19. The PA Program Clinical Team
Director of Clinical Education (DCE)
The Director of Clinical Education is responsible for coordinating the overall educational process during the clinical year. In this role, the DCE provides continuity and serves as a resource for preceptors interacting with the PA Program. The DCE works with potential preceptors to develop sites in accordance with clerkship goals and instructional objectives.
Clinical Education Placement Associate
This staff member assists the DCE in the coordination of the overall education process during the clinical year and is responsible for data collection, systems improvement, finances associated with the clinical year, and serves as the liaison between students, their preceptors, and clinical sites.
Program Coordinator
This staff member facilitates student communication with the clinical sites and preceptors, as well as , other administrative aspects of the clinical year. Primary responsibility includes facilitating onboarding of students at their clinical sites.
Primary Clinical Preceptor
The Primary Clinical Preceptor is responsible for the on-site supervision and evaluation of students in the clinical clerkship courses. Preceptors may be board-certified physicians in the discipline being studied, NCCPA-certified PAs, or other licensed health care providers qualified in their area of instruction and will oversee students in their clinical activities. This may include DOs, NPs, midwifes and other qualified, licensed healthcare providers.
Adjunct Lecturers
Adjunct lecturers provide intermittent instruction during the clinical phase of the Program in one or more areas of specific expertise.
Like the didactic phase, adjunct lectures deliver occasional instruction during the clinical phase of the program, typically in one or more areas aligned with their specific expertise.