The Primary Care major includes a minimum of 600 supervised clinical practicum hours, which averages between 20 and 25 hours a week. Therefore, students are strongly advised to consider cutting back on employment commitments while enrolled in the primary care clinical courses. Full-time students in Primary Care can complete the degree in 2 academic years. Classes are held on the Marion campus of Indiana Wesleyan University. Sites for the clinical practica in conjunction with clinical courses are arranged.
Students often are able to do their clinical practica in settings close to their place of residence.
Most classes are scheduled once a week in the afternoons, evenings or Saturdays. Part-time students should plan to be on campus one or two days a week each semester. May term and summer courses usually meet twice a week. Graduates of the Primary Care program are eligible to sit for certification exams as family, adult, or gerontological nurse practitioners. Community health graduates are eligible to sit for advanced practice certification exams in community health nursing.