Transition to Residency

Suggested questions to ask specialists (and yourself) to help you determine what areas of medicine are good fits for your goals, interests, lifestyle and personality.

This policy is intended to protect medical student confidentiality and provides restrictions on requests for and use of College of Medicine – Tucson (COM-T) undergraduate Medical Education Data for research and program improvement purposes. Data requests must be submitted to and approved by the Accreditation & Analytics Office. Medical Education Data must be used in a manner that protects student confidentiality.

Suggested questions to ask interviewers, current residents, and yourself during your interviews with residency prorgrams.

This form is required for students enrolling in independent study (899) and research (800) electives. It applies primarily to fourth-year MD students, and to some third-year students as well.

This form is required for students enrolling in elective rotations (891 courses) at "away" sites. It applies primarily to fourth-year MD students, and to some third-year students as well.

The College of Medicine has secured a group disability insurance plan through Guardian for all medical students. This plan is both comprehensive and affordable and does not require any pre-issuance testing or medical examinations. The details of the plan, including benefits, are covered in these documents. In order to obtain this plan, all students must be enrolled and in good standing. The college assesses a $12.00 fee per semester to your tuition bill (see Bursar's account), which covers your cost of the policy.

All University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson (COM-T) undergraduate medical students must meet the Technical Standards throughout their enrollment in the MD Program. Satisfaction of the Technical Standards is an ongoing academic requirement.

To provide students with guidelines for examining patients in a sensitive physical exam.

This Policy provides the guidelines for maintaining patient safety and establishing reasonable accommodation, confidentiality, and respect for a student who is a carrier of, or has, a bloodborne infection that poses a risk to patients and other healthcare providers.

This policy prohibits dual relationships where Health Professionals both provide Healthcare Services to medical students and participate in those same students’ academic assessment or promotion decisions, with exceptions for large class lectures and emergency care situations.