Raven EMS Education Program ManualSub-Section 3.42.750 - Clinical Coordinator
Clinical Coordinator Responsibilities
Clinical Coordinator shall maintain clinical and field internship sites to meet course requirements, including the requirement that internship rotations on EMS vehicles must be performed as a third person, not replacing required staff on the vehicle and students receive an educational and meaningful clinical/field experience.
The clinical coordinator shall (NCOEMS, 2024):
- Ensure hospital, clinical or field internships are in place and scheduled.
- Students are scheduled for and complete the required experiences before participating in the psychomotor examination (unless uncontrollable circumstances are identified and documented as required).
- Develop or use appropriate evaluation forms, and evaluate student performance of clinical, and field internship experiences.
- Review and provide feedback to students on patient evaluation write-ups.
- Use Institution trained field internship preceptors who monitor and evaluate students in a standard and consistent manner.
- Ensure sufficient agreements with appropriate clinical/hospital/field internship sites to accomplish all clinical objectives of the educational standards before course completion.
- A review of clinical/field sites and documentation demonstrating:
- Student achievement of clinical objectives.
- Appropriateness of clinical/field sites relative to the standards/instructor guidelines.
- Written agreements with those facilities used by the course for fulfillment of clinical and field internship objectives.
- Documentation of the medical advisor’s approval of clinical preceptors.
- Documentation of orientation for clinical preceptors to the clinical objectives and scope of practice of the student.
- Documentation that demonstrates the student’s achievement of all clinical and field internship objectives.
Refer to Sub-Section 3.42.785 - General Faculty for orientation and faculty development.
EMT Clinical Coordinator Qualifications
The EMT Clinicla Coordinator must:
- Possess professional healthcare credential(s) and experience in emergency medicine and pre-hospital care. Current licensure and at least two years clinical experience in the level of course.
- Must have the ability to supervise and evaluate all students in clinical evolutions.
Copies of Clinical Coordinators’ curriculum vitae, licenses, and certifications are on file with the Deputy Director of EMS.
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