Before you Begin / Preparing for WRITE

• Contact your WRITE site administrator to initiate the credentialing/onboarding process and complete the paperwork as required by the clinic. Contact the WRITE Educator if you are not sure who your WRITE site administrator is.

• Familiarize yourself with the WRITE Canvas Page (UW net ID is required)
• Upload the completed WRITE Student Summary Sheet to Canvas.
• Mark your shelf exam days on your calendar
• Review the detailed site description, site requirements, required forms, housing information, and transportation requirements that can be found on the WRITE website
• Get credentialing requirements and/or paperwork submitted to the appropriate person asap.
• If you have any questions, reach out to the WRITE Educator

• Confirm with the Site Director or Site Coordinator/Administrator where to get keys for housing and where to go on your first day of clerkship.
• Ask your Site Coordinator about any other site-specific paperwork needed prior to your clerkship as well as any electronic medical record (EMR) onboarding that will need to be completed. Completion of this paperwork is vital to ensure access to all administrative programs on your first day.
• Familiarize yourself with the WRITE clerkship syllabus including the curricular areas, your required tasks, the readings links, and evaluation policies, including workplace-based assessments. If you have questions reach out to the WRITE Educator.

• Attend WRITE Orientation hosted by the Office of Rural Programs
• Review absence policy and duty hours
• Prepare for lodging, transportation, appropriate weather, and clinical attire

Your WRITE clerkship orientation will be completed prior to arriving at your site.  You will need to participate in this Zoom webinar which will review the clerkship website, policies, goals, objectives, and requirements for successful completion. The date, time, and Zoom link will be emailed to you.

Your site will also provide a site-specific orientation and will include the following:

• Your clerkship schedule, including call duties
• Key contact information for site faculty and staff
• A safety briefing and a tour of the clinical facilities
• Passwords for electronic medical record systems and orientation to the system if needed
• A meeting with your primary preceptor to discuss your duties
• The last FRIDAY of WRITE is the last day of the clerkship.

Remember that there are several people who can be of assistance to you before, during, or after your WRITE experience.  If you have questions about anything, feel free to contact:

• • Rural Programs WRITE team
  • Your clinical dean and/or their office administrator (see below)
  • Lead Preceptor at your site
  • Other WRITE students
  • UWSOM Student Affairs Office