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Medical students

Atrium Health Floyd is proud to offer student placement programs for education and training with a rich environment for learning opportunities across the system.

Learn more about:

medical student placement

nursing student placement/internships

high school students/volunteers

observer opportunities

Clinical rotation student handbook

The clinical rotation student handbook [PDF] is readily available to all students. It serves as a comprehensive resource, providing important information on school policies, academic guidelines and available support services. Make sure to review it regularly to stay informed and make the most of your educational experience.

View clinical rotation student handbook [PDF]

Medical student types

There are several kinds of students based on the program you are studying and/or the nature of the experience.

Medical and Advanced Practice (AP) students

These students are enrolled in schools of medicine; physician assistant, nurse practitioner or nurse anesthesia programs; and PharmD schools.

Clinical students

This typically includes nursing, therapy students and other allied health students. These students are in college programs that will have direct contact with patients or visitors. These students will have a college-based instructor who will arrange their clinical experience/rotation at Atrium Health Floyd through ACEMAPP.

Atrium Health Floyd does not provide placements for students attending schools that do not have an active Clinical Education Affiliation Agreement (CEAA) on file or who do not have college-based instructors to make their arrangements. Clinical students are students who are already enrolled in a health care related program that requires a clinical experience/rotation as a requirement for graduation or completion of their academic program.

High school students

Atrium Health Floyd welcomes high school students who participate through local high school programs such as College and Career Academies and HOSA. For more information, students and parents should contact their school’s work-based learning coordinator.

Observation

Observation hours are passive experiences where students simply watch a person perform their job duties. Observation hours are typically required for a medical school application.

More information for students

Identification of a qualified preceptor is the responsibility of the student, not the Clinical Placement Coordinator. It is strongly recommended that students who seek an experience at Atrium Health Floyd work through your school/education provider, to make arrangements.

All students are required to be registered and compliant in ACEMAPP to receive an ID badge and be on-site at any of our facilities.

If you are unsure if your school has a current Clinical Education Affiliation Agreement (CEAA), check with your school clinical coordinator.

New, first-time, CEAAs are reviewed for need and accepted on a case-by-case basis. CEAAs can take weeks to months to execute. If your rotation needs to happen within six months of your request, we cannot guarantee rotation placement.