clinicals
Hands-on medical practice
Clinicals are the hands-on training periods when medical, nursing, or other healthcare students work directly with patients under supervision.
The term is informal shorthand for clinical rotations or clinical hours—the practical component that complements classroom instruction: I have clinicals at the hospital every Tuesday, She's exhausted from her clinicals this semester.
Turns around center points
- clerkshipsJunior legal appointments
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- preceptorPractical training supervisor
- bedsideNear the mattress
attending · residency · practicum · internship · hospital · ward · observation · examination
Certified healthcare professional
- LPNEntry-level medical caregiver
- patient-careMedical treatment services
- scrubsMedical staff uniform
- shiftMovement or work period
Systematic fact-finding effort
- FDAU.S. health regulator
- phasesDistinct periods in sequence
- subjectsAreas of study
- participantsThose actively involved
protocol · placebo · randomized · double-blind · endpoints · efficacy · safety · enrollment
rotations
Turns around center points
- clerkshipsJunior legal appointments
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- preceptorPractical training supervisor
bedside · attending · residency · practicum · internship · hospital · ward · observation · examination · diagnosis
RN
Certified healthcare professional
- LPNEntry-level medical caregiver
- patient-careMedical treatment services
- scrubsMedical staff uniform
shift · documentation · assessments · practicum · preceptorship
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
participants · protocol · placebo · randomized · double-blind · endpoints · efficacy · safety · enrollment · data
- trainingtraining, basic training, training session, employee training, apprenticeships
- nursing schooldiploma programs, accelerated programs, online programs, anatomy labs, accreditation
- learninglearning, learn, classes, instruction, studying
clinicalslectures
Formal instructional talks
didactics · classroom instruction · book learning · coursework · academic study
clinicalsclassroom
Educational instruction space
lecture hall · library · campus · laboratory · study carrel
- clinical trialHuman subject research experiment
- clinically deadHeart and breathing stopped
- clinical skillsPatient care techniques
- clinical depressionPsychiatric condition of prolonged despair
- clinically depressedDiagnosable persistent low mood
- clinical screeningMedical tests detecting conditions