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Diversity and Community Engagement

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Diversity and Community Engagement

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Accomplishments

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Mandated Reporter Status

Illinois Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act Notification of Mandated Reporter Status As a medical student at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, you are a mandated reporter under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (III.Rev.Stat 1985. ch.23. pars. 2051 et seq.) This means that you are required to report or cause a report to be made to the child abuse Hotline number (1-800-25A-BUSE) whenever you have reasonable cause to believe that a child known to you in your professional or official capacity may be abused or neglected. There is no charge when calling the Hotline
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ELECTIVE COURSE GUIDELINES

The following guidelines will help faculty in the development of Elective course offerings for students. If you have additional questions, please contact Chris Reavis, MS . Elective courses may be offered as full-time (all day), half-time (mornings only or afternoons only), or in extended blocks (Thursday afternoons for 5-week time periods). Minimum course length is one week for full- or half-time electives and one block for extended electives. Courses usually range in length from one to four weeks, although they can be longer. Credit hours are determined by the length of the course. One
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TIME OFF DURING ELECTIVES

“TIME OFF” DURING ELECTIVES: GUIDELINES FOR ELECTIVE FACULTY
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STUDENT WORK HOURS DURING ELECTIVES

Policy limiting number hours of required clinical and educational activities.
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Monitoring Student Lapses

This proposal outlines a procedure that will enable the institution to track student performance in the area of Non-Cognitive Behaviors during Electives and required curricular components in Year Four.
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Foreign Travel Policy

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine encourages and supports world health experiences within the curriculum, however the institution needs to be sure that you will be safe in the educational environment. The United States State Department issues travel warnings for various foreign countries with problems that may threaten a traveler. The list is published on the Internet at http://travel.state.gov/warnings_list.html. Southern Illinois University School of Medicine will prohibit travel to destinations which are listed on this website or to countries where travel insurance cannot be
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Y4 Absence Policy

SIUSOM Y4 Student Attendance Policy Regarding Medical Appointments Students will be excused from elective activities to seek needed medical care after notification and approval of the appropriate supervising elective faculty or his/her designee. Regarding Non-Emergency Absences Elective course faculty may approve brief absences during their elective, but are not required to do so . Any request must be made in advance, and with as much notice as possible. At the discretion of the faculty, students may be required to make up any missed work and/or be assigned additional work in order to receive
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