PCHCS Handbook 2023-2024

Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences (PCHCS)—Department of Health Science 2023–2024 189 Clinical Externships • Clinical externships time frame: The second year of study in the B.S.—MS/M.H.Sc. program consists of clinical externships, i.e., courses designated as BMS 4500, 4600, and 4700. Clinical Externships consist of three terms for a total of 48 weeks, with a minimum of 37 hours per week. • Clinical externships placement: The student’s initial clinical externship placement is assigned during the third term (summer) of the first year of study. The final clinical externship weekly schedule will be left at the discretion of the clinical site and the student, but following the guidelines outlined above. • Clinical assignments during the second year will be determined by the clinical coordinators and students are requested to honor those assignments. Clinical sites may be local in-state, nonlocal in-state, and/or out-of-state. • Students who have not taken the Sonography Principles and Instrumentations (SPI) Exam with the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) will not be able to start their clinical externships. Duties and expectations in clinical externships: Students in clinical externships must follow all the rules and regulations of both the university and the clinical site, including, but not restricted to, rules and regulations on confidentiality, job safety, dress code, attendance, and daily work activities. An area of special emphasis is the dress code requirements and restrictions students must follow while at their clinical site. Typically, these are as follows: • Do not bring valuables into the clinical setting; secure storage will likely not be available. • Students must wear approved scrubs and close-toed shoes as designated by the site. • ID badges must be worn below the neck but above the waistline. • Hair must be pulled back and controlled, or up off the collar, in all patient-care areas. • Artificial nails, nail art, and acrylic nails or nail extensions may not be worn. • Nails must be trimmed to ¼” past the tip of the finger. Nail polish must not be chipped or cracked. • Any visible tattoos must be covered. • Body piercings are limited to two per ear, and any jewelry worn cannot extend below the earlobe. All other body piercings must be covered. • Phones or any other personal device(s) must be in silent mode in patient care areas. • Talking, texting, or any other form of accessing such personal devices, including audiovisual recording or playback, is only permitted while on break and in nonpatient areas. • Students are prohibited from capturing images, videos, sound, or photographs at the clinical site, regardless of any expressed or implied consent. Students in off-site clinical placements will be required to comply with all the specific requirements of the facility. These requirements may include, but are not limited to, fingerprinting, proof of vaccinations,

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