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General FAQs

Q1. Can a physician be a CIE?

Q2. Can a person be a CIE for more than one program?

Q3. What are the qualifications to become an ACI?

Q4. Must an ACI evaluate proficiencies that have previously been evaluated by a non-ACI?

Q5. Are multiple training sessions required if an ACI is affiliated with one or more programs or moves from one program to another??

Q6. How often must initial ACI Training be sponsored?

Q7. How do you maintain your status as an ACI?

Q8. What information do I need to document upon the completion of my ACI training or continued training as a CIE or ACI?

Q9. How do I report that either initial ACI training has been completed or additional training has been completed for continued approval as a CIE or ACI?

Q10. Can “partial credit” for continuing education be awarded for individuals who must only take a part of the ACI training?

Q11. If I have just trained my ACIs and the next week I hire a new clinical instructor, do I have to re-do the training for the new clinical instructor?

Q12. How often must a CIE meet with an ACI?

Q13. How do I become a CIE?

Supervision FAQs

Q1. Must an ACI actually see the student perform the clinical proficiency before approving it?

Q2. Does the 8:1 ratio correspond to only ACIs?

Q3. What is the difference between direct supervision by an ACI and supervision by a clinical instructor?

Instructional FAQs

Q1. Do all clinical proficiencies have to be taught using the learning over time concept?

Q2. Must skill assessments be linked to academic credit?

Q3. How many times must we “check off” each of the Clinical Proficiencies?

Q4. Will the Education Council or CAATE create a “national clinical education curriculum?”