills indicated above must be demonstrated in
at least four of the cases.
SANCTIONS/FAILURE EVENTS
If a student does not adequately perform one or more of any of the critical shift competencies on any
given day or does not achieve competency on any two or more of the non-critical competencies, the
supervisor has the right to issue a sanction to the student. A written warning may precede this sanction,
though that depends on the nature of the event. A second incident must result in a written sanction. A
written sanction results in the loss of all of the daily shift hours and patient contacts for the shift under
review, and may include additional penalties. Two sanctions on the same shift will automatically result
in a failure grade for that entire shift with the loss of all patient contacts and hours earned on that shift.
This means the student must pay for and retake an entire shift.
Students will be issued a sanction when they are found to have violated any of the policies of the clinic,
including, but not limited to:
• Breaching patient confidentiality.
• Removing any patient ID information from the clinic.
• Acting in an unprofessional or disrespectful manner to patients, staff, faculty and peers at any
time, including when present in the clinic and not on shift.
• Failing to comply with Blood Borne Pathogen and other safety policies and procedures.
Practicing medicine without a license.
The severity of the sanction will depend on the severity of the offense and may range from loss of
clinical hours and patient contacts to suspension from the clinic or school. The involved supervisor and
the program dean, or their designate, will determine the type of sanction.
Sanctions are not grades and therefore are not subject to appeal under the appeal of grade policy. A
student may issue a grievance according to the grievance procedure as outlined in the student
handbook.
PHYSICAL EXAM GUIDELINES
Clinicians are expected to know all physical exams. The Physical/Clinical Diagnosis class teaches
clinicians to perform a thorough PE. Even if clinicians haven’t performed this type of exam recently,
they must be adept in performance of each exam at all times, so constant practice is recommended.
Vitals must be taken at each visit, including physical medicine shifts. Vitals include height and weight.
Clinicians must have their equipment in working order for each shift. It should be checked the day
before to ensure that everything works well, batteries are recharged, etc.
A doctor must be present in the room during breast and genitourinary exams of both male and
female patients. This is to guard the safety of the patient, protect the clinic, clinician and supervisor
legally and to ensure accurate performance and education.
Alert the supervisor of all questionable or abnormal findings obtained during the physical examination.
The attending physician must recheck all positive findings. Failure to notify the physician of
abnormal findings obtained during a physical exam so they can verify those findings makes the
student eligible for sanctions. Repeated failure to notify the supervisor of positive findings will
result in sanctions that may include failure of the shift.
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