Responsibilities of the Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education
$3,000,000 in the aggregate. University shall give immediate notice to Facility if any changes or lapse in policy should occur. • Student must have a current medical insurance policy and be certified in CPR and HIV/AIDS. • Obtain and maintain evidence that each student is in good general health, as determined by a physical examination, and the student is free from health impairment which is a potential risk to a patient or might interfere with the performance of their duties, or any other condition which would interfere with the ability to satisfy the requirement(s) of this Agreement and/ or potentially create a risk to the health and safety of the Facility, its patients, staff, visitors, and other Affiliates and the student. • Obtain and maintain evidence that each student has received: o Vaccination for Rubella consistent with good medical practice, or a Rubella screening blood test and documentation of the results of that test, including serologic evidence of immunity; o Vaccination for measles, mumps, and rubella or evidence of immunity for those students born in 1957 or later, o Hepatitis B series vaccination or written declination o PPD (Mantoux) skin test for tuberculosis prior to participation in the clinical internship program or a negative chest x ray if positive skin check. The University reserves the right to terminate students from the affiliation when the learning experience does not meet the objectives of the University or inappropriate supervision and mentorship is provided. o Flu shot prior to second clinical o Any other health reports or vaccination required by clinical site
The ACCE is responsible for managing and coordinating the efforts of the clinical education component of the PTA Program, including managing clinical education experiences, academic instruction and student performance to include: • Facilitating quality learning experiences for students during clinical education, including academic and didactic information and material. • Evaluating students’ performance, in cooperation with other faculty, to determine their ability to integrate didactic and clinical learning experiences and to progress within the curriculum. • Educating students, clinical and academic faculty about clinical education • Selecting clinical learning environments that demonstrate characteristics of sound patient/client management, ethical and professional behavior, and currency with physical therapy practice. • Maximizing available resources for the clinical education program. • Providing documented records and assessment of the clinical education component (includes clinical education sites, clinical educators, etc.). • Actively engaging core faculty clinical education planning, implementation, and assessment. • Assigning final internship course grades according to syllabi and university guidelines. The ACCE is also responsible for comm- unication between Hodges University and Affiliated Clinical Education Sites to include: • Communicates information (e.g., curriculum, clinical education objectives, staffing changes, and site availability) among all concerned stakeholders (e.g., the academic institution, clinical education sites, clinical faculty and students) to maintain current knowledge of the educational program, the clinical education site, and health care
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Physical Therapist Assistant Program
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