Student Handbook

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

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.

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.

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.

This policy is intended for all medical students in their clinical rotations. All Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) supplies are to be provided by the clinical site. If the site or learners rotating to that site require specialized PPE, they must notify Curricular Affairs (CA).

This policy provides restrictions on medical student use of University-sponsored educational materials including posting and distributing in whole or in part without the faculty author’s explicit permission. Students may not post or distribute any of these educational materials for personal gain.

This policy applies to all medical students in the medical education program leading to the MD degree.

Faculty are granted full use of their educational materials, except for commercial purposes or similar purpose outside a traditional academic purpose, as stated in the University of Arizona Intellectual Property Policy.

Clerkship Student Manual for the Class of 2025