Our program does not permit full time employment while the student is in the didactic and/or clinical phase of the PA program. The Physician Assistant faculty believes that no student is capable of acquiring the level of knowledge that is needed to perform adequately as a physician assistant student if engaged in full time employment while in the PA program.

Students are not to be employed while in their clinical learning rotations by preceptors or health care facilities. Students may not serve or perform as staff members of the program unless they are part of a specific federal, state, or South College work-study program. Work study students are not permitted to have access to confidential student records or student information and/or testing materials.

Students who have other valid professional licenses/titles such as Ph.D., Respiratory Therapist, Licensed Practical or Registered Nurse, or Laboratory Technician, may not function in those capacities nor utilize these titles in spoken or written communication while enrolled in the PA program. Students shall not misrepresent their status as students by identifying themselves as anything other than a Physician Assistant Student, nor shall they allow their patients to identify them as a graduate Physician Assistant or Physician.