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1. Written Case Study (20% for 1) - Each student will be required to complete one extensive written case study on one ICU patient the student has been involved/worked with during the semester. A case study guide is provided on D2L. The student is responsible for reading the guidelines and following the instructions. If the student does not follow the guidelines given they will receive a “0, (Zero)” as a grade. Students will be responsible to contact the DCE with any questions pertaining to the Case Study. Case studies are to be sent to the DCE via D2L Assignment by midnight on Monday April 9, 2012 or any time prior to that date.
2. Specialty Rotations/ Virtual labs - (15% for assigned rotations) - These rotations are in addition to ICU. There are specific requirements to fulfill for each rotation and points will be assigned to each rotation. Total points will account for 15% of the clinical score. Forms/Guidelines/Scenarios for Virtual labs and for Specialties are located on D2L. Paperwork for the specialty rotations MUST be completed along with the specialty rotation. This paperwork is found on D2L under content.
3. Attendance/ Student Evaluation (20%) - Guidelines for grading of clinical attendance is as follows:
Guidelines for grading of clinical attendance for Excused Clinical Absences are as follows:
1st Absence: 5% deduction from final grade without written documentation and if not made up within two weeks of the absence.
2nd Absence: 10% deduction from final grade without written documentation and if not made up within two weeks of absence
3rd Absence: 15% deduction from final grade- must be made up
4th Absence: Student must repeat RCA 283.
Guidelines for grading of clinical attendance for Unexcused Clinical Absences are as follows:
1st Unexcused Absence: 8% deduction from final grade-day must be made up and student will be placed on probationary status.
2nd Unexcused Absence: Student receives a failing grade for clinical and will be dropped from the program.
It is the students’ responsibility to fill in the time sheet daily at the end of each rotation with the exact times and then obtain the preceptors signature. Students will be evaluated by their preceptors at the clinical site on a daily basis and at each specialty rotation. These student evaluations and weekly ICU Objective Checklists are to be turned in to your preceptor at the end of each rotation. This does not included Specialty rotations. Please place these in your notebook to be turned in at semester’s end.
Students will also be responsible for evaluating each ICU clinical sight they attend. These evaluations will be included as part of the “Attendance-Evaluation
4. Logic of Instrumentation/Oral Exam/ Equation Exams(15%) - A written exam will be given during finals week along with an oral exam to evaluate the overall knowledge and understanding of selected therapies/modalities. Students will complete Pre and Post Exams on Respiratory Equations as scheduled by the DCE.
5. Patient Assessment-Care Plans/Assigned Discussions (10%) - Students will be required to complete 4 patient assessment/care plans for the semester. The ventilator flow sheet must accompany each Care Plan. These are to be completed on ventilator patients in the ICU rotations only. Students will be responsible for assigned “Discussion Entries” under the discussion tool in D2L. Each entry is worth 10 points. Extra points may be given for exceptional efforts and involvement.
6. Physician Interaction (15%)- The student will also be required to obtain a minimum of twenty (20) physician interaction points over the semester. An example of these forms can be found on D2L. If the student is unable to obtain a signature from the physician the preceptor may sign the form, but the physician’s name must be written along with the preceptor’s signature. Your score will be calculated based on a percentage of the required 20 points. (i.e.- 10 points will equal 50%
7. Clinical Notebook (5%) -Students’ are to turn in all of the above materials (excluding the written case study) within a notebook at the end of the semester.
The notebook is to be divided into compartments for: 1) time sheets with tally sheets, 2) student evaluations, 3) specialties, 4) care plans, 5) physician interaction forms, 6) evaluations of preceptors and clinical sites. Notebooks are to be turned in to your DCE at the time of your Oral Exam. The notebooks are to be free of any excess paperwork. If they are not set up as stated above 5% will be deducted from the final grade. If notebooks are turned in after the time of the Oral Exam 10% per day will be deducted from the student’s final grade. |