Policies and Regulations
What you need to know
General
- Leave and Time Off FAQ
- Absences due to illness
- Storm policy
- Comparability Statement
- Dalhousie's accomodation policy for students
- Guidelines for Researchers Applying for Access to Medical Students - Updated
- Researcher Application for Access to Medical Students - Updated
- Lecture length
- Pre-information policy
- Promotion, Assessment, & Appeal Regulations (2023/2024)
- Assessment Procedural Document
- Progress Meeting & Grade Release Schedule (2023/2024)
- Independence of Student Health/Psychologial Care from Assessment & Promotion - Updated
- Regulations for Immunizations - Updated
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation Record (MSPR) - Updated
- 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 - New
- Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP)
- The Release of Information about Students
- Dalhousie University Records Management Policy
- Student Records Guidelines - Updated
Heath and safety
- Policy for undergraduate students on communicable infection
- Infection control occupational health manual
- UGME Policy on Exposure to Infectious Disease and Environmental Hazards - Updated
- First aid for workplace exposure - Updated
- Dalhousie environmental health and safety policy
- Guideline for HIV and Related Illness Prevention (including for International Electives) - Updated
Pre-clerkship
- Pre-Clerkship Attendance and Absence Policy - Updated
- Pre-Clerkship Absence Form (Login required)
- Pre-Clerkship Time Spent in Educational Activities Policy - New
- Typical Week, Med 1 & 2
- Typical Week with Monday Holiday, Med 1 & 2
- New Typical Week, Med 1 & 2, 2024/2025
- Med 1 & 2 Curriculum Dates 2023/2024
- Med 1 & 2 Curriculum Dates 2024/2025
- Observership Protocol (Halifax)
- Observership Request Form (Halifax)
- Observership Request Protocol & Form (DMNB)
- Guideline for Student Standards of Dress for the Clinical Learning Environment
- Missed Skilled Clinician Session Policy
- Professionalism and Hand-Held IT Devices
Clerkship
- Clerkship Short and Long-Term Leave of Absence Protocol
- Clerkship Absence Form (Please complete using Adobe)
- Clerkship On Call Policy
- Non-metro funding process guidelines
- Approved release of clerks from service prior to examination days policy
- Med 3 Clerkship Dates 2023-2024 (Class of 2025)
- Med 3 Clerkship Dates 2024-2025 (Class of 2026)
- Med 4 Clerkship Dates 2023-2024 (Class of 2024)
- Med 4 Clerkship Dates 2024-2025 (Class of 2025)
- Electives, Non-Tertiary/Community, and Interprofessional Rotations
- UGME Policy on Clerkship Activities
- LICD Clinical Experience Policy
- Mandatory History and Physical Log Policy