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Clinical experience is a vital part of the course for the approx. 250 students that graduate from UK chiropractic institutions every year.

To help them get the best out of this experience, the GCC has updated the Clinical Placement Guidance setting out the general principles that education providers should consider as they set up and design clinical placements. The new document is supplementary to the Education Standards and includes quality assurance considerations, ensuring parity of placement experience and insurance arrangements for the duration of a placement.

Read the updated Clinical Placement Guidance.

Have you considered hosting a clinical placement?

Hosting a clinical placement can be as rewarding for the clinician as the student, with the opportunity to connect with a possible future associate as well as refreshing your knowledge and technique.

Don't just take our word for it, these quotes are from clinical placement providers already working with Teesside University:

Having students on placement at our clinic has had a number of benefits for both parties. As a practitioner, it makes us ‘up our game’ – when we are visited by students being taught the latest information you learn new things, plus being observed means we observe ourselves being observed, and often will improve what we’re doing as a result of that. Patients enjoy the interaction with students and rarely choose not to have a student present – the feedback we’ve had from patients is that they enjoy being part of someone’s learning experience. The students benefit in a number of ways including learning professional behaviour and communication and observational skills with patients. They also see in real life the job they are training for and often ask insightful questions, showing they are applying what they are learning to a real clinical scenario. Overall we have thoroughly enjoyed and benefited from being a placement provider, and I believe the students have as well.

Having the students has reminded me of what a potent thing it is to be a Chiropractor/Primary Care Provider and the duties to those we take care of. Somebody once said, “if you really want to understand something, teach it!”
The interactions of student and mentor are a prime example of this, it challenges both; helps both and the learning is mutual.

The majority of patients are keen to assist students on their pathway to learning. It gives the student an opportunity to see what life is like within a clinic setting which can be different to a clinic in a university setting.

(Thanks to Teesside University and the chiropractors quoted)

Get involved!

If you'd like to volunteer to be a clinical placement provider, or are interested in finding out more about what is involved, please contact one of the educational providers listed below: