Student Handbook

The Physician Assistant (PA) Student Handbook represents the culmination of policies and procedures relating to the Lipscomb University School of Physician Assistant Studies and its students, thereby serving in conjunction with and as a supplement to the Lipscomb University Student Handbook and the Lipscomb University Graduate Student Handbook. This supplemental handbook has been created in an effort to define, publish, make readily available, and consistently apply all pertinent policies and procedures of the School of Physician Assistant Studies.

These policies and procedures apply to all students, principal faculty, and the program director in all locations where instruction occurs. However, a signed clinical affiliation agreement or memorandum of understanding may further specify that certain program policies will be superseded by those at the clinical sites where applicable.

All students will be given access to digital versions of the PA Student Handbook and receive instructions for access. Each student will be required to sign an acknowledgment of receipt of the handbook at matriculation. The most current published digital version of the student handbook will supplant all previous copies or versions in its entirety unless otherwise noted. PA students are encouraged and expected to familiarize themselves with the contents of this handbook and abide by its tenets.

The PA Student Handbook will be reviewed on an as-needed basis but no less than annually. As such, the School of Physician Assistant Studies reserves the right to amend, alter, or make changes to the policies and procedures contained herein. Students will be made aware of any substantive changes made to this handbook in writing. As such, students will be expected to comply with said changes upon such notification.