The long term care internship is required by the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators in the State of Ohio. Practicum sites and preceptors must be approved in advance of the practicum. Practicum students spend 135 to 225 clock hours in the experience depending on the number of credit hours taken. Along with the practicum and internship is a seminar component where students meet with a field coordinator periodically to discuss problems, concerns and issues raised during the practicum or internship experience. The seminar component is held at the facility where the student is working.
Students have the option of taking more than one practicum experience.
Also, the practicum experience may be part of the Minor or Certificate Program. Practicums have been done in the areas of marketing, pastoral care, research, activities, adult day programming and administration, senior center programming and administration, hospice, and in other areas as well.