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PASSPORT TO CLINICAL ROTATIONS careLearning com and the Passport Program
ou’re a college student in the health sciences and it’s time to egin your clinical rotations Some of your classmates will go to two different hospitals you’re assigned to three And then you find out that orientation for each hospital re uires different coursework That’s uite a challenge Or it used to e
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nter the Passport Program. A common
Arkansas’s program just launched with fall classes that
orientation program developed by
began in August, but the Natural State has the largest group
careLearning.com in coordination with
of participating hospitals and colleges to date.
Arkansas hospitals and colleges that provide nurses training, the program consolidates
“This is really beneficial for all concerned – the hospitals, the colleges and the students,” says Laura Register,
all orientation curricula into one package. Health sciences
careLearning’s Executive Director. “More than 75 colleges,
students can now access one online curriculum that meets
hospitals and other providers are already participating.”
the compliance imperatives of all participating hospitals.
Students say they like the consolidated nature of the
Each hospital can also offer supplemental material to
compliance orientation, and they appreciate being able
meet its individual needs – including content specific to the
to complete orientation coursework for all of their hospital
facility where the student reports. This might include dress
rotations in one online package. Colleges report a reduction
code, parking, hospital rules and regulations and other
in paperwork and resource coordination hassles.
information each student must know in order to begin clinical work at that location. Paid for by the student, the Passport Common Orientation
Last fall, health care organizations and colleges from across the state came together to determine the common curriculum. Topics cover coursework needed to satisfy CMS,
Program has a once-annual 10 fee in Arkansas. The fee
OSHA, The Joint Commission and other common regulatory
may be paid outright, through a fee awards program or be
body requirements.
added to the student’s loan amount. That 10 fee covers all
Through its affiliation with the Arkansas Hospital
costs for the program, and for that price, the student is able
Association and AHA Services, Inc., careLearning.com was
to take any courses needed for the entire year.
selected as the online training vendor for this consolidated
The Passport Program was first offered by careLearning in
orientation program. Students take their orientation
200 in Rhode Island. South Carolina added the program in
coursework as part of the required curriculum at their
2012, and St. Louis came on board in 2016.
respective schools and present transcripts as they report
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