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Clerkship Phase & Advanced Training Period Policies, Procedures & Guidelines

These policies, procedures, and guidelines apply to the Clerkship & ATP phases of the MD Program, and this list is provided for attestation purposes. You can also view all policies, procedures, and guidelines by topic.

Applies to Clerkship
Applies to ATP
Topic
Policy Title & Link
Short Summary
Yes
No
Attendance
Attendance on clerkship, elective and sub-internships is required. This includes both clinical activities and didactic seminars. Outlines criteria for acceptable absence.
No
Yes
Attendance
Attendance on clerkship, elective and sub-internships is required. This includes both clinical activities and didactic seminars. Outlines criteria for acceptable absence.
Yes
No
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Clerkship directors provide comprehensive and challenging knowledge assessments as part of the clerkships
Yes
No
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Faculty are responsible for meeting with students at the beginning, middle, and end of the rotation to set performance expectations and provide feedback before submitting the final evaluation.
Yes
Yes
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Students have a right to appeal a failed course assessment, unsatisfactory remediation, or narrative commentary.
Yes
Yes
Professionalism and Academic Learning Environment Policies
Procedure once a student expresses concern about or appeals an evaluation or narrative.
Yes
Yes
Professionalism and Academic Learning Environment Policies
YSM is dedicated to maintaining an environment which places the highest priority on collegial relationships, mutual respect, and sensitivity among students, faculty, staff, and patients.
Yes
No
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Process if a student has not completed the requirements of the clerkship.
Yes
Yes
Professionalism and Academic Learning Environment Policies
Faculty must disclose to students any personal or financial conflicts of interest involving the topics they are presenting when teaching.
No
Yes
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Details of elective & sub-internship evaluations. Note the grading rubric is not the same as clerkships.
no
Yes
Learning Environment, Supervision & Student Safety
Visiting student eligibility criteria and registration process.
Yes
No
Learning Environment, Supervision & Student Safety
Outlines who is responsible for providing supervision of medical students in all clinical areas to ensure quality education as well as patient and student safety.
Yes
Yes
Learning Environment, Supervision & Student Safety
Guidelines for student use of EHR. Students may access the charts of their team's patients for purposes of patient care and educational assignments, only. Outlines restrictions. RESEARCH access must be in accordance with IRB-approved protocol.
Yes
Yes
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals Forms
Example of the Faculty Evaluation of a medical student evaluation form.
Yes
Yes
Learning Environment, Supervision & Student Safety
Students must adhere to the same Work Hours limits put forth by the ACGME for interns. Link in policy.
Yes
Yes
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals Forms
Example of the Faculty Evaluation of a medical student evaluation form.
Yes
No
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Faculty are required to provide feedback to students at the half-way point of each clinical rotation.
Yes
No
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Specifies the course & clinical narrative requirement.
Yes
Yes
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
No faculty member who is ever involved in a student's personal health care should be in a position to evaluate them.
Yes
Yes
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Process for addressing case of suboptimal student behavior/performance and the flow of information to medical education leadership.
Yes
No
Graduation Requirements
Procedure for students to challenge their educational record.
Yes
Yes
Learning Environment, Supervision & Student Safety
Reports of harassment, mistreatment, bias and/or work hours violation will be addressed by course directors & department chairs with involved faculty; dept responses are reviewed by EPCC. Faculty and staff are mandated reporters for sexual harassment.
Yes
Yes
Professionalism and Academic Learning Environment Policies
This policy outlines in detail the expectations for student professionalism at YSM.
Yes
No
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
After any period of longer than one year in which a student has not engaged in meaningful clinical activity, students must engage in a clinical “warm-up” elective prior to entering clerkships.
Yes
No
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Students who have not engaged in clinical experience for longer than one year, and students who are absent for any significant period of time prior to starting third year,must engage in a clinical “warm-up” period prior to entering clerkships.
Yes
No
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Procedure when a student is struggling with clinical reasoning, communication or professionalism.
Yes
Yes
Attendance
Attendance on clerkship, elective, and sub-internships is required. This includes both clinical activities and didactic seminars. Outlines criteria for acceptable absence.
Yes
Yes
Learning Environment, Supervision & Student Safety
Faculty must train all graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to teach in the pre-clerkship curriculum.
Yes
Yes
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Clinical evaluations of students are expected to be completed within 30 days of the completion of the clerkship.
Yes
Yes
Professionalism and Academic Learning Environment Policies
Faculty responsibility to report any activity that could be a potential harm to other people that occurs in the context of a person's professional, medical or academic duties.
Learning Environment, Supervision & Student Safety
Yale School of Medicine provides supervision of medical students in all clinical areas to ensure quality education as well as patient and student safety.
Yes
Yes
Graduation Requirements
The Progress Committee annually reviews student performance and receives reports of unprofessional behavior or instances of poor academic achievement. Based on its review of a student’s record, the committee can change the status of the student to help them meet the expectations of the school.
Yes
Yes
Graduation Requirements
The Progress Committee will systematically review all medical students at four intervals on their progress towards completing the MD degree.
Learning Environment, Supervision & Student Safety
Exposure to Infectious and Environmental Hazards Policy
Yale School of Medicine seeks to prevent medical student exposure to infectious and environmental hazards though education and use of appropriate procedures and engineering controls and provides prophylaxis therapy if students are exposed to infectious agents.