Attendance
Students enrolled in the DPT program are expected to attend, and be on time, to all classes unless otherwise excused. To be excused you are to notify the instructor of the course (preferably prior to the absence) to document the reason for the absence. Students absent from a class are expected to obtain the content of the class missed. Students exhibiting a pattern of unexcused absences shall be subject to discipline by the DPT faculty.

Remediation
Students receiving less than a passing grade (80 percent) on any evaluation (written or practical) in a PHYT course will be required to remediate that content. While the content and structure of the remediation sessions are course dependent (determined by the instructor), the remediation grading policy is consistent across all PHYT courses. Remediation is considered a second attempt to secure knowledge or clinical skills to insure that you are a safe and competent practitioner. Remediation is not used to replace a poor grade in a class. Remediation of an evaluation will not change your original score which will be used to calculate your final class average

Students are provided only one attempt at remediation and if an evaluation is not successfully passed a second time, the student will be dropped from the class. If successful, remediation will result in the student being allowed to continue in the class. If at the conclusion of the semester, your final class average is below 80 percent due solely to remediation in the class, you will receive the minimum passing grade for the course. A faculty member can use a number of factors to determine your final grade. If other factors (other than those you have remediated) contribute to your final average falling below the minimum passing grade, the grade for the course will be determined by the instructor using the criteria established for the class.

In a given course, students are not expected to exhibit a pattern of needing remediation which might result in dismissal from the class (“pattern” determined by course instructor). Faculty observing a pattern of remediation will warn the student that further remediation will fail the class.

Remediation is a privilege provided by the faculty and is granted to students enrolled in the DPT program.  Faculty will periodically review a student’s academic performance across the program of study and may discipline a student who demonstrates a pattern of needing remediation. Faculty have the right to withdraw the opportunity for remediation from individual students abusing this privilege. Students having their remediation privilege revoked and not passing a subsequent evaluation (written or practical) will in failure of the course.

Ethical Behavior
Students enrolled in the DPT program are expected to adhere to the ethical standards of the Physical Therapy Profession. This Code of Ethics, adopted by the American Physical Therapy Association, shall be binding on all students enrolled in the DPT Program.

Approved DPT Faculty 1/24/2006