PreClerkship Policies

Policies and Procedures

• Preclerkship Attendance Reporting an Absence from Mandatory Pre-Clerkship Curriculum

  Procedure when a student misses a mandatory session without an acceptable reason.

• Preclerkship Curriculum Assessment

  • Course Exams and Qualifiers

    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

  • Statement of Free Expression and Non-Discrimination

    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.

  • Mistreatment and Harassment

    Procedure describes multiple options for reporting such incidents.

  • Standards of Professionalism

    This policy outlines in detail the expectations for student professionalism at YSM.

  • No faculty member who is ever involved in a student's personal health care should be in a position to evaluate them.

• Preclerkship Education Administration

  • Conflict of Interest (COI)

    Faculty must disclose to students any personal or financial conflicts of interest involving the topics they are presenting when teaching.

  • Guidelines for Student Physical Exam Video Recording

    Outlines the guidelines to be adhered to when utilizing the PE room recording technology.

  • Student Access and Use of Electronic Health Records

    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.

  • Teaching Preparation for Residents, Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows

    Faculty must train all graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to teach in the pre-clerkship curriculum.

• Preclerkship Academic Progress, Advancement, and Graduation

  • Review of Students, Adverse Actions, and Appeals

    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.

  • Advancement and Graduation Requirements

    The Progress Committee will systematically review all medical students at four intervals on their progress towards completing the MD degree.

• Preclerkship Academic Administration

  • Exposure to Infectious and Environmental Hazards

    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.

  • Clinical Supervision of Medical Student

    Yale School of Medicine provides supervision of medical students in all clinical areas to ensure quality education as well as patient and student safety.

• Preclerkship Curriculum

  • Mid-Course, Clerkship, Elective, and Sub-Internship Assessment and Feedback

    Integrated courses must provide at least one self-assessment midway through the course.

  • Narrative Assessment

    Specifies the course & clinical narrative requirement.

  • Remediation

    Procedure when a student is struggling with clinical reasoning, communication or professionalism.

  • Performance Assessment Appeals

    Students have a right to appeal a failed course assessment, unsatisfactory remediation, or narrative commentary.