The Student Assessment & Promotions Committee (SAPC) is responsible for maintaining academic and professional standards within the RVU PA Program. The Committee monitors student performance and addresses academic and professional issues as students’ progress toward graduation. Composed of core RVU PA Program faculty members, a representative from RVU Student Affairs, and one or both PA Medical Directors, the Chair is designated by the Program Director.
The SAPC oversees several activities, including but not limited to:
- Creating assessment and promotion policies.
- Issuing status notices.
- Evaluating and acting on student professionalism.
- Granting leaves of absence.
- Reviewing/acting on results of criminal background checks; and
- Determining promotion, remediation, remediation with progression, referral, and entrustment.
The SAPC makes recommendations to the Program Director regarding:
- Remediation without progression
- Dismissal
The Committee employs a comprehensive approach to reviewing student progression, considering factors such as:
- Professional behaviors.
- Resources accessed by student, either proactively or as suggested by faculty (Course Director, advisor, tutoring, mental health).
- Academic progression over time (improvement, lack of progression, or decline).
- Number of courses or competencies in which the student is considered “at risk”.
- Previous remediation of a course(s) or competency(ies).
The appeals process for SAPC is detailed under the “Rights for Appeal" section.