Clerkship Absence Make-Up Procedures

All absences from required activities must be made-up. The table below provides the available option(s) to make-up absences from each component of this clerkship. If the required make-up cannot be completed during the clerkship, a student may be required to 1) complete make-up experiences during elective time or 2) reschedule the clerkship to another time.

Please see the Year 3 and 4 Attendance and Absence Policy for more information: https://icahn.mssm.edu/education/students/handbook/attendance-standards)

Clerkship Component	First Absence	Second Absence	Third Absence	Additional Absences
Inpatient Neuro shift	Virtual/online module assigned by clerkship director	Make up extra evening call OR Weekend 1/2 day	Make up extra evening call OR Weekend 1/2 day	Reschedule Clerkship or repeat week
Sim Lab	Review assigned articles and videos	Review assigned articles and videos	NA	NA
Didactics	Review recorded lectures or other relevant reading assigned by clerkship director	Review recorded lectures or other relevant reading assigned by clerkship director

Short absences (Absences of 1-2 hours in duration): Students should first attempt to prioritize flextime for meetings and appointments. If an absence from a clerkship activity is required, students must request the absence via Year 3 and Year 4 Absence Request form. Make-up for a single short absence is not required. Make up for multiple absences totaling 8 hours will be equivalent to one full absence day and make-up will be guided by the table above.