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Pre-Clerkship Phase Policies, Procedures & Guidelines

These policies, procedures, and guidelines apply to the Pre-clerkship phase of the MD Program, and this list is provided for attestation purposes. You can also view all policies, procedures, and guidelines by topic.
Curricular Phase
Topic
Policy Title & Link
Short Summary
Preclerkship
Attendance
Procedure when a student misses a mandatory session without an acceptable reason.
Preclerkship
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Course Directors must release qualifier scores within 5 days after the qualifier closes and students who do not pass must contact Course Directors within 7 days for remediation.
Preclerkship
Professionalism and Academic Learning Enviroment Policies
Code of personal and professional conduct for the YSM community.
Preclerkship
Professionalism and Academic Learning Enviroment Policies
Faculty must disclose to students any personal or financial conflicts of interest involving the topics they are presenting when teaching.
Preclerkship
Learning Enviroment, Supervision & Student Safety
Students can be expected to spend 3 hours per day or 20 hours per week on preparatory material.
Preclerkship
Learning Enviroment, Supervision & Student Safety
Outlines the guidelines to be adhered to when utilizing the PE room recording technology.
Preclerkship
Learning Enviroment, 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.
Preclerkship
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Integrated courses must provide at least one self-assessment midway through the course.
Preclerkship
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Specifies the course & clinical narrative requirement.
Preclerkship
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.
Preclerkship
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Process for addressing case of suboptimal student behavior/performance and the flow of information to medical education leadership.
Preclerkship
Graduation Requirements
Procedure for students to challenge their educational record.
Preclerkship
Learning Enviroment, Supervision & Student Safety
Students must consult course director and small group leaders before switching small group sections.
Preclerkship
Learning Enviroment, 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 will be reviewed by EPCC. Faculty and staff are mandated reporters for sexual harassment.
Preclerkship
Professionalism and Academic Learning Enviroment Policies
This policy outlines in detail the expectations for student professionalism at YSM.
Preclerkship
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Procedure when a student is struggling with clinical reasoning, communication or professionalism.
Preclerkship
Attendance
Sessions that meet criteria in the policy may require student attendance.
Preclerkship
Learning Enviroment, Supervision & Student Safety
Faculty must train all graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to teach in the pre-clerkship curriculum.
Preclerkship
Professionalism and Academic Learning Enviroment 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.
Pre-clerkship
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Course Directors must release qualifier scores within 5 days after the qualifier closes and students who do not pass must contact Course Directors within 7 days for remediation.
Pre-clerkship
Graduation Requirements
Students must meet certain criteria to progress through each stage of the curriculum and become eligible for graduation.
Pre-clerkship
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.