Resources for Our Clinical Partner Sites
- The APTA’s Clinical Site Information Form (CSIF) allows academic programs to collect information from clinical education sites. We ask that clinics review/update their information in Exxat annually.
- This is UCSF/SFSU's Certificate of Liability Insurance for the current year.
- Each CI will receive the Part-time Integrated Clinical Experience Evaluation Tool to evaluate students at the end of their part-time integrated clinical experience (ICE).
- The Student Evaluation of Clinical Experience & Instruction Form is completed by students in EXXAT and shared with their respective sites and CIs.
- UCSF-SFSU Commitment Agreement form is used to indicate available slots for our students in the upcoming calendar year.
Additional Resources
Northern California Clinical Education Consortium (NCCEC) is an organization with representatives from all Northern California physical therapist and physical therapist assistant education programs and clinical sites.- Clinical Instructors (CIs) can become credentialed through the Credentialed Clinical Instructor Program (CCIP). This 2-day course is composed of interactive didactic education sessions followed by an assessment and is frequently offered through APTA, CPTA, and our Northern California Clinical Education Consortium. California licensed PTs who serve as CIs may collect one hour for each week of full-time clinical experience with a student (California Code of Regulations).
- Guidelines & Self-Assessments for CIs & SCCEs contains worksheets to allow facilities, SCCEs, and CIs to assess their skills, identify weaknesses, and better become clinical educators.
- UCSF/SFSU uses the Physical Therapist Clinical Performance Instrument (PT CPI) to evaluate students in each full-time clinical experience. If a CI has not used this tool before, they MUST complete an online training course through the APTA Learning Center. Once a CI has completed this training, they may access a web version of this tool.
- California Physical Therapy Association (CPTA) website has information regarding continuing education opportunities, legislative updates and CPTA-sponsored CI credentialing programs.
- The APTA clinical education section has information regarding clinical education site development and federal regulations related to students.
Establishing New Clinical Sites
Intensive effort is made to select clinical sites that will provide a rich learning environment for our learners. The DCE is responsible for developing and maintaining partnerships with all clinical sites, and the DCE and A-DCE are often working with several clinical sites at various stages in the process of establishing agreements. Learners must not contact a site directly; learners can recommend any new clinical sites to the DCE, who is best placed to determine if the site meets the learning needs of learners in the program, is able to provide high quality clinical education, and has or needs an affiliation agreement with the University. A Training Affiliation Agreement (TAA) must be in place prior to any clinical experiences.