NEW APTA Guidelines:
The APTA has released updated Guidelines regarding Student/New Graduate Employment Agreements. The PTA program at LCCC has incorporated these guidelines into written program policies.
The 2008 House of Delegates policies, Guidelines: Student/New Graduate Employment Agreements (HOD G06-08-08-09) assist students, new graduates and potential employers in negotiating agreements to provide financial or tuition assistance in return for contracted employment after graduation. The guidelines recommend that all parties seek approopriate legal advise ahead of time, and give suggestions about what agreements should contain.
Please also note that it has always been the long-standing position and policy of the PTA Program at LCCC that student education is not best-served by a student fulfilling any part of their clinical interships in a facility where they work. Students are assigned to a specified variety of types of clinical sites during their internships (called practicums by course name) by program policy, and also to a variety of employers/sites/locations/instructors to best achieve the well-rounded education required of the entry-level clinician.