Gwynedd Mercy University
AY2021-2022 Undergraduate Academic Catalog
• Normal or corrected visual ability sufficient for client observation and assessment to ensure safety and accurate measurement .
• Ability to obtain information from written documents , videotaped data , graphic images and measuring devices accurately and within a reasonable time frame .
• Ability to sufficiently monitor and assess health needs of clients .
Communication
• Interact with others in a professional , courteous , and collaborative manner while using good judgment for confidentiality .
• Demonstrate respect for the dignity of each person .
• Maintain integrity in word and deed with others .
• Read , speak , and write in English effectively using proper grammar , spelling , and punctuation .
Motor Function
• Assume a variety of body postures that can include continuous sitting , standing , walking , bending , reaching , pulling , lifting , stooping , kneeling , and crawling .
• Demonstrate manipulation skills to effectively carry and use therapeutic equipment ( i . e . assistive devices , weights ).
• Demonstrate movement and mobility skills that are required for safe handling of persons of various sizes in order to perform safe transfers and guarding during functional mobility with and without an assistive device .
• Pushing and pulling in order to provide resistance for the purposes of maneuvering and transitioning persons such during bed mobility , using a wheelchair , and for sitting and standing balance activities .
• Demonstrate eye-hand coordination , postural control , strength , endurance , and integrated function of the senses ( vision , hearing , smell , and touch ) during the therapeutic process .
Intellectual-conceptual Abilities
• Demonstrate verbal and written insight into one ’ s own academic and clinical performance .
• Demonstrate the mental capacity to understand , problem solve , and make judgments in order to promote ethical reasoning .
• Demonstrate ability to collect , document , and analyze evaluation data and implement client- centered and occupation-based interventions .
Integrative and Quantitative Abilities
• Demonstrate the mental capacity to understand , problem solve , and make judgments in order to promote safety .
• Intellectual capacities to measure , evaluate , calculate , reason , analyze and synthesize information specific to client care .
• Demonstrate ability to apply information learned from the classroom to a therapeutic practice environment .
Behavioral and Social Attributes
• Demonstrate mature and professional behaviors with other students , faculty , colleagues , and clients .
• Be receptive and open to mentor feedback about academic or fieldwork performance and adherence to academic and fieldwork policies and procedures .
• Establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship with clients .
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