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Standard Four: Curriculum and Academic Practices
4.4 The program provides timely, equitable, and educationally valid clinical
experiences for all students.
Explanation:
Programs must have a process in place to assure timely, appropriate, and educationally valid clinical
experiences to all admitted students. A meaningful clinical education plan assures that activities are
equitable, as well as prevents the use of students as replacements for employees. Students must have
sufficient access to clinical settings that provide a wide range of procedures for competency achievement,
including mobile, surgical, and trauma examinations. The maximum number of students assigned to a
clinical setting must be supported by sufficient human and physical resources. The number of students
assigned to the clinical setting must not exceed the number of assigned clinical staff. The student to
clinical staff ratio must be 1:1; however, it is acceptable that more than one student may be temporarily
assigned to one technologist during infrequently performed procedures.
Clinical placement must be nondiscriminatory in nature and solely determined by the program. Students
must be cognizant of clinical policies and procedures including emergency preparedness and medical
emergencies.
Programs must assure that clinical involvement for students is limited to not more than ten (10) hours per
day. If the program utilizes evening and/or weekend assignments, these assignments must be equitable,
and program total capacity must not be increased based on these assignments. Students may not be
assigned to clinical settings on holidays that are observed by the sponsoring institution. Programs may
permit students to make up clinical time during the term or scheduled breaks; however, appropriate
supervision must be maintained. Program faculty need not be physically present; however, students must
be able to contact program faculty during makeup assignments. The program must also assure that its
liability insurance covers students during these makeup assignments.
Required Program Response:
• Describe the process for student clinical placement including, but not limited to:
assuring equitable learning opportunities,
assuring access to a sufficient variety and volume of procedures to achieve program
competencies, and
orienting students to clinical settings.
• Describe how the program assures a 1:1 student to clinical staff ratio at all clinical settings.
• Provide current clinical student assignment schedules in relation to student enrollment.