nails are allowed. • Makeup: Makeup should be minimal and used with discretion. • Personal Hygiene: Students should be clean and without offensive body odors. This can include smells from perfume/cologne, cigarette smoke, bad breath, or failure to use deodorant. Gum is not permitted during hours of clinical internship. • Tattoos: All tattoos should be covered and inconspicuous. Students should be aware of tattoo visibility with shifting of clothes during movement. Length of shirts and pants should be sufficient to avoid exposure. In the event that a student has a tattoo in an area that is difficult to cover, the student is to meet with the ACCE to discuss strategies to minimize the exposure of the tattoo. Other Considerations: Since the student is constantly being appraised by patients, peers, and healthcare professionals, the student must be aware of factors which promote the most acceptable appearance. When wearing the clinical uniform, the student is serving as an ambassador representing Hodges
University, the PTA Program and the Physical Therapy profession. The student will receive a written reprimand from the core faculty or administrators for any deviation from the clinical uniform guidelines. Students who are not outfitted in the official uniform for the PTA Program will be sent home from the clinical site. Any clinical contact time lost due to this will be made-up at the discretion of the ACCE. Some clinical sites require different dress codes for students other than that of the PTA Program. A student is permitted to comply with the facility dress code, i.e. if the clinical facility PT/PTA uniform is scrubs, students may be permitted to wear scrubs in accordance to the clinical facility guidelines. Some clinical sites have more stringent standards than that of the Hodges guidelines. If the student cannot be placed at an acceptable site, the student will forfeit that clinical experience and may be considered for dismissal. Any recurrent problems with dress codes, professionalism or any other disciplinary actions may result in probation, dismissal from the clinical site, and/ or dismissal from the program.
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Physical Therapist Assistant Program
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