Applicants seeking admission to a professional program must be able to:

• Observe and assess a patient, discriminate color and depth, read and accurately complete reports and to visualize diagnostic/monitoring equipment in dim light.
• Monitor and assess patient health needs, monitor various equipment and background sounds and communicate by telephone.
• Speak in a clear and concise manner.
• Interact with others in verbal and written form and have reading skills appropriate to understand patient charts, reports, and orders.
• Lift and transfer patients to accomplish bed/chair/stretcher transfer.
• Stand and walk without difficulty and be able to push a gurney and wheelchair.
• Stand and/or sit for an extended period of time.
• Perform fine and gross motor skills with both hands.
• Think clearly and act appropriately in stressful situations.
• Interact with individuals, families and groups from a variety of social, emotional, cultural and intellectual backgrounds.
• Move from room to room and maneuver in small spaces.
• Perform palpation, functions of physical examination and/or those related to therapeutic intervention.