Student Handbook

Table of Contents Introduction Student's Rights to Privacy Required Courses & Electives Contact Information Department Contacts On-Campus Contacts Campus Addresses Clerkship Calendar National Board of Exam & Review Holidays & Vacations Tuition & Fee Payment Student Health & Hospital Insurance Liability Insurance High Risk Exposure - Emergency Care Student Affairs Library Services & Policies Responsibilities of the Student General Information Student Evaluations & Grades Core Teaching Hospital Emergency Medicine Community Hospital Primary Care Clinic Rural Clinic Community Clinic Pediatrics Psychiatry Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Electives

Holidays and Vacations
Students receive time off during Thanksgiving and Christmas. 

• one day off during rotations #5 and #17 for the Thanksgiving holiday
• two consecutive days off during rotations #6 and #18 for the Christmas holiday
• must request approval for specific days off for Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays from their preceptor and/or Course Coordinator.
• any additional days given by the preceptor are acceptable.

Students have one mandatory 1-month rotation to be scheduled as vacation time.  Students may also choose to take an additional Elective as vacation time, if needed. 

• acation time may be requested for any rotation which is not schedule for required courses
• extracurricular rotations may be requested during these vacation rotation periods, if desired
• vacation requests and/or extracurricular rotation requests must be submitted to the Office of Clinical Education, just as for any other Elective