About Us
The Learning Center
Education & Training
Orientation
Patient Education
Student Placements
Nursing Students
San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) provides a learning experience
for various levels of nursing students. Please read below to determine
the appropriate pathway.
Students|
Students are individuals who are enrolled in an approved academic
program that has a current student placement agreement with the San
Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH).
A student must be affiliated with an educational institution and collect
credits/units for an internship, externship, fieldwork, class requirement, training or dissertation. If
the requested placement involves payment or academic credit and ? will not be earned during
placement, please contact the Department of Education and Training BEFORE you begin the
paperwork.
Check to see if your school and your program is an approved school [link to schools and tables
list].If your school or your program is not on the list, please inform your instructor, preceptor or
SFGH staff contact BEFORE you begin the paperwork.
Identification Badge
Badges must be worn at all times. If a student/faculty identification badge includes a first/last
name and photo, then the student/faculty must wear the badge when on campus. If the badge
does not have your photo or the department/clinic/unit requires a SFGH badge, the
preceptor/SFGH staff must contact Human Resources (HR) to request a badge.
Identification badges are available at Human Resources, CHN Headquarters at 25th and
Potrero. Drop in hours: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00-10:30 am or Tuesdays
and Thursdays, 2:30-3:00 pm.
Step One: Preceptor/SFGH staff calls (415.206.5538) HR to make the appointment or the
student can drop during above times with a letter on official letterhead with preceptor or
supervisor’s signature that includes the following:
Student/Faculty Full Name
Department/Unit/Clinic
Student Title (optional)
Start/End Date (optional)
Step Two: Assure that the student/faculty brings valid photo identification to the appointment.
Step Three: Have student/faculty return to preceptor/SFGH staff at the end of the placement.
Undergraduate Nursing Students|
Forms
After Faculty assure that is the placement is approved, please complete the following
documents and return to Leslie Holpit.
Cohort: For clinical groups, faculty will complete the Faculty Form, the Undergraduate Nursing
Student Placement Roster, and the Undergraduate Nursing Student Health Screening Roster.
Each student within the cohort will complete the Undergraduate Nursing Student Placement form.
Single Preceptorship: For individual Undergraduate Nursing students (not in a group) please
complete the Single Preceptor Nursing Student Placement Form.
Orientation
Once paperwork is complete, a student completes orientation BEFORE or on their start date.
Orientation will be completed online or in personFaculty will arrange this with Leslie Holpit.
Graduate Nursing Students|
Forms
After assuring your placement is approved, please complete the Single Preceptor Nursing
Student Placement Form documents and return to Leslie Holpit.
Orientation
Once paperwork is complete, a student completes online orientation, please contact Leslie
Holpit for your username and password.
Preceptors/SFGH Staff|
Preceptors/SFGH Staff are employed by the San Francisco Department of Public Health
(SFDPH) or a SFDPH subcontractor (like UCSF) and located at a SFDPH facility. It is the
responsibility of SFGH staff or preceptor to provide instruction, supervision and or mentorship to
fulfill the student’s educational experience.
Within Nursing records are maintained centrally in Nursing Administration or the preceptor will
maintain required records, address conflicts or concerns, and evaluate placements. You must
keep a hard or electronic copy of the required forms for three years as preceptors/SFGH staff
are solely responsible for the documentation of completing the student placement process. In
the case of an audit, the forms must be readily available. Please review SFGH Student
Placements Policy 19.05 [link to policy].
Preceptors and SFGH staff are not required to take students, even if there is a valid student
agreement. It is up to the availability of staff and projects available for students that will
determine if placement is available. To help assure you have a space, please use the Student
Placement Agreement Form below.
Preceptor/SFGH Staff Forms
Complete only if your student requires:
Invision/LCR Access [hyperlink http://in-sfghweb01/Documents/servReq1.pdf
Online User Confidentiality and Security Agreement hyperlink[http://insfghweb01.in.sfdph.net/IDmanagement/DPHpublicAccess/StartPage.asp]
(Please note, an active directory account will need to be made for the student)
Schools/Faculty
Schools include approved universities, colleges, technical schools, institutes, high schools (16
or older) or community colleges that offer educational or training opportunities resulting in credit
for enrolled students. Faculty are instructors or coordinators employed by an academic
program to provide instruction to students.
Faculty must complete the required form below before instructing students on the SFGH
campus. Visiting faculty are allowed for five consecutive days or less. If visiting five
consecutive days or more, please contact the Department of Education and Training.
Faculty and visiting faculty must wear an identification badge with name and picture while on
the SFGH campus.
School Staff (placement coordinators, program directors etc.) must assure that the relationship
is established with the preceptor if the process is separate from faculty. One way to assist you
in this process is the Student Placement Agreement Form (below), which will help you
determine where and how many students you can place at SFGH with your established contact.
To see if placement is available for your student(s) you must contact Leslie Holpit or the
potential preceptor directly.
School/Faculty Required Forms|
Faculty Form [pdf form]
Student Training Agreements
No student may be placed on the SFGH campus or affiliated programs without first
executing an agreement. For an up to date list of active agreements, please check this list
[link tables and schools pdf]. Remember to check the school and the program, as both need to
be covered BEFORE a student is placed.
School not on list? Contact the Department of Education and Training to begin the process.
Please note that this process can take up to 3 months or longer. Also students, faculty and
staff may please be prepared to provide contact information for their Dean or Legal/Contracts
Department.
School on list, but my program is missing? Contact the Department of Education and
Training to request adding the program to the list. This process usually takes a week to a
month.
What does it look like? The student training agreements or MOU (memorandum of
understanding) is a template we use to develop the agreement between the school and the San
Francisco Department of Public Health. Please review the template [link to MOU template] for
more information.
Contact
For any questions or concerns, please contact below. Please return all requested forms by
email, fax or mail to:
Leslie Holpit, RN, MSN
Nursing Retention and Recruitment
Phone: 415.206.5077
Fax: 415.206.6922
Email:[ leslie.holpit@sfdph.org]
Your feedback is welcome and encouraged!