Clinical Electives Hours Policy

  • Last Modified: Jan 17, 2025
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  • Responsible Office(s): Council on Curriculum

Policy Statement

In order to receive credit for any medical school elective fulfilling requirements of the Clinical Electives Policy, students will need to attend clinical and educational activities for a minimum of 20 eight-hour days or 160 hours for that one block rotation. To qualify as a “clinical” elective, the majority of the time or >50% is spent seeing patients in a clinical setting.

Examples of educational activities include but are not limited to:

  • Interaction with patients in clinic/inpatient wards
  • Conferences
  • Discussions
  • Rounds
  • Assignments online with products specified such as answers to questions or exercises, essays, short papers, or reading assignments with a graded assignment
  • Field trips with assignments
  • Case discussions or reflective meetings with faculty.

In accordance with the Council on Evaluation policy that students cannot be absent for any reason, either excused or unexcused, more than four (4) working days from a one-block elective, students can and should use days of educational activities or additional clinical experiences to complete adequate time in a clinical elective. Should a student determine that they are unable to meet the requirements necessary to satisfy a clinical elective experience, the student is responsible for contacting their ETC and Council on Curriculum without delay.

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