{"id":7076,"date":"2025-09-08T08:29:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/?page_id=7076"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:33:02","slug":"md-policies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/student-affairs\/student-handbook\/md-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"MD Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student Policies&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--xxmedium\">The following policies provide information about student responsibilities and non-education policies impacting students.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/technical-standards-policy\/\">Technical Standards<\/a>: Provides information on the non-academic criteria required for admission, retention, promotion, and graduation in the MD program.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/leave-withdrawal-readmission\/\">Medical Student Leave, Withdrawal, and Readmission<\/a>: Defines the various types of leaves of absence and their procedures, withdrawal from the college, and procedures for readmission.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/professional-use-technology-social-media\/\">Professional Use of Technology and Social Media<\/a>: Details expectations for the use of technology and social media.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/medical-student-communications\/\">Medical Student Communication<\/a>: Details student communication expectations.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/tuition-refund\/\">Tuition Refund<\/a>: Provides information about tuition refunds.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/scholarship-medical-students\/\">Scholarship to Medical Students<\/a>: Provides scholarship procedures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/student-travel-reimbursement-clinical-training\/\">Approved Student Travel and Reimbursement for Clinical Training in WA State<\/a>: Provides information on students travel reimbursement for required clinical coursework&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--xxmedium\">The following policies provide information about clinical clearance and compliance requirements:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/student-vaccination-health-screening\/\">Student Vaccination and Health Screening<\/a>: Provides information about the required vaccinations and health screenings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/medical-student-training-on-universal-precautions-and-biohazards\/\">Medical Student Training on Universal Precautions<\/a>: Provides information about the required training in universal and specific precautions and infection control measures for pathogens and environmental hazards prior to patient contact.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/personal-health-disability-income-professional-liability-insurance\/\">Personal Health, Disability Income, and Professional Liability Insurance<\/a>: Provides information about insurance for students and dependents.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/post-exposure-care\/\">Post Exposure Care<\/a>: Provides procedures for incidents related to any blood, body fluid exposure or other exposure incident that results in the need for medical treatment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/communicable-disease-exposure\/\">Communicable Disease Exposure<\/a>: Provides information about procedures for medical students with a communicable disease.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"academic\">Academic Policies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The following policies provide information about the college academic policies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/medical-student-attendance\/\">Medical Student Attendance Policy<\/a>: Provides attendance expectations and requirements for the curriculum as well as the process to request and excused absence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/clinical-supervision-medical-students\/\">Clinical Supervision of Medical Students<\/a>: Provides expectations for supervision of students in the clinical setting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/academic-workload-pre-clerkship-courses\/\">Academic Workload for Pre-Clerkship Courses<\/a>: Provides information on regularly scheduled learning activities and independent learning activities.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/clinical-nonclinical-elective-rotations\/\">Clinical and Non-Clinical Elective Rotations<\/a>: Provides information about electives in Year 4.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/clinical-education-work-duty-hours\/\">Clinical and Education Work (Duty Hours)<\/a>: Details information and procedures for maintaining an appropriate balance among clinical activities, educational sessions and unscheduled time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/policies\/non-involvement\/\">Non-Involvement Policy<\/a>: Health Provider and Education Roles for Faculty Supervising Students: Provides expectations and requirements regarding the potential conflict of interests that may occur with faculty who educate and may provide health care of medical students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a 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