2021 - 2022 COM Student Handbook

Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM)—Osteopathic Medicine Program 2021–2022 148 Students who exhibit a disregard for patient safety or engage in patient care outside of the direct supervision of their assigned licensed physician will be referred to the SPC and/or proper authorities for disciplinary action and may be subject to dismissal. 4. Title and Salutations Students are referred to as “student doctor ______” in clinical settings. If a student holds a doctorate in any field, he or she may not use this title while in any clinical rotation setting. Student doctors are to refer to their faculty and rotation preceptors appropriately. Faculty and preceptors with an earned doctorate degree (e.g., D.O., M.D., Ph.D., Ed.D.) should be referred to as “doctor (last name).” Faculty members who do not have an earned doctorate degree should be referred to as “professor (last name).” 5. Practicing of Medicine Students are prohibited from engaging in any activities (from the time of matriculation into the college until graduation or other termination of student status) that might be construed as the practice of medicine, or any phase thereof. It does not matter if such activities are engaged in for compensation, done as a volunteer, or otherwise; nor does it matter if the student is a licensed practitioner of such activity (e.g., medical doctor, dentist, podiatrist, chiropractor, or other health care professional). Students may only engage in such activities when the student has received permission in writing from the dean and is under the direct supervision of a licensed physician or a clinical faculty member of the university or has received an exception in writing from the dean. Any student who is a licensed practitioner and wishes to be employed in the health-related field must contact the assistant dean of Student Affairs and forward a written request to the dean. All decisions of approval or disapproval will come in writing from the dean. Students who are alleged to have engaged in the practice of medicine, or any phase thereof, and are not in compliance with the requirements above, will be referred to the SPC for disciplinary action and may be subject to dismissal. 6. Housing for Rural Rotations Housing for core clinical rotations (with the exceptions for some rural sites) is not provided by KPCOM. Some rotation sites have made housing arrangements for students, either free of charge or at a reduced rate. Housing for core clinical rotations, electives, and selective rotations is not the responsibility of KPCOM. KPCOM has available housing for students in certain geographical locations for the required eight- week block rural or medically underserved rotations. The student is not required to utilize this housing during those rotations. Students may not come early or stay late at the provided housing for the rural and urban underserved core rotations. Information about the housing at the student’s assigned rural or medically underserved rotations site can be found on Canvas, in the Clinical Education section, in the folder labeled “Rural and Urban Underserved Core/Selective...”. All management and scheduling of student housing will be carried