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What is clinical training?

Experience and instruction in providing direct patient care in a healthcare institution offer the student the opportunity to integrate, apply, and refine specific skills and abilities based on theoretical concepts and scientific principles.

How does Foothills AHEC facilitate clinical training?

  • Providing medical and physician assistant students with clinical placement assistance

  • Organizing housing support and travel stipends for clinical training students

  • Assisting students and healthcare facilities with credentialing

  • Recruiting and supporting community-based clinical preceptors

  • Coordinating with academic programs to meet clinical training needs

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