These Technical Performance Standards/Essential Functions represent the non-academic requirements that students must possess, with or without a reasonable accommodation to successfully participate in DMCUL Hospital-Based Clinical Practicum Program. Applicants MUST be able to affirm their ability to comply with the following: 1. MANUAL DEXTERITY: Possess the gross/fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination to safely manipulate, maneuver, adjust, control, and/or use: - chemicals - laboratory equipment/instruments - specimens - computers, including keyboard and mouse; - phlebotomy/culture equipment - collect valid laboratory specimens from patients 2. VISION: a. Characterize the color, clarity, and viscosity of biological specimens, reagents, or chemical reaction products b. Discriminate color, shading, and fine structural differences of microscopic specimens using a clinical grade binocular microscope; c. Read text, numbers and graphs displayed in print and using laboratory technology d. Judge distance and depth accurately 3. HEALTH: a. Possess the physical, mental, and emotional health to function effectively during an 8-hour day under the stressful conditions of technical malfunctions, time constraints, and a distracting environment b. Move freely and safely around the laboratory and hospital facilities c. Possess normal, corrected or aid-able hearing d. Possess the ability to: - bend, stoop, stand and lift 20 pounds - grasp with one or both hands - reach laboratory bench tops, shelves and patients lying in beds or seated in a specimen collection chair - perform moderately taxing and repetitive tasks, often requiring prolonged standing/sitting over several hours 4. BEHAVIOR: a. Possess the ability to be independent, flexible, creative and adaptable to change b. Possess the willingness to work with sharp objects, hazardous chemicals an infectious/biohazardous materials c. Recognize potentially hazardous materials, equipment and situations - able to proceed safely in order to minimize risk of injury to patients, self and co-workers d. Demonstrates honest, compassionate, ethical and responsible conduct in all actions - straightforward about error or uncertainty e. Promotes a team approach to learning, task completion, problem solving and patient care - supports and advances the activities of fellow students and health care professionals 5. INTELLECTUAL: a. Apply complex thought processes to problem solving, troubleshooting and exercising sound judgment b. Use reasonable judgment in stressful conditions to recognize and correct performance deviations c. Prioritize and perform tasks productively, accurately and within a realistic time allowance - with and without direct supervision, as required 6. COMMUNICATION: All verbal/written communications are in English as the primary language a. Follow verbal and written instructions b. Read and comprehend text, numbers and graphs in professional and technical materials, e.g., textbooks, journals, instructional technology, Internet and procedure manuals c. Independently prepare papers, reports or posters d. Deliver oral presentations to fellow students and health care professionals e. Take paper, oral, computer and laboratory practical examinations at the post-secondary level f. Interact and communicate effectively and confidentially with all patients, hospital staff, administrators and co-workers g. Effectively use computer software, instructional technology and the Internet for communication, education and professional purposes Modified from: Fritsma, G.A., Fiorella, B.J., and Murphey, M. Essential Requirements for Clinical Laboratory Science, Clinical Laboratory Science 1996, Vol. 9, pp. 40-43.