Medical Education Program Policies and Handbook
Welcome to the University of Washington School of Medicine’s MD Program Policies and Handbook Website!
Policies, requirements, procedures and guidelines and other student information resources are updated regularly. Administrators, faculty, staff and students are expected to understand, stay continuously informed of and abide by the policies, requirements, procedures and guidelines that impact their programs and responsibilities.
- Vision, Mission and Values
- Learning Environment Values and Standards
- Teacher/Learner
- Policy for Promoting an Equitable, Diverse and Inclusive School of Medicine
- Student Mistreatment Policy
- UW Medicine Policy on Professional Conduct
- Standards of Conduct and Professional Behavior
- Fitness for Clinical Contact Policy
- UW Medicine Social Networking Policy
- Policy on Supervision of Medical Students in Clinical Settings
- UW Faculty Conduct
- Conflicts of Interest
- UW Personal/Familiar Relationships in the Educational Environment
- Student Healthcare and Physicians Relationships
- UW Employee-Student Romantic Relationships and Conflicts of Interest
- UW Non-Discrimination and Non-Retaliation Policy
- Technical Standards Policy (Essential Requirements of Medical Education: Admission, Retention, Promotion, and Graduation Standards)
- Compliance Requirements
- Basic Life Support
- Criminal Background Check
- Universal Precautions
- Immunizations
- Data Stewardship and HIPAA
- Clerkship Site Compliance Requirements
- Needlestick, Blood, Tissue, and Body Fluid Exposure Policy
- UW Medicine Safeguarding the Privacy and Security of Protected Health Information Policy
- UW Alcohol and Drug Abuse Policy
- Drug Use and Testing Policy
- Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Compliance Policy
- Malpractice Liability Insurance Policy
- Technology Requirements
- UW Student International Travel Policy
- Financial Responsibility Policy
- UWSOM Student Input Fee Policy
- Curriculum Governance and Structure
- Oversight and Management
- Curriculum Overview
- Faculty Appointments Policy
- Clerkship Site Approvals
- Curriculum Requirements
- Attendance and Participation
- Assessment, Evaluation, Exams and Grading
- Clerkships
- Visiting Medical Students
- Student Progress Committee Policies, Principles and Guidelines
- Operating Guidelines Overview
- Confidentiality
- Curricular Requirements and Expected Timeline
- School of Medicine Curricular Requirements
- Foundations Phase
- Patient Care Phase
- Explore and Focus Phase
- Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
- United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)
- Step 1
- Step 2-CK and Step 2-CS
- Events that Result in Review by SPC
- Fail Grades
- Competency Not Achieved
- Step Fails or Failure to Take Step 1
- Failure to Complete OSCE
- Evaluator Concerns
- Incompletes
- Withdrawal from a Course
- Unprofessional Behavior or Conduct
- Actions and Sanctions for Managing Students in Difficulty
- Remediation
- Management of Step 1 Fails
- Management of Step 2 Fails
- Probation
- Leave of Absence
- Extended Curricular Programs
- Advance Information
- Fitness fo Clinical Contact
- Referral to WPHP
- Suspension
- Requirement for Work to be Re-Done
- Disciplinary Warning or Reprimand
- Dismissal
- Sanctions Related to Professionalism Issues
- Withdrawal from the MD Program
- Review of SPC Decisions
- Review of Dismissal Recommendations
- Review of Other SPC Actions
- Guidelines for Managing Alleged Violations of Academic and Professionalism Standards
- Reporting
- Preliminary Meeting with the Student
- Informal Hearing
- Formal Hearing
- SPC Actions
- Operating Guidelines Overview