MD Curriculum

Technical Standards Evaluation Policy

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

This handbook includes the policies of the Commitment to Underserved People (CUP) Program. Answers frequently asked questions about:

Goals/Objectives
Membership
Requirements
Elective credit
Clinical and non-clinical programs
The associated Distinction Track in Community Service

Policy governing the procedure for student assignment to instructional clinical sites.

Outlines the overall system for assessing first- and second-year student performance at the College of Medicine - Tucson, and references specific policies governing assessment that exist within this plan.

This policy outlines the expectations for medical student use of Electronic Medical Record systems they interact with in the clinical setting.

A policy detailing the requirement for medical students to carry health insurance coverage.

Governs the requirement to supervise medical students in clinical situations, including definitions of the supervising physician, levels of supervision, and the procedures for such supervision.

Establishes policy and procedures for student exposure to potentially infectious agents and/or hazardous materials. Also known as the "needle stick" policy.

Establishes policy requiring that health professionals who provide psychiatric/psychological counseling or other sensitive health services to a medical student must have no involvement in the academic assessment or promotion of the medical student receiving those services, excluding exceptional circumstances.