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The above clinical rotation schedule is just
one of several possible sequences. The clinical
coordinator will determine individual student
rotation schedules. All rotations are assigned
within a designated radius of Butler University.
Students are responsible for providing their
own transportation to these sites.
Policy Statement on Technical
Standards for the College of
Pharmacy and Health Sciences
The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
of Butler University (COPHS) is committed
to treating all individuals within the university
in a fair and equitable manner. To this end,
all qualified individuals, including those with
disabilities, will be considered for admission
into the professional programs. Furthermore,
it is the policy and practice of the university to
comply with the Americans with Disabilities
Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973. Under these laws, no otherwise qualified
individual with a disability will be denied
access to or participation in services, programs
and activities of COPHS. Individuals are not
required to disclose the presence or the nature
of a disability. However a candidate/student
may wish to discuss concerns about the technical
standards with the relevant faculty or staff
member. Depending on the circumstances, this
may include the dean or designee and/or the
director of student disability services.
The following technical standards describe
the essential functions that students must
demonstrate in order to fulfill the requirements
of the pharmaceutical and physician
assistant programs and thus, are prerequisite for
entrance, continuation and graduation from the
programs. Candidates/students need to possess
the skills and abilities, with or without reasonable
accommodations, which will allow successful
fulfillment of the requirements necessary to
complete the program.
COPHS will consider any candidate who
demonstrates the ability to perform or learn
to perform, with or without reasonable
accommodations, the skills that are listed in
this document. Continued enrollment and
graduation will depend on the successful demonstration,
again with or without reasonable
accommodations, of both the knowledge
and skills listed in this document as well as
successful completion of academic requirements.
The COPHS Academic and Professional
Butler University
Affairs Committee will monitor the individual
student’s ongoing demonstration of such
knowledge and skills.
Technical Standards for Admission
and Retention in COPHS
The College of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences (COPHS) faculty has specified the
following non-academic criteria (“technical
standards”) which all candidates/students are
expected to meet, with or without reasonable
accommodation, in order to participate in the
education program of the college.
1. Observation: The candidate/student must
be able to participate actively in all
demonstrations and laboratory exercises
in the basic sciences and to assess and
comprehend the condition of all patients
assigned to him or her for examination,
diagnosis and treatment. Such observations
and information acquisition usually
requires the functional use of visual,
auditory and somatic sensation.
2. Communication: The candidate/student
must be able to communicate effectively
and sensitively with patients in order to
elicit information, describe changes in
mood, activity and posture, assess nonverbal
communications, and be able to
effectively and efficiently transmit information
to patients, fellow students,
faculty, staff and all members of the health
care team. Communication skills include
speaking, reading and writing, as well as
the observations skills described above.
3. Motor: The candidate/student must have
sufficient motor function to elicit information
from patients by palpation,
auscultation, percussion and other
diagnostic maneuvers, be able to perform
basic laboratory tests, possess all skills
necessary to carry out diagnostic procedures
and be able to execute motor movements
reasonably required to provide general
care and emergency treatment to patients.
The candidate/student must possess the
fine motor skills to perform the requirements
of the profession.
4. Intellectual: The candidate/student must
be able to measure, calculate, reason,
analyze and synthesize. Problem solving,
the critical skills demanded of healthcare
providers, requires all of these intellectual
abilities. In addition, the candidate/
The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences