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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 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.
Preclerkship
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.
Preclerkship
Learning Environment , Supervision & Student Safety
Students can be expected to spend 3 hours per day or 20 hours per week on preparatory material.
Preclerkship
Learning Environment , Supervision & Student Safety
Outlines the guidelines to be adhered to when utilizing the PE room recording technology.
Preclerkship
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.
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 Environment , Supervision & Student Safety
Students must consult course director and small group leaders before switching small group sections.
Preclerkship
Learning Environment , Supervision & Student Safety
YSM does not tolerate mistreatment or harassment, takes allegations of such behavior seriously, and will investigate and respond to reports of mistreatment or harassment. Procedure describes multiple options for reporting such incidents.
Preclerkship
Professionalism and Academic Learning Environment 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 Environment , 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 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.
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
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.
Pre-clerkship
Graduation Requirements
The Progress Committee will systematically review all medical students at four intervals on their progress towards completing the MD degree.
Pre-clerkship
Learning Environment, Supervision & Student Safety
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.
Pre-clerkship
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.
Pre-clerkship
Assessment, Remediation and Appeals
Students have a right to appeal a failed course assessment, unsatisfactory remediation, or narrative commentary.