Clinical externship vs clinician

The differences between clinical externships and clinicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a clinical externship and a clinician. Additionally, a clinician has an average salary of $60,150, which is higher than the $35,831 average annual salary of a clinical externship.

The top three skills for a clinical externship include patients, mental health and patient care. The most important skills for a clinician are social work, patients, and patient care.

Clinical externship vs clinician overview

	Clinical Externship	Clinician
Yearly salary	$35,831	$60,150
Hourly rate	$17.23	$28.92
Growth rate	9%	9%
Number of jobs	63,061	105,023
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	4	4

What does a clinical externship do?

A clinical externship is a short medical student program directly mentored by professionals within their chosen career path in healthcare. Clinical externs work in various settings such as hospitals, a doctor's office, or clinics and work directly with patients to apply the knowledge and skills they acquired in the classroom. They will be graded and must pass the program to be able to graduate from medical school. Externs must request a letter of recommendation from their site supervisor when applying for jobs.

What does a clinician do?

A clinician specializes in providing diagnosis, treatment, and direct care to patients with different illnesses. A clinician's duties mainly revolve around conducting extensive research and analysis, providing medical care through various therapies, and improving one's overall health condition. Furthermore, a clinician must obtain and analyze a patient's complete medical history, provide diagnostic tests, always monitor the effects of treatment on a patient, provide prognosis and consider the overall impact on a patient's health and well-being.

Clinical externship vs clinician salary

Clinical externships and clinicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Clinical Externship	Clinician
Average salary	$35,831	$60,150
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $51,000	Between $34,000 And $103,000
Highest paying City	Alameda, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	California	Nevada
Best paying company	Genentech	Pace University
Best paying industry	Education	-

Differences between clinical externship and clinician education

There are a few differences between a clinical externship and a clinician in terms of educational background:

	Clinical Externship	Clinician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Most common major	Psychology	Psychology
Most common college	California State University - Long Beach	California State University - Long Beach

Clinical externship vs clinician demographics

Here are the differences between clinical externships' and clinicians' demographics:

	Clinical Externship	Clinician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 25.8% Female, 74.2%	Male, 24.3% Female, 75.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 3.1% White, 74.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 3.1% White, 74.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	15%	15%

Differences between clinical externship and clinician duties and responsibilities

Clinical externship example responsibilities.

Set up and manage new medical transcription department.
Manage large scale TMF inventory/file cleanup projects in preparation for FDA and EMA inspections.
Manage difficult or emotional patient situations, with compassion and professionalism.
Participate in multiple studies managing CTM activities for various therapeutic areas simultaneously including oncology, urology, transplant, and immunology.
Monitor EKG's, assess blood pressure, palpate heart rates, safely progress patients in exercise.
Perform manual data entry in CTMS, TMF, CRF imaging and various departmental databases.

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Clinician example responsibilities.

Perform thorough substance abuse assessments incorporating instruments such as ASAM, SASSI and urine drug screens; provide individual therapy.
Spearhead the development of rehabilitation programs serving adults with chemical dependency and mental health diagnoses with the manager.
Follow all ethical CARF standards when treating the residential client.
Facilitate stabilization, assessment, care and compassion for those in critical need.
Provide CBT and motivational interviewing for individual and group therapy to clients' who are on methadone.
Used motivational interviewing to lead recovery and therapy groups for IOP and PHP programs in the evenings and on weekends.

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Clinical externship vs clinician skills

Common clinical externship skills

Patients, 32%
Mental Health, 7%
Patient Care, 5%
Crisis Intervention, 4%
Vital Signs, 4%
Substance Abuse, 4%

Common clinician skills

Social Work, 26%
Patients, 14%
Patient Care, 4%
Individual Therapy, 4%
Mental Health, 4%
Mental Illness, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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