clinical hours
Supervised practice sessions
Clinical hours are the time spent by students in healthcare fields—nursing, medicine, physical therapy—working directly with patients under supervision.
These hours fulfill educational requirements, bridging classroom learning and professional practice.
Programs specify minimums: She needs 500 clinical hours to graduate.
The term also applies to licensed professionals tracking patient contact time for certification or billing purposes.
- practicumSupervised practical training
- rotationTurning on an axis
- internshipSupervised professional trial period
- residencyState of dwelling somewhere
- bedsideNear the mattress
rounds · on the floor · patient care · preceptor · shadowing · training · supervision · logbook · competency · patients · hands-on · clerkship · fieldwork · hospital · shifts · white coat · documentation · scrubs
clinical hoursbook learning
Knowledge from study
classroom instruction · coursework · classroom training · classroom learning · distance learning
clinical hoursdesk work
Sedentary office labor
office hours · independent practice · billable hours · professional practice
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