Health Sciences Clinicals, Externships, Practicums, and Professional Practice Experiences

Clinicals, externships, practicums or professional practice experiences for Health Sciences programs are to be conducted in University-approved locations. Each site will be established utilizing an agreement to determine the responsibilities of the external partner, Rasmussen University, and the participating student. Students may need to travel out of the immediate area to complete clinical, externship, practicum or professional practice experience activities. The cost of any such travel is the responsibility of the student.Clinicals, externships, practicums or professional practice experiences in Health Sciences programs have attendance expectations that differ from the general Rasmussen University Attendance Policy. These attendance policies can be found in the program-specific manuals/handbooks.

In order to pass a clinical, externship, practicum or professional practice experience course, students must complete the required number of clinical, externship, practicum or professional practice experience hours for the course. Students who do not complete all required practicum hours during the quarter or term in which the course is scheduled will fail the course.

All student activities associated with the curriculum, especially while the student is completing their clinical, externship, practicum or professional practice experience, will be educational in nature. The student will not receive any monetary remuneration during this educational experience, nor will they be substituted for hired staff personnel within the clinical institution.

Often, students will be offered a position toward the end of their clinical, externship, practicum or professional practice experience. It must be understood by both parties that should compensation occur for time associated with the clinical, externship, practicum or professional practice experience requirement, the student may be administratively withdrawn from the program and forfeit any accumulated hours.