Site Map

• Welcome
• PTA Program Academic Facilities
  • Program Personnel
• Introduction
  • Purpose and Applicability
  • Relationship to the Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual
  • Scope
  • Program Faculty
    • Program Director/Director of Clinical Education
    • Program Core Faculty
    • Other Faculty
  • What is a Physical Therapist Assistant?
    • Becoming a PTA
  • Education and Licensure
    • PTA Advanced Proficiency Pathway
• General Information
  • Programmatic Accreditation Status
  • Institutional Accreditation
  • Program Philosophy
  • Program Mission
  • Program Goals
  • Expected Program Learning Outcomes
  • Institutional Authorities
    • Advisory Board Committee
    • Readmission Committee
  • Public Complaint Procedure
  • Professional Authorities
    • Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
    • American Physical Therapy Association
    • Florida Board of Physical Therapy, Department of Health
  • Definitions
• Program Curriculum
  • Curriculum Plan
• Tuition and Fees
• University Policies Review
  • International Students
  • Transfer Credits
  • Unsatisfactory Progress within the University
    • Academic Warning, Probation and Termination
    • Suspension, Expulsion
  • Academic Dishonesty
  • University Disciplinary Procedures and Grievance Processes
  • University Policy on Drug and Alcohol Use on Campus
• Admission Policies and Procedures
  • Prerequisites
  • Application: Academic Requirements
    • Admissions Decision Procedure
    • Admissions Rubric Weighting
    • Waitlist Procedure
  • Work Outside the program
• Other Policies and Procedures
  • Student Liaison
• Academic Policies
  • Use of Student Emails
  • Academic Achievement and Program Progress
    • Program Dismissal or Withdrawal
  • Readmission to the Program following Dismissal
    • Readmitted Student Procedure
  • Special Accommodations Policy
  • University Grading Policy
  • Program Course Assessments
    • Exams
    • Assignments
    • Skills Checks
    • Critical Safety Elements
    • Critical Competency Criteria (CCCs)
    • Peer Check-offs
    • Lab Exams
    • Remediation
  • Academic Advising
  • Graduation Eligibility
  • Student File Maintenance
• Behavioral Policies and Procedures
  • Attendance
  • Tardy Procedure
  • Make-up Quiz Procedure
  • Dress Code: Uniforms, Equipment and Personal Appearance on Campus or Clinical Practicums
    • Attire During Lab
    • Attire During Clinical Experiences
  • Inappropriate Conduct
  • Academic Honesty Maintenance Procedure
  • Informed Consent
  • Rights and Privileges of Volunteers or Human Subjects
  • Photo/Video Consent
  • Pregnant Students
  • Student Chain of Command/Communication for Academic or Clinical Issues
    • Academic
    • Clinical
• Classroom Policies and Procedures
  • Cell Phones
  • Use of Recording Devices
  • Field Trips/Off-campus Experiences
    • Procedures
  • Laboratory Policies and Procedures
    • Declaration of Risk
    • Laboratory General Rules
    • Laboratory Safety
    • Laboratory Practice
• Clinical Education Policies and Procedures
  • Clinical Education Management Policies and Procedures
    • Procurement of Sites
    • Student Placement Procedures
    • Student/Clinical Site Selection Process
    • Review and Verification of Clinical Education Sites and Affiliation Agreements
    • Clinical Site Midterm Visitation Policy
    • Off Campus Safety During Clinical Practicums
  • Clinical Education Faculty Policies
    • Clinical Instructors
    • Informed Consent
    • Communication of Student Progress
    • The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
    • Clinical Faculty Development
  • Student Clinical Policies and Procedures
    • Clinical Practicums
    • Housing and Travel to Clinical Sites
    • Clinical Practicum Placement Procedure
    • Satisfactory Clinical Progress
    • Satisfactory Clinical Progress - PHT 1801L Grading Procedure
    • Red Flags
    • Grading
    • Clinical Education Disciplinary Procedures
    • Components of the Clinical Practicum
    • Responsibilities of the DCE
    • Responsibilities of the Student
    • Rights and Privileges of the Clinical Instructor
    • Responsibilities of the clinical site SCCE and the Clinical Instructor
    • Professional Liability Insurance
    • Criminal Background Check and Drug Testing
    • CPR and Other Certifications
    • Responsibility of Student’s Health Maintenance
    • Immunization Policy
• Appendices
  • Appendix A - Forms
  • Appendix B – Clinical Documents
  • Appendix C - Clinical Site Evaluation