Health and Liability Insurance Basic health insurance is required during the clinical internships in the program. A copy of the health insurance policy or card will be submitted to the ACCE during the first session. Students who fail to meet this requirement may not be placed in a clinical site as most clinical sites requires health insurance. A student who fails to be placed in a clinical site due to these requirements will not be able to advance in the program and, therefore, dismissed from the program. The PTA Program requires that all students carry personal health/medical insurance throughout the internships due to the inherent risk of exposure to disease and injury related to physical therapy as well as most clinical sites requiring health insurance. The profession has been defined as having certain occupational health risks. The University provides liability insurance for attending clinical internships. A student may wish to purchase additional liability insurance. The cost of additional individual liability insurance is the responsibility of the student and may be purchased through the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) at a reduced student rate, at American Physical Therapy Association . Several affiliation sites provide free initial first aid emergency care for students injured while performing patient care services at their facilities. However, any first aid treatment that is rendered during clinical affiliation must be paid for by the student. If further treatment or admission to a hospital is required, it is always at the student’s expense. Neither the hospital nor Hodges University provides health care coverage of any kind for the student’s treatment. Materials/Supplies Students will be expected to purchase two required Hodges PTA polo shirts to be worn with name tags at all time during their clinical experiences. Students are expected to identify themselves as a “Student Physical Therapist Assistant”, and gain consent from the patient prior to any treatment.
Students and CIs will use the Web Based CPI (Clinical Performance Instrument). The Web Based CPI is highly encouraged. If the CI does have the mean to use the Web Based CPI the students can supply the CI, upon request, with a paper copy. The paper forms would be turned into the ACCE at midterm and final evaluations. The student will also bring a copy of the Clinical Internship Course Syllabus and a list of skills taught within the PTA Program to the clinical site. This is to be shared with the CI on the first day of the internship. The students will share with the CIs their Student Pre-Self- Assessment Form, and Bi-weekly Strength and
Weaknesses Form in their first week. Clinical Internship Orientation Meetings
The ACCE prior to each clinical internship will facilitate meetings orienting the students to the Clinical Internship course prior to the internships. The sessions will focus on general information related to the mission and of clinical education, review of criteria required in order to participate in clinical experiences and an introduction to documentation which will need to be updated regularly in the student’s portfolio. Session will focus on reviewing specific behavioral expectations with the introduction of the Values-Based Behaviors for the Physical Therapist Assistant Self- Assessment Tool. Students will be provided with a timeline of required communication during their clinical internship and a thorough review of assignments and grading criteria, including the use of the CPI will be provided.
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Physical Therapist Assistant Program
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