Certificate Clinical Leadership and Administration Certificate

Admission

A master’s degree awarded by a regionally accredited institution from an ARC-PA certified PA Program.
Certification from the NCCPA. Submit this form through the GradCAS.
State Licensure as a Physician Assistant.
Applicant must report all institutions attended and send all official transcripts to GradCAS. If you do not list or send official transcripts for all institutions attended, processing of your application may be delayed.
2 letters of reference submitted directly to GradCAS, through Evaluator Portal.
A personal statement, submitted with GradCAS application.
Following the online instructions, applicants must contact every college or university attended and request transcripts be sent directly to GradCAS.
- GradCAS accepts electronic transcripts from:
Sending transcripts to GradCAS by mail:
- Download a transcript request form after you enter each institution in GradCAS.
- Send the transcript request form to the institution's registrar to send transcripts by mail to the address below:

GradCAS Transcript Processing Center
P.O. Box 9217
Watertown, MA 02471

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Academic Common Market

What is the Academic Common Market?

The Doctor of Medical Science program is a member of the ACM. The ACM is a tuition-savings initiative administered by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) that allows students from participating states to pursue specialized programs at out-of-state public institutions while paying in-state tuition rates.

The participating states without DMSc programs at a public institution of higher education that may apply to the ACM & the DMSc program include (this may change, and we cannot guarantee the benefits of ACM): Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.

How the ACM Works

Students apply and are accepted to our program through normal admissions processes
Students then apply for ACM certification through their home state coordinator
Upon approval & certification, students pay ODU in-state tuition rates instead of out-of-state rates

Technical Standards

The essential abilities and skills that candidates and students must possess in order to complete the education and training associated with the Doctor of Medical Sciences program are referred to as technical standards.

Observational Skills

Demonstrate sufficient attention and accuracy in observation skills (visual, auditory, and tactile) in the lecture hall, in clinical and education settings and online. Indicators include but are not limited to: accurate visualization and discrimination of text, numbers, patterns, graphic illustrations and other imaging texts.

Communication Skills

Demonstrate effective communication skills with professionals and with people of varying cultures, ethnicities and personalities.

Indicators include, but are not limited to, these examples:

Clear, efficient and intelligible articulation of spoken English language.
Legible, efficient and intelligible written English language.
Accurate and efficient English language reading skills.
Accurate and efficient, expressive and receptive communication skills.
Ability to accurately follow directions (oral and written).

Critical Reasoning Skills

Demonstrate critical reasoning skills including, but not limited to intellectual, conceptual, integrative and quantitative abilities.

Indicators include, but are not limited to these examples:

Demonstrate ability to measure, calculate, reason, analyze, integrate and synthesize information.
Demonstrate ability to acquire, retain and apply new and learned information.

Motor and Sensory Function

Demonstrate sufficient motor and sensory function.

Indicators include, but are not limited to, these examples:

Execute motor movements that demonstrate safety and efficiency in the various learning settings (i.e., classroom, online).
Physical stamina sufficient to complete online didactic study, which will include prolonged periods of sitting.

Behavioral and Social Attributes Technical Standard

Demonstrate the behavioral and social attributes vital to participation in a graduate-level academic program.

Indicators include, but are not limited to, these examples:

Possess the emotional health required for full utilization of mental faculties (judgment, orientation, affect and cognition).
Ability to develop mature and effective professional relationships with faculty and other members of the educational and healthcare team.
Possess personal qualities that facilitate effective therapeutic interactions (compassion, empathy, integrity, honesty, benevolence, confidentiality).
Demonstrate impartial motives, attitudes, and values in roles, functions and relationships.
Ability to monitor and react appropriately to one’s own emotional needs and responses.
Display appropriate flexibility and adaptability in the face of stress or uncertainty in teaching and learning environments.
Compliance with standards, policies and practices set forth in the program handbook.

Curriculum Requirements

Classes begin in the fall

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Fall
DMSC 704	Quality Improvement in Healthcare	3
Spring
DMSC 769	Transformative Practices in Healthcare Systems	3
Summer
DMSC 869	Leadership and Advancement in Healthcare Practices	3
Total Credit Hours		9

Educational Format

Classes are taught online in the terms designated above. Students may enter the certificate program at any of these three start points.