Requirements for Progression & Completion

One of the primary purposes of the PAC is to ensure each student successfully completes all programmatic requirements for progression through and subsequent completion of the academic program. The council will meet at the end of each semester to review progression requirements, providing one of the following recommendations for each student: 

• Progress with good academic standing

• Progress with academic violation(s)

• Progress with disciplinary violation(s)

• Progress with academic and disciplinary volations

• Dismiss

Requirements for progression and completion of the program are as follows:

 Didactic Progression (each semester)

• Achieve a passing grade in each didactic course

• Achieve a minimum semester GPA of 2.5

• Receive a GPA of less than 2.75 in no more than one semester (any single semester GPA between 2.5 and < 2.75 will result in a written action plan)

• Meet all of the conditions established in a written action plan (if applicable)

• Recommendation from the Progression & Accountability Council (PAC) to progress semester to semester

Didactic Phase to Clinical Phase

• Comply with all clinical year prerequisites

• Receive approval from the Director of Clinical Education

• Recommendation from the Progression & Accountability Council (PAC) to progress from the Didactic Phase to the Clinical Phase

 Clinical Progression

• Achieve a passing grade on each Supervised Clinical Practice Experience (SCPE) 

• Achieve a passing score on each end-of-rotation examination (EOR) or Grand Rounds presentation

• Receive no more than 2 EOR exam failures (3 EOR exam failures will result in remediatory SCPE and delayed graduation)

• Achieve a passing score on each clinical preceptor evaluation of student

Program Completion

• Successfully complete all requirements for the Didactic Phase

• Successfully complete all requirements for the SCPE Phase

• Successfully complete the Physician Assistant Summative Exam (PASE) given within the School of Physician Assistant Studies

• Successfully complete all PANCE preparation reviews and activities

• Be in good standing with the Lipscomb University Registrar, Business office, and Security office concerning all tuition, fees, fines, or requirements

• Receive a recommendation for graduation from the Progression & Accountability Council (PAC)

• The entire PA program must be completed within 48 months of matriculation