Step by Step Guide
Undergraduate Clinical Placement Process

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Please check with site contact if you have questions about clinical placements due to COVID-19. 
Once you have identified the facility or site you wish to utilize, please follow the steps below to make a request.

Step 1: Read Clinical Placement Request Form Instructions
​Click here to download the instructions.

Step 2: Complete Clinical Placement Request Form
Click here to access form for Ascension Health Care/Affinity facilities only.
Click here to access form for all other facilities.

• Keep in mind; submission of the form is NOT a guarantee of placement.
• For preceptorships, requests should be submitted 10-12 weeks before clinical start date (no earlier than 12 weeks, please).
• Every effort will be made to respond to the request within a 3-6 week period.
• If you haven't heard back in a reasonable amount of time, please contact the facility representative directly.

Step 3: Email Completed Form
Click here for a listing of FVHCA sites and contact information.

Step 4: Request is Approved or Denied

• If approved continue to step 5.
• If denied, the facility will be in contact with you.

​Step 5: Read Required Student/Faculty Information Form (RIF) Instructions (Must be updated annually).
Click here for the instructions.
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Step 6: Complete Required Student/Faculty Information Form (RIF)
Click here for the form.
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​Step 7: Email Completed Form
Click here for a listing of FVHCA sites and contact information.