Terms of use
Plain terms for a plain service: we look for preceptors and clinical sites that fit your USU course, and we help you prepare what USU asks for. USU makes the approval decisions.
Get your placement plan
Tell us your USU track and where you live. A placement advisor replies with what a USU-ready preceptor and site look like for you.
Who we are
USU Preceptor is an independent placement service. It is not part of, run by, or endorsed by United States University. We use USU's name to say whose students we work with.
What we do, and what we do not
- We search for preceptors and clinical sites that match your program, course and location, and we help you prepare the documents your course asks for.
- We do not approve placements. USU reviews and approves every preceptor, site and agreement.
- We cannot promise that a particular preceptor will accept, that a site will sign an agreement by a given date, or that USU will approve a placement.
- We do not complete coursework, sign documents on anyone's behalf, or log clinical hours for you.
Your part
- Give us accurate information about your program, course, license and location.
- Follow USU's rules, your course syllabus and your preceptor's site policies.
- Complete your USU compliance items, such as immunizations and background checks, on USU's timeline.
Quotes and payment
If you go ahead with a placement, you receive a written quote and terms for your specific track, hours and location before you commit. Those written terms govern payment, changes and refunds for your placement.
Information on this site
Our pages explain USU's clinical process as we understand it from USU's own published sources, checked on the date shown on each page. USU can change its rules at any time. Your current USU handbook, your course and your faculty have the final word.
Liability
To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, including a delayed course or graduation date, arising from a site's, preceptor's or school's decision. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer law that cannot be limited.
Changes
We may update these terms. The version on this page applies from the date it is posted. Questions go through the contact form or the chat.
Last checked 2026-09-25
Six months out is USU's rule. We start now.
Tell us your USU program, your state and when your next practicum opens. We look for preceptors who meet USU's rules and help you build the packet the Office of Field Experience and Program Director review.
- Preceptors matched to the course: family practice, pediatrics, women's health, urgent care within USU's caps
- Appendix H, license, CV and board certification gathered the way OFE asks
- In person near you; telehealth only inside USU's 40-hour limit
Start your placement plan
A placement advisor replies with what a USU-ready preceptor and site look like for you.