21.3. Adequate Clinical Experiences

Students are expected to have a breadth and depth of experience in clinical clerkships that provide them with exposure to a range of patients and settings. While the Program is responsible for ensuring that students have clinical experiences that provide them access to the various required encounters, as adult learners it is incumbent upon the student to advocate for their learning needs in the clinical setting.

 

Students’ experiences will be tracked using the E*Value logging system. The PA Program will review student records and student evaluations of preceptor/sites evaluations at the end of each clerkship to ensure they are meeting program-defined learning outcomes (LOs). Each individual student’s exposure and acquisition of LOs is assessed after each clerkship throughout the clinical year and tracked using the clinical clerkship report card. Failure to acquire LOs with competence will result in an individualized plan for acquisition in future clerkships, simulations, or a remediation plan designed by the clinical team. Remediation may also include repeating a clerkship. Students will be held responsible for the accuracy of their patient encounter logs. Students found to be logging inaccurately to meet expectations (cheating) will be disciplined according to the Institute’s academic integrity policy. The following represents the types of experiences students are expected to encounter during their clerkship year.

 

Type of experience

1)      Infants (up to 1 year old)

2)      Children (1-10 years old)

3)      Adolescents (10-19 y/o)

4)      Adults

5)      Geriatric

6)      Prenatal

7)      Gynecologic

8)      Pre-op

9)      Intra-op/OR

10)     Post-op

11)     Psychiatric Conditions

12)     Outpatient

13)     Emergency Dept

14)     Inpatient