Clinical Clock Hours to Academic Credit

Policy Number: 
4.2.103
Date: 
2/2/09
Reviewed: 
2014, 3/2020, 6/2022
Revised: 
3/1/12, 3/2020, 6/22/2022, BOT approved 8/29/2022

Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia (MTSA) uses the following ratios when converting student clinical clock hours to academic credit:

  • DNAP PD Program students (prior to CRNA certification):
    Ratio of four (4) clinical clock hours to one (1) academic credit hour.
  • Programs for students with CRNA certification:
    Ratio of three (3) clinical clock hours to one (1) academic credit hour.