Student Handbook

Overall student code of conduct policy for the University of Arizona.

Procedures for new and continuing students to establish in-state residency. Approved by the Arizona Board of Regents.

A statement affirming the commitment of the College of Medicine - Tucson to diversity: https://diversity.medicine.arizona.edu/college-medicine-diversity-state…

The Office of Institutional Equity oversees policies and procedures related to diversity and non-discrimination in hiring, admissions and education.

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.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (also sometimes referred to as the Buckley Amendment), is a federal law regarding the privacy of student records and the obligations of the institution, primarily in the areas of release of records and the access provided to these records. Any educational institution that receives funds under any program administered by the U.S. Secretary of Education is bound by FERPA requirements. Institutions that fail to comply with FERPA may have funds administered by the Secretary of Education withheld.

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. 

The MD curriculum is designed through educational principles that are distinctive to the program. This faculty adopt these principles to ensure medical students will be well prepared for advanced study in any clinical discipline.

This policy is intended to describe the process for student challenges to Pre-Clerkship high-stakes exam items
and any resulting grade changes that might take place after a post exam review.

Table view of the academic calendar for medical students at the College of Medicine - Tucson