MD Students

This policy outlines requirements for graduation, enrollment in each phase of the MD program, electives, and the rural/underserved required experience.

To ensure that incoming medical students are able to complete the entire curriculum established by the College of Medicine, the College requires that each student be able to meet the technical standards defined in this document.

Mutual responsibilities among learners, educators, and administrators at the College of Medicine – Tucson.

All student surveys must be reviewed and approved through the Office of Curricular Affairs prior to disseminating and gathering survey data of UACOM-T medical students. Local concerns with students being over-surveyed echo national concerns of student survey fatigue.

In the Preclerkship Phase of the undergraduate medical education program, medical students shall be provided with written narrative descriptions of their performance in the Doctor & Patient Course, Clinical Reasoning Course, and in any other course (including blocks) whenever teacher-student interaction permits this form of assessment.

This policy outlines the principles of academic integrity and the rules governing the student honor code committee.

This policy comprehensively defines the ways that medical students' academic performance is assessed.

Students may appeal a final course grade within 10 business days of receipt if they believe it does not accurately represent their performance. The appeal process first involves the course director and then, if necessary, the Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs, whose determination is final.

This policy is intended to describe the process for students who experience the effects of infectious and/or environmental disease or disability on medical student learning activities.