Ext ernship

Catalog description

The Clinical Externship, comprised of 160 clock hours, is a planned course that extends the classroom to actual clinical settings. Lifelike experience is impossible to simulate in the classroom and students are rotated through various clinical and administrative settings to gain practical knowledge and experience in a variety of actual healthcare settings. The learning activities are arranged by the instructor with various community health facilities and agencies or private practitioner s to meet specific performance objectives. Students are required to spend time in the surgery, respiratory, lab, and x-ray departments. A minimum of three consecutive days are to be spent in an administrative area. Upon completion of the required experiences, students may elect to spend additional time in areas of their choice. Students are evaluated by staff members after the completion of each rotation. Upon the completion of the externship, students meet individually with the instructor to asses s t he various experiences in the clinical setting. The instructor and student determine success of the externship based on the checklist, student and preceptor evaluations and daily diary entries.