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Clinical Education5. Students will have one (1) week to request changes. Mutual trading must be submitted in writingto the Clinical Education Office on the “All Purpose Form” for final approval. Coercion, threats,harassment or bribery will not be tolerated.6. Confirmation letters to the sites, at the discretion of the ACCE/AFWC, will be faxed or emailed.7. Once a student placement is confirmed, any change of dates or scheduling must be approved bythe University Clinical Education Committee. If a student refuses to attend a site, it can affecttheir ability to graduate with their class. Violations in this process will be forwarded to theUniversity Professional Misconduct Committee.8. Students will be notified when their Clinical Affiliation Assignment has been confirmed.9. Students will be notified if their Clinical Affiliation Assignment has been cancelled. The ACCEor AFWC will then place the student at a different site.10. The AFWC/ACCE reserves the right to place any student who does not have a confirmedassignment 45 days in advance of the anticipated start date.11. International Clinical Affiliations Requests: Any student that would like to be considered for aninternational clinical affiliation MUST complete the following process:a. Students MUST attend the International Clinical Affiliation meeting organized by theClinical Education Office on the designated date. This meeting will apply to students intheir second trimester. The Clinical Education Office will announce the meeting to allstudents at least two (2) weeks prior to the meeting date.b. The International Clinical Affiliation Application and fee MUST be submitted to theClinical Education Office by the designated deadline. For the California campus, an initialrequest MUST be submitted to the Clinical Education Office on the appropriate form by theend of the first trimester.c. All International Clinical Affiliation Applications will then be presented to the Universityfaculty for recommendation. The Clinical Education Office will notify the student of thefinal decision.Upon approval of the International Clinical Affiliation Application, students are required to meetthe following criteria:a. The Clinical Instructor/Fieldwork Supervisor at the Site MUST speak English.b. The Fieldwork Supervisor of the Occupational Therapy Site MUST be a graduate of aprogram recognized by the “World Federation of Occupational Therapy”.c. The Clinical Instructor of the Physical Therapy Site MUST be a graduate of a programrecognized by the “World Confederation of Physical Therapy”.d. The student MUST be fluent in the professional language of the desired country.e. The student affiliation agreement MUST be completed six months prior to the placement.f. Students MUST purchase additional professional liability insurance.12. PT Pediatric Internship Requests:Student’s interested in completing a pediatric affiliation must declare their interest to the ACCEduring the term where they will have completed 40 credit hours (equivalent of 2 full-time terms).Pediatric affiliations are subject to 8 or 10-week experiences as requested by the site. Alterationmay be made in other internship dates but not guaranteed.Students are restricted from personally contacting any site for clinical affiliation placements. Studentsare also restricted from allowing any family member, friend or acquaintance from contacting any sitefor clinical affiliation placements. All leads should be brought to the Clinical Education Office forprocessing. Violations in this process will be forwarded to the University Professional MisconductCommittee.Clinical Affiliations for MOPA Students;Rotations are full-time (minimum of 40 hours per week) weekday assignments. All MOPA USA studentsdoing rotations in the same term are given an opportunity to provide new sites for consideration in theplacement process. Final placements are made by the Clinical Education Office. Students should expect toUniversity of St. Augustine for Health Sciences 98
Clinical Educationtravel outside of their local area for full-time clinical rotations. Hours of attendance are determined by thesite.Clinical Affiliation CorrespondenceAll USA students will be provided with templates of correspondence to be sent to their assigned sites. ForMOPA students, instructions will be given in the classroom. For OT and PT students, the followingapplies:OT Students:Approximately eight weeks before the Fieldwork experience, the student will write an introductoryletter to the Fieldwork Supervisor (FWS). Letters must follow the specified format. Thiscorrespondence will include an AOTA Student Personal Data Sheet for Student FieldworkExperience. The student will also request information on the dress code, contact person, arrival time,parking, directions, etc.A copy of the letter and student personal data sheet must be submitted to the Clinical Education Officefor placement in the student’s file.PT Students:Approximately eight weeks before placement of the internship affiliation, the student will write anintroductory letter to the Clinical Instructor (CI) or Center Coordinator of Clinical Education (CCCE).This letter is forwarded to the clinical site through the Clinical Education Office. This correspondencewill include a current student photograph and an APTA Student Personal Data Sheet for StudentClinical Experience. The student will also request information on the dress code, contact person,arrival time, parking, directions to the facility, etc.A copy of the letter must be submitted for approval and mailing. Letters must follow the specifiedformat. A copy of the letters will be placed in the student’s file.A student that fails to complete the required paperwork in a timely manner may risk cancellation of theirplacement.Failure to submit the required letters of correspondences in the timeframe requested will be consideredan act of professional misconduct and will result in subsequent referral to the University ProfessionalMisconduct Committee.The Clinical Education Office will notify the students when they may initiate telephone communicationwith the assigned sites, following the mailing of the letters.Clinical Shadowing ExperiencesStudents will participate in clinical affiliation experiences shadowing professionals as follows:OT Students:a. First Trimester: Foundations of Occupational Therapy – Fieldwork Introductionb. Second Trimester: Fieldwork IAc. Third Trimester: Fieldwork IBMOPA Students:a. First Trimester: Professional Issues – Externships I and II. Placements are made by theClinical Education Office. Effort is made to place students locally (within a two-hour drivefrom their residence). Hours of attendance are determined by the site.Safety and professionalism expectations are consistent with those previously outlined in this StudentHandbook and course syllabus.University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences 99
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