Clinical Experience

Clinical Experience

Clinical experience allows health and medical science students to integrate knowledge acquired in the classroom with clinical practice. Students are placed in a variety of healthcare settings and observe patients at different stages of medical practice so students may better understand the scope of the healthcare profession.

Currently clinical experience opportunities are provided through Mecklenburg County Public Schools' Nurse Aide program.

Health and medical science teachers are in charge of supervising the clinical experience. Specific requirements for each type are as follows: