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Pathologists' Assistant (PathA) Technical Standards

Drexel Pathologists' Assistant Program Students

The goal of the Pathologists' Assistant (PathA) program is to prepare every student to think critically and practice pathology competently in diverse environments. The program is designed to build pathology knowledge, enhance practice, and foster professional integrity. To meet this goal, certain functional abilities are essential to ensure safe, effective practice during clinical training activities. Therefore, the faculty has determined that certain technical standards are requisite for admission, progression, and graduation from the Pathologists' Assistant (PathA) program.

Clinical Training Considerations

In addition to classroom learning, clinical learning occurs throughout the program and involves considerations (such as patient safety and clinical facilities) that are not present for classroom accommodations. For this reason, any applicant or student who seeks accommodations prior to or immediately after enrolling in the Pathologists' Assistant (PathA) program must also consider requesting assessment of the types of reasonable accommodations needed for the clinical training component of the program.

   The courses offered during the first year of the PathA program gave me the knowledge needed during my career as a Pathologists' Assistant. But I think the best part of the PathA program is that I was able to exercise that knowledge with hands on training at multiple clinical rotation sites. It is one thing to read about how to gross a specimen from a textbook, but it is another thing to actually do it, and to do it correctly. I was well prepared to enter the world as a PA right after graduation.   
Quintina Herrera, MS, PA (ASCP)
Class of 2010

Summary of Technical Standards

An individual must be able to independently, with or without reasonable accommodation, meet the following technical standards of general abilities and those specifically of:

  • Observation
  • Communication
  • Motor
  • Intellectual, conceptual, integrative and quantitative abilities
  • Essential behavioral, emotional and social attributes

Individuals unable to meet these technical standards, with or without reasonable accommodation, will not be able to complete the program and are counseled to pursue alternate careers. View a further explanation of the technical requirements.

Should you need to request accommodations to achieve these standards, please contact:

Office of Disability Resources
3141 Chestnut Street, Suite 228
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215.895.1401
TTY: 215.895.2299
Email:
disability@drexel.edu

Requirements - Admission, Academic Progression and Graduation

Observation

Communication

Physical and Motor

Intellectual, Conceptual, Integrative and Quantitative

Essential Behavioral, Emotional and Social

Safety Standards


Contact Information

 

James W. Moore, MHS, PA(ASCP)CM
Assistant Professor/Program Director
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
60 N. 36th Street, Room 10W35
Health Sciences Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
   267.359.2327
  jwm44@drexel.edu

Kelly M. Lozier, MS, PA(ASCP)CM
Clinical Faculty and Clinical Coordinator
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
60 N. 36th Street, Room 10W32
Health Sciences Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
   267.359.2536
  kmm599@drexel.edu

Pathologists' Assistant (PathA) Program
Division of Interdisciplinary and Career-oriented Programs
60 N. 36th Street
Health Sciences Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
   267.359.2761
  CoM_career-oriented@drexel.edu


 
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