As of now we use a student preference request form completed by each student at
the beginning of the semester before the ClEd experience is to occur. We use
this as a startng point as students can indicate 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices of
facilities that have given outr ubiversity slots. But then we as ACCEs go
through all of the students' choices matching slots and students with their
educational need (i.e. out vs inpatient, ortho, acute, neuro etc)considering
their preferences. Students understand (we hope!!) that the p[lacement is thew
ACCEs decision, not theirs, and will not necessarily be their 1st choice. When
we have multiple students requestinf the same site, our academic decision
becomes foremost and the selection of one student over another is based on the
best match and educational needs being met.
Certainly not a scientific process, and very individualized, but it works
relatibely well for now.
MADelaneyTuttle, MS, PT, ACCE
University of Hartford, CT
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