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Requests for Post-Graduate Residency Program Site Visits

Students wishing to request permission to attend extramural post-graduate residency program’s week-long site visits (sometimes termed externships or rotations), should adhere to the following protocols to obtain permission from the School of Dentistry. The School of Dentistry wants to support our students in these endeavors, when there is no conflict with other academic or clinical responsibilities, and when students make the necessary advance arrangements and secures appropriate authorization in advance.  These arrangements and authorizations require coordination with several different entities within the School of Dentistry and are the responsibility of the student seeking the opportunity.

The student should:

1. Submit a written request to Dr. Patricia Meehan, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. This request should include:
   1. The dates that the student is proposing for the residency program site visit
   2. The program that the student wishes to visit and any documentation requested by the residency program
   3. If the student will be missing any regularly scheduled academic assignments or clinical activities, those should be delineated, and the strategies for addressing those responsibilities should be outlined.
   4. If clinical activities will be affected, the student will need the approval of their GP Director and Dr. DePaola, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs. Both should be provided in writing with the request.
   5. Drs. Meehan, Depaola and Noonan will make the decision regarding whether the student’s request and excused absence can be approved.
2. Because these residency program site visit requests are extramural, non-dental school affiliated experiences, the student is not covered by the school’s professional liability carrier. Therefore, the student is required to obtain professional liability insurance. Proof of insurance should be provided with the written request. The student should also consider obtaining personal liability insurance.
3. Once approved, the extramural residency program site visit is considered an “excused personal absence”, and the dates of absence will be communicated to the Office of Student Affairs.
4. This protocol does not apply to Additional Externships Beyond the Fourth Year Service-Learning Experiences.  See applicable protocol “Additional Externships Beyond Fourth Year Service-Learning Experiences.” 

 

 

Updated: August 1. 2021