According to the patient's bill of rights, patients have the right to know who is providing their care. Students will introduce themselves to patients in the clinical area with their first names and state that they are health sciences students (or name themselves according to the certificate for which they are engaged in their current preceptorship- i.e., phlebotomy student or medical assistant student).
Patients have the right to request that a certified phlebotomist or certified medical assistant perform patient care tasks for them. In that event, the student must notify their preceptor or the supervisor, who will find an appropriate individual to perform the patient care task.