Policy

Student Duty Hours Policy (COM)

This policy describes how to schedule and document medical student duty hours. Rules are designed to protect patient and student health, and to comply with the latest standards defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

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Conflict of Commitment Policy (COM)

This Conflict of Commitment policy is promulgated to direct College of Medicine - Tucson faculty and their supervisors how much professional absence is permitted, when and whether accrued vacation leave must be used for such absences, and when special permission from a faculty member's Department Head or Dean is required. This policy applies to all COM faculty members, whether full- or part-time.

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Attendance and Absence Policy

 

This policy establishes guidelines and procedures for attendance and absences during all phases of the Medical Student Curriculum:

Preclerkship Phase:   This curriculum phase of study is defined as the first 18-months of medical school with focus on the 8 basic sciences core courses, Doctor & Patient/Societies course, and the Clinical Reasoning course, including all Pathways to Health and Medicine curriculum sessions intertwined throughout the core courses.



Clerkship Phase:  This curriculum phase of study is defined as the 12-months of 8 core clerkship courses, including Intersessions, Transition to Clerkships, and ambulatory medicine course.  



Transition to Residency Phase:  This curriculum phase of study is defined as the final 14-months of clinical curriculum, including core subinternship, electives, surgical subspecialty, emergency medicine/critical care clerkship, Application of the Basic Sciences to Clinical Medicine course. 

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