Rotation Guidelines for Students and Preceptors to include Program Competencies

Listed below are the program outcomes for the Elon PA Program.  Specialty-specific learning outcomes are provided in the correlating course syllabus.  This list is to guide the preceptor and student in recognizing trouble areas that may need supplementary training during the student’s education. 

Typically, students in their first three months of clinical education are beginning to develop these basic skills.  During the fourth through the sixth months, students typically gain confidence in their abilities and continue to improve their clinical presence.  From the seventh month to the end of the clinical phase (12^th month), refining the students’ skills is the main emphasis. 

Throughout the entire clinical phase, students are expected to be fully involved in the activities at the clinical site and to improve upon their skills (i.e., patient workups, attending lectures/rounds, procedures, etc.).

 Program Competencies

1. Clinical and Technical Skills: Provide patient-centered care that is compassionate, individualized, and effective for the treatment of health concerns and the promotion of health
2. Medical Knowledge: Demonstrate knowledge of established and evolving biomedical, clinical, epidemiological, and social-behavioral sciences and the application of this knowledge to patient care
3. Critical Reasoning/Problem Solving: Demonstrate the ability to investigate and evaluate care of patients, to appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, and to continuously improve the quality of patient care based on on-going self-evaluation and lifelong learning
4. Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in the effective exchange of information and collaboration with patients, their families, and other health professionals
5. Professional Behaviors: Demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities and an adherence to principles of bioethics
6. Critical Reasoning/Problem Solving: Demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care, as well as the ability to obtain and engage with other resources in the system to provide optimal health care
7. Collaboration: Demonstrate the ability to participate in an interprofessional team in a manner that optimizes safe, effective, patient-centered, and population-based healthcare
8. Professional Development: Demonstrate the qualities required to sustain lifelong learning and professional growth