Policies and Regulations
What you need to know
General
- Faculty of Medicine Social Accountability Statement
- Faculty of Medicine Anti-Oppression Policy
- Student Accommodations Manual - New Apr 2025
- Leave and Time Off FAQ - Updated Apr 2025
- Short and Long-Term Leave of Absence Policy - Updated Nov 2024
- Unexpected Campus Closure - Updated Sep 2024
- Comparability Statement
- Dalhousie's accomodation policy for students
- Guidelines for Researchers Applying for Access to Medical Students - Updated Nov 2024
- Researcher Application for Access to Medical Students - Updated Jan 2024
- Lecture length - Updated Mar 2024
- Guideline for Pre‐Information on Students Encountering Serious Difficulties Which Adversely Affect Academic or Clinical Performance - Updated Nov 2024
- Promotion, Assessment, & Appeal Regulations (2024/2025)
- Assessment Procedural Document - Updated Mar 2025
- Progress Meeting & Grade Release Schedule (2024/2025) - Updated May 2025
- Progress Meeting & Grade Release Schedule (2025/2026)
- Independence of Student Health/Psychologial Care from Assessment & Promotion - Updated Dec 2023
- Regulations for Immunizations - Updated Jun 2024
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation Record (MSPR) - Updated Sep 2023
- Exam Rescheduling Protocol
- Examination Deferral Request Form
- Anatomy Teaching Laboratory Regulations
- Removal of Learners from/Reinstatment to a Teaching Service
- University Regulations
- Medical Learner Mistreatment Policy - Updated Nov 2023
- Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP)
- The Release of Information about Students
- Dalhousie University Records Management Policy
- Student Records Guidelines - Updated Jan 2024
- Student Standards of Dress for the Clinical Learning Environment Guideline - Updated Jun 2024
Heath and safety
- Policy for undergraduate students on communicable infection - Updated Jun 2024
- UGME Policy on Exposure to Infectious Disease and Environmental Hazards - Updated Dec 2023
- First aid for workplace exposure - Updated Aug 2024
- Exposure to Blood & Body Fluids
- Dalhousie environmental health and safety policy
- Guideline for HIV and Related Illness Prevention (including for International Electives) - Updated Aug 2023
Pre-clerkship
- Pre-Clerkship Attendance and Absence Policy - Updated Apr 2024
- Pre-Clerkship Absence Form (Login required)
- Pre-Clerkship Time Spent in Educational Activities Policy - Updated Apr 2024
- Typical Week with Monday Holiday, Med 1 & 2
- Student-Led Edits to Pre-Clerkship Curriculum Guidelines
- Typical Week, Med 1 & 2 - Updated 2024
- Med 1 & 2 Curriculum Dates 2025/2026
- Observership Protocol (Halifax)
- Observership Request Form (Halifax)
- Observership Request Protocol & Form (DMNB)
- Professionalism and Hand-Held IT Devices
Clerkship
- Clerkship Absence Form (Login req. Updated Aug 2024)
- Clerkship On Call Policy - Updated Oct 2024
- Release of Clerks Prior to Examination Days Policy - Updated Sep 2024
- Med 3 Clerkship Dates 2024-2025 (Class of 2026) - Updated Nov 2024
- Med 3 Clerkship Dates 2025-2026 (Class of 2027)
- Med 4 Clerkship Dates 2025-2026 (Class of 2026)
- Electives, Non-Tertiary/Community, and Interprofessional Rotations - updated Aug 2024
- Clerkship Activities Policy - Updated Sep 2024
- LICD Clinical Experience Policy - Updated Oct 2024
- Mandatory History and Physical Log Policy
- International Electives Policy