Title: 02.04.004-Clinical Scheduling

Policy Number: 02.04.004

Policy Title: Clinical Scheduling

Status: Active

Policy:

Students must fulfill clinical/field internship requirements specific to their program as a part of their learning experience with the institution. Students are provided with instruction on what their program’s clinical/field internships entail, how to schedule their clinical/field internships, and how to document their clinical/field internships through email communication, course assignments and lectures, the enrollment agreement, and course syllabi.

Students are required to submit their clinical or field internship requests via the student portal, in line with the advanced scheduling guidelines agreed upon by the designated clinical or field site and the clinical coordinator. No exceptions will be made to bypass the portal’s standard scheduling procedures.

Students should not double-book clinical or field shifts, as doing so can cause unnecessary stress on clinical/field sites, increase the workload across multiple sites, and potentially lead to more cancellations. For further details, please refer to the Clinical Cancellation Policy outlined in Policy 02.02.005.

Axon allows students to complete field shifts in increments of 12 hours (12, 24, 36, or 48 hours). However, no single shift may exceed 48 hours. If the designated field site has a shorter maximum shift length, Axon will comply with the site’s internal policies. For clinical internships, Axon permits a maximum of 12-hour shifts. Shifts exceeding 12 hours are not allowed, regardless of site policy.

Clinical/field internships may only be completed with clinical providers approved by the institution and with which the institution maintains an affiliation agreement.

Students may work with clinical providers or have relationships with personnel in local emergency rooms or ambulance services that are not yet affiliated with the institution and wish to complete their field internships at these locations. The institution is willing and interested in forming a relationship with any qualified clinical provider, and many organizations are traditionally willing to complete an affiliation agreement if they have local students who are requesting one. To initiate a new affiliation request, students may contact support@axoneducation.com to request that a site be considered.