The student is responsible for ALL costs associated with clinical preceptorship experiences including onboarding fees, transportation, housing, meals, uniforms (scrubs, if required), drug screens, additional criminal background checks required by the facility, and other incidental expenses associated with relocation and/or preceptorship requirements. This could include additional immunizations and titers to check immunity.TTUHSC Office of Institutional Health (OIH) reviews all immunizations records submitted by students after admittance into our programs. Each student is responsible for complying with requests from OIH regarding facility-specific requirements that could include titers, TB testing, flu shots, boosters, etc.NOTE: Based on their contracts, each facility has the right to terminate their affiliation with the MLS program up until the student enters their clinical preceptorship. On occasion, a facility will terminate a contract prior to the beginning of the clinical preceptorships. The MLS Program will make every effort to find the student another preceptorship spot in that location; however, be aware the only available preceptorship spot may be located in another city or another preceptorship spot may not be available at that time. Any and all expenses in changing a preceptorship site are the responsibility of the student.Each student will be given a score based on their class ranking, 74%, and professional evaluation grade, 26%. Students who are not placed in a preceptorship will go on a waiting list (in order of class rank) and will be placed if, and when, a preceptorship site becomes available.Appeal of the Preceptorship Assignment:
Upon receiving the contract, the student has five working days to appeal, in writing, the preceptorship assignment. The written appeal with the CPAF and attached documentation will be submitted to the Program Director who will forward the appeal to the Preceptorship Assignment Appeal Committee. The committee will meet within seven working days to review the appeal. Upon reviewing the appeal(s), the committee will provide a written report within three working days to the Program Director. The Program Director will inform the student of the final decision.Clinical Preceptorship Grade Policy
Clinical Preceptorship I will be on campus in the fall of the 2nd year. Successful completion of this course will allow the student to matriculate to Clinical Preceptorship II and III.The student must meet or exceed to Minimum Passing Score on each End-of Rotation test, a 70% or better on any practical exams given by the preceptor, a 60% or above on the professional evaluation, and complete all tasks on each Departmental Task List with a minimum score of 2.0 (70%). In addition, the average score on each task list must meet or exceed 2.0 (70%) to pass the corresponding clinical rotation to successfully complete HPML 4741, Clinical Preceptorship II, and HPML 4842, Clinical Preceptorship III.The student is allowed two attempts of each EOR, with the higher grade being recorded. The second EOR is not a repeat of the first attempt but a new test with different questions.