Clinical Experience
National accreditation standards require that all graduate students complete
- A minimum of 400 clock hours of supervised clinical experience in the practice of speech-language pathology. At least twenty-five hours must have been spent in clinical observation and at least 375 clock hours must have been spent in direct client/patient contact.
- At least 325 of the 400 clock hours must be completed while the applicant is engaged in graduate study in a program accredited in speech-language pathology by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology.
- Supervised practicum must include experience with client/patient populations across the life span and from culturally/linguistically diverse backgrounds. Practicum must include experience with client/patient populations with various types and severities of communication and/or related disorders, differences, and disabilities.
Pacific students obtain these hours in a variety of clinical placements.
They begin their clinical experience in the on-campus Pacific Speech, Hearing and Language Center and the nearby Scottish Rite Childhood Language Disorder Center.
Each of these Centers is housed in state-of-the art, professional health care facilities.
Undergraduate Clinical Experience
Starting in the junior year, students obtain their observation hours in our Stockton centers.
During the senior year, students participate in clinic in both diagnostic and therapy sessions to supplement their academic preparation.
A Pacific student typically receives 70 hours of clinical experience as a senior clinician.
Pacific is a national leader in undergraduate clinical education and one of the few speech-language pathology programs in California to offer undergraduate clinical experience.
Graduate Clinical Experience
At the graduate level, students are assigned both child and adult clients in our Stockton centers.
Graduate students also complete a fieldwork experience with children in local Northern California public school districts.
During their final semester, graduate students participate in a full-time, four-month externship in medical centers across the country to obtain experience with adult clients.
- PHS SLP Placement
Medical Centers where Pacific graduate students have been placed:
Medical Center Location Alta Bates Hospital
Berkeley, CA
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Christus Spohn Health Systems
Corpus Christi, TX
Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara, CA
Hoag Memorial Hospital Rehab Services
Newport Beach, CA
Kaiser - Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Kaiser - Stockton
Stockton, CA
Kaiser Rehab Center
Vallejo, CA
Lodi Memorial Hospital
Lodi, CA
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Long Beach, CA
Mercy Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Methodist Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Mills Peninsula Medical Center
San Mateo, CA
Modesto Rehabilitation Hospital
Modesto, CA
Newport Speech and Hearing
Mission Viejo, CA
San Joaquin General Hospital
Stockton, CA
Santa Clara Medical Center
San Jose, CA
Simi Valley Adventist
Simi Valley, CA
St. Francis Memorial Hospital
San Francisco, CA
St. Joseph's Hospital
Stockton, CA
St. Jude's Hospital
Fullerton, CA
Sutter-Tracy Community Hospital
Tracy, CA
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
USC University Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Washington Hospital
Vallejo, CA
Rehabilitation Hospital
Scottsdale, AZ
Kapi'olani Medical Center at Pali Momi
Aiea, HI
Oahu Speech Language Pathology
Honolulu, HI
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Nugent and Associates
Beaverton, OR
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington DC
Halton Hills Speech Center
Georgetown, Ontario, CANADA
London Speech and Language Ctr
London, Ontario, CANADA