Physical Examination and History
Documentation of satisfactory health status, prior to beginning classes, is required. Documentation must include a health history and physical examination report completed by a licensed physician (MD or DO), registered physician assistant or registered nurse practitioner, not earlier than six months prior to entry into the school; a report of chest x-ray or PPD Mantoux test for tuberculosis; and a report of measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis, and varicella antibody titer completed within the same period. A note certifying completion of the examination is not acceptable; a full examination report is required. This documentation is submitted to the student health service as part of the student’s health record. The school requires an updated health assessment at the beginning of each year. Additional requirements are specified in the Admissions: Student Health Policy section of this Catalog.
Education-Related Expenses
These include costs of transportation to clinical facilities, books, and other instructional materials, equipment, supplies, and additional compliance related clinical or field expenses. Please see school and program handbooks for additional information.
Students admitted to the school may be required to purchase liability insurance prior to participation in clinical assignments. (Costs vary by program.) Clinical sites also require students to have proof of health insurance before beginning clinical rotations. It is the individual student’s responsibility to arrange appropriate coverage.
Academic Standing
The School of Health Professions recognizes the necessity for knowledge, as well as superior behavioral, ethical and clinical standards. Students are evaluated on knowledge, professional competence and skill, adherence to professional codes of ethics, sensitivity to patient needs, ability to work with and relate to peers and other members of the health care team, attitude, attendance, punctuality, and professional appearance. These standards foster the health care team concept and have been established to protect the rights of the patients and communities served by the students of Health Sciences Center. Failure to demonstrate these important qualities will be reflected in a student’s grade.
Undergraduate students must maintain an overall grade point average of 2.0 and a 2.5 minimum average in required professional courses to remain in good standing. Any student who earns a grade point average below 2.0 overall or 2.5 in professional courses will be placed on probation for the following period and dismissed if their average does not attain those levels at the end of the probationary period. Graduate students must maintain an overall grade point average of 3.0 to remain in good standing. Normally, a student on probation will not be permitted to participate in the required periods of full-time clinical practice. Specific programs may have additional academic criteria or requirements. Refer to the School of Health Professions Academic Policies and Procedures and individual programs for details.
Grading Policy
The School of Health Professions follows the grading policies stated in the front of this Catalog with the exceptions that 1) the P/NC, R, and S/U grades are not used; 2) S/F may be used in specifically designated courses where finer grading distinctions are impractical; and 3) D grades may be given to graduate students in graduate level courses for which the credit is counted in determining the grade point average, but no credit is granted toward the Master of Science, Doctor of Physical Therapy, or Doctor of Occupational Therapy degrees.
Academic Dishonesty
Academic dishonesty shall be defined as misrepresentation of authorship or in any fashion falsifying part or all of any work submitted or intended to be submitted for academic credit. Such misrepresentation or falsification includes, but is not limited to, the use of supportive documentation, mechanical aids, or mutual cooperation not authorized by the faculty.
The principles of academic dishonesty also apply to those courses taken during the clinical or internship phases of any program which are taken for creditor otherwise required for completion of a program. Due to the critical nature of such requirements and student responsibility for the welfare of patients and institutions providing medical care, academic dishonesty is further defined to include the falsification of patient or institutional records, knowingly violating accepted codes of professional ethics or knowingly engaging in activities that might endanger the health or welfare of patients or resident institutions.
The penalty for any substantiated act of academic dishonesty shall be expulsion from the school, unless the dean and the chair of the department in which the accused is a student concur with a Committee on Academic Standing recommendation for a modified penalty.
Appeals
Students may appeal probation or dismissal by requesting reconsideration of this decision by the dean. All other academic regulations in effect at Stony Brook University and in the Health Sciences Center ordinarily apply to students of this school. Consult the Policies and Regulations at the beginning of this Catalog for further information.
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