COMD 5670 Advanced Clinical Practicum- Externship 1

During this course, students are assigned their first of two off-campus clinical externship experience. Students will be assigned a clinical externship placement by the Coordinator of Clinical Education in the SLP graduate program.

This externship experience is listed for six credit hours because it is expected that the student spend 30-35 hours per week there. The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a full-time clinical position (under the supervision of their clinical instructor at their assigned site). Students take only 2 other academic courses concurrently with this externship.

The placement will be assigned based on factors including but not limited to the student's past performance in their previous clinical courses (COMD 5354, 5355, 5368, 5369), their remaining clinical clock hours and patient populations required, the student's preferences, and availability of externship sites.

This course is not taken on a graded basis. Using evaluation forms that document the acquisition of clinical knowledge and skills provided by our accrediting body, student's progress will be tracked by their clinical supervisor in conjunction with UT Tyler's SLP Coordinator of Clinical Education. Should the student fail to acquire the expected clinical knowledge and skills by the end of this clinical externship, this course may be repeated.

Credits

6

Prerequisite

COMD 5354, 5355, 5368, 5369