CLINICAL INSTRUCTORS

Clinical Instructor Certification Course
Effective Jan 2013: If you wish to recieve Continuing Competency Credits for your work serving as a Clinical Instructor, you will need to have taken the 2-day APTA Clinical Instructor Certification Course. You can see course offerings by going to the Northern California Clinical Education Constortium webpage. This resource has information on clinical training, student management, and other helpful resources!
Recognition of Our 2012 Clinical Instructors of Excellence
An excellent Clinical Instructor is one who:
- Models in their practice integration of the ICF concepts and terminology and the patient management model as described in the Guide to PT Practice.
- Supportively mentors the student by reinforcing student strengths and offering constructive and timely feedback to the student in integrating academic and clinical experiences.
- Skillfully uses the clinical environment to set up appropriate learning experiences and clearly communicates all aspects of clinical education to the student, the CCCE and the DCE/ACCE.
- Accurately rates the student on the assessment tool (Web CPI) with supporting documentation, integrating a fair assessment of supervision needs, patient caseload capacity and quality of student performance.
- Models ethical and legal practice, and excellent relations with patients, family caregivers and healthcare providers.
The following Clinical Instructor(s) were nominated by the graduating students for recognition as an excellent CI for the year 2012:
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Marie Bernal – Sutter Rehab Institute, Roseville |
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Courtney Chan – Sunrise Villa, Laguna Hills |
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Lindsay Clark – Comm. Hosp. of the Monterey Peninsula |
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Dawn Coker – Kaiser Sacramento |
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Raymond Dunne – Modesto Memorial Med Cntr |
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Michael Dybdahl – UCDMC, Sacramento |
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Henry Escamilla – Siena Care, Auburn |
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Mike Fritz – Sutter General Hosp, Sacramento |
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David Gelber – UCDMC, Sacramento |
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Heidi Gilbert – Carmichael Care Rehab |
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Patricia Hand – Sutter General Hosp, Sacramento |
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David Jeter – Acceleration PT, Spokane |
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Elaina Kane - Easter Seal, Sacramento |
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David Krantz – Fremont Rideout Hospital, Yuba City |
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Tara Little – Auburn Oaks Care Center |
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Paige Milavickas - Easter Seal, Sacramento |
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Kay Moultrie – UCDMC, Sacramento |
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Olutosin Okon – Sutter Rehab Institute, Roseville |
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Jeremiah Samson – David Grant Med Ctr, Fairfield |
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Josh Soria – Sutter Rehab Institute, Roseville |
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Colleen Wong – SLO Sports & Orthopedic, Paso Robles |



