Off Campus Clinical Instruction Requirements

(Links to all required forms are located at the bottom of this page)

Off-Campus Clinical Instruction

You will be required to complete your clinical assignments at a hospital or clinic where you work and the site must be an approved Off-Campus Clinical Instruction (OCCI) facility prior to enrolling in your Tier Two courses. The following is a summary of the OCCI information:

1. Each facility designated as an approved off-campus clinical instruction site must have a current Preceptor Agreement, Facility Agreement, and Hospital Standards Agreement on file in the VTDLP office.
2. Students must have a completed Health Risk Acknowledgement and Agreement and Release of Liability on file in the VTDLP office.
3. All OCCI documentation MUST be completed and the practice approved before the student enters Tier Two courses for the student to receive credit for their course work.

Preceptor Agreement

A Preceptor Agreement must be completed between the VTDLP and the preceptor(s) that students intend to utilize during the Tier Two – Four course(s) in which they are enrolled.

Facility Agreement

To be approved as an OCCI site, veterinary care facilities should meet certain minimum standards regarding hospital staff, equipment, and practice quality. These minimum standards should be met in order to assure that students receive adequate exposure to quality veterinary medical practices and equipment. Students in practices that do not meet the OCCI standards for equipment or facilities will be required to complete a remediation plan before the site is approved. Veterinary care facilities may be approved as acceptable for courses relating to companion animals, food and farm animals, or both. This must be completed prior to the entering Tier Two courses.

REQUIRED OCCI FORMS FOR ALL TIER II-IV STUDENTS

To be an approved OCCI site, veterinary care facilities and preceptors must meet certain minimum criteria. These standards must be maintained to ensure that students in the VTDLP receive a quality education that stresses acceptable medical standards. Each OCCI site and preceptor must make formal application and agree to follow these standards in order to be approved. All paperwork must be received at least 30 days prior to the first day of class (see academic calendar for exact dates) of the semester in which the student enters Tier II courses and all paperwork and facilities must be approved prior to registering for upper tier courses.

1.  Below are the forms that must be printed out and completed by the facility:

Hospital Standards Agreement

Facilities Agreement

Preceptor Agreement

2.  Below are the forms that must be printed out and completed by the student (Please note that the Agreement and Release of Liability and the Health Risk Acknowledgment forms must be notarized and have a visible seal or stamp to be accepted):

Health Risk Acknowledgement

Release of Liability

Release of Information

All forms can be returned to the attention of Pat Roach via fax (505-566-3570), email (roachph@sanjuancollege.edu) or mailed to: