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CLINICAL EXTERNSHIP POLICIES

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After successfully completing a  review course  , a student will be eligible to be placed on his/her externship. Externships are designed to be instructional in nature by providing students with hands-on experience. Externships are a cooperative effort among the school, the students and the externship facilities. Students do not displace existing clinical site personnel.

CLINICAL EXTERNSHIP ASSIGNMENT
Students must be prepared to travel to their externship assignments. The school will attempt to assign sites that are within a 60-mile radius of the School and that are convenient for the students; however, this may not always be possible. Based on clinical site availability, students may be required to complete their externships at more than one clinical site. Students who decline two sites may be required to withdraw from the program. In such an event, the School makes no assurances as to when or if other sites will be available.

Depending on the availability of externship sites there may be a period of up to 30 days between the scheduled end of the lecture and lab portion of the program and the date the students begin their externship program. This may extend a student's expected graduation date. In the event of such a gap, students are expected to make use of labs and other NMA facilities at least eight hours per week as scheduled by the Campus Director.

Before beginning their externship assignments, students must have a current CPR certification, TB Test and Back ground check that is valid for the length of the clinical rotation. Clinical sites may require additional medical information and/or inoculations for the student to begin their clinical program. The student is responsible for any cost associated with these additional requirements.

EXTERNSHIP ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS
Students must attend his or her externship on the days and hours designated by the site. Days or times of externship may not be rearranged without permission from the Campus Director and the Externship Site Supervisor. In the event that the student will be absent for externship, the student must call the externship site and NMA in advance. If the externship site or NMA determines that the student is not reliable for any reason, including absences, the student may be removed from the site and may be terminated from the program. In any case, if a student misses two or more consecutive days of externship, the student will be dismissed as failing from MCTI.

Students are required to attend 100% of required externship hours. The School’s vacations and holiday schedule do not apply to students on externship. It is the responsibility of the student to provide the school with a time sheet signed by the externship site supervisor documenting externship hours completed for the week no later than Monday of the following week. If a student has missed any externship time, arrangements for make up time must be made with the externship site supervisor. Students will not be considered to have completed their externship until the site supervisor has certified all required attendance hours and the Campus Director has made a favorable recommendation of completion.

EXTERNSHIP PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
A designated externship supervisor (Preceptor) or medical office supervisor will evaluate a student's progress in the externship and submit evaluations to the School. In addition, the Campus Director or their designate will evaluate the student during the externship. The student may be responsible for submitting evaluations, case studies and logs to the specific program Externship Coordinator. These submissions may be required for graduation.

Externships are graded on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (Pass/Fail) basis and, therefore, are not used in the calculation of grade average. If a student fails to progress in the externship, the student may be subject to an extension of the externship program or termination from the School.

CLINICAL EXTERNSHIP CONDUCT
The externship site is a professional medical environment. Students must conduct themselves in the professional manner deemed appropriate for the workplace including arriving on time, leaving on time and acting in a reliable and responsible manner. Students must demonstrate a professional image, demeanor and personal hygiene at all times during the externship. Dress must meet site standards and lab coats must be clean and neatly pressed at all times.

Students must adhere to site protocols and complete any and all assignments assigned by externship instructors. The student is never to reveal any confidential medical information regarding patients.

The student's ability to complete externship at an externship site is at the sole discretion of the externship site supervisor. The externship site supervisor may at any time, for any reason, request that the school re-locate the student to another externship site. Students that have been asked to leave the externship site by the externship supervisor may have to wait until another externship rotation becomes available to resume their externship program. Therefore, students should make every effort to ensure that their externship experiences are successful.

Students are expected to demonstrate the utmost integrity and honesty while on externship.