Student Handbook
Communication with Ferris
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Affiliates and DISCLAIMER How to Be Assigned to Clinical Experience Eligibility Interview and Selection Process What if There Are More Students than Clinical Sites? Clinical Experience Requirements TB Test Hepatitis B Vaccination and Disclaimer Health Insurance Other Requirements Clinical Experience Policies Attendance Policy Service Work Policy Outside Employment Policy Client Rights How You Will Be Evaluated Your Skills Your Knowledge Your Professional Behaviors Who Does What at the Clinical Site Student Responsibilities at the Clinical Site Clinical Instructor Activities Clinical Coordinator Activities Communication with FSU |
We don't forget you while you're on your clinical experience! For one thing, you're paying tuition to Ferris State University, and you're getting academic credit for the work you do. For another thing, we're interested in how you're doing while you're out there! Somebody from the CLS program faculty will call or send e-mail about once a week, to see how you're doing. We try to communicate with the Clinical Education Coordinator, the instructor you're working with, and with you. This way, we get ideas of how you're doing from several perspectives. During the 2000-2001 academic year, we will be trying out our system of e-mail communication with every possible affiliate. We hope that this will eliminate the telephone problems we have when we call on somebody's day off, or while somebody is at lunch, or up on a patient care floor collecting a bone marrow sample. It should also eliminate the situation where you may be trying to discuss a problem while the person causing the problem is standing nearby! We hope this will provide better communication all around. We also visit each student at least once during your clinical experience, probably toward the middle of the time that you are at the laboratory. While we're there, we like to see what's new at each site, talk to the Clinical Education Coordinator, as many instructors as possible, and you! Usually these are enjoyable trips. However, if you are having difficulty in meeting your objectives, we will visit on an emergency basis if we need to. If you see us coming when you're not expecting us, this isn't a good sign! If we have to remove you from your clinical experience, we will need to meet with everyone involved, including you. Your rights will be protected. But bear in mind that your performance is likely to have caused the problems we're addressing. Don't worry; if you behave yourself and make a good effort, your clinical experience will be a great ending to your Ferris State University education. Most clinical sites will be eager to hire any students who do a good job while they're there. We all want you to succeed, and we'll do what we can to get you a great Ferris State University education. |