Clinical experience is defined as time scheduled in a designated patient care area, lab, conference, alternative clinical experiences, application activities, community activity, and simulation.
The clinical courses do not grant credit for partial clinical days. Students are required to be present for the entire clinical day. Students who leave clinical early or arrive late will receive a clinical absence.
- Students are allowed one missed clinical experience without penalty.
- Students must complete a simulation makeup if they miss a second clinical experience.
- Students fail the clinical course if they are absent a third time.
- Students who will be absent from any form of scheduled clinical experience must call their clinical instructor prior to the scheduled activity. (See individual course syllabi for further information.)