Medical Student Policies

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine is committed to providing a supportive and professional environment where all parties conduct themselves with professionalism and respect for others. To cultivate such an environment, we have various policies with which all faculty, students and staff should be acquainted.  The policies found in this section address educational, clinical, research, financial and administrative programs that best support the College of Medicine’s vision and mission.

• Student Due Process Rights in Academic Promotions Committee deliberations
• Honor Code
• Professionalism
• Policy Against Student Mistreatment and procedure
• Antidiscrimination policy
• Duty Hours
• Timeliness of Grades
• Mid-Course Feedback
• Course/Grade Appeal 
• Promotions and Appeals
• Clinical Supervision and Student Responsibility
• Attendance/Absence Policy
• Technical Standards
• Policy on Non-Involvement of Providers of Student Health or Counseling Services in Student Assessment
• MSPE authorship
• Exposure Policies
  • Medical Student Exposure to Extraordinary Infectious or Environmental Hazards Policy
  • Policy describing the effects of infectious and environmental disease or disability on medical student learning activities.
  • Training Medical Students on Exposure to Infectious and Environmental Hazards
  • Care and Treatment of Students After Exposure to Infectious and Environmental Hazards