Links on this page are provided as a resource for currently-enrolled SCC PTA students and their clinical instructors.
General Clinical Education Information and Materials:
SCC Clinical Education Handbook 2011-12
March Request form (this is the form clinical facilities can use to offer spaces for student affiliations)
Competency Hours (information on competency hours CIs can earn applicable for CA license renewal)
CI Instructor Education and Credentialing Brochure
Northern California Clinical Education Consortium website
APTA Clinical Educator and Clinical Site Development resources
Reference Manual for Center Coordinators of Clinical Education (APTA guide free to members; available for purchase by non-members)
Online: Leading the Team-A Practical Guide to Working with PTAs (free to APTA members)
CA Laws and Regulations governing PTA students
Medicare guidelines for supervision of students
MDS3 student supervision (for SNF)
PTA student uniform requirements
Midpoint conference form (for use when program academic faculty meet with students and/or CIs)
Clinical Incident Report form
Materials specific to part-time clinical affiliations ('Introduction to Clinical Practice, PTA 122)
Evaluation of the Student for 'Introduction to Clinical Practice' (PTA 122). (This handout contains a guide to evaluation and the evaluation form for part-time students.)
Student evaluation of the clinical experience for the part-time clinical affiliation
Materials specific to full-time clinical affiliations ('Clinical Practicum I, PTA 142 and 'Clinical Practicum II', PTA 152):
Student evaluation of the clinical experience for the full-time clinical affiliation