A clinical internship program in biomedical engineering, Part II: Administration of the program

This paper discusses the administration of a clinical internship for biomedical engineering students. The interns rotate through sequences of hospital services, divided into four sets, separated by intervening elective periods, and spread over different clinical facilities. Rotations include orientation conferences, counseling sessions with staff personnel, and on-the-job training in each hospital service. Students keep logs of their experiences and submit service reports summarizing each rotation. They also write brief reports illustrating engineering contributions to health care delivery. The reports are graded and serve, together with staff and faculty evaluations, to rate the students' overall performance in the program.