Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM)—Osteopathic Medicine Program 2024–2025 139 7. Housing for Rural Rotations Housing for core clinical rotations, electives, and selective rotations is not the responsibility of the KPCOM. The KPCOM has available housing for students in certain geographical locations for the required eightweek block rural and urban medically underserved medicine rotations that are significantly distant from the core campuses. 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. The move-in day to the apartment/housing is the Saturday prior to the rotation start date after 12:00 p.m., and the move-out date is the last Friday of the rotation by 12:00 p.m. The specifics for each housing site is located on Canvas, in the Clinical Education section, in the folder labeled Rural and Urban Underserved Core/Selective Medicine. All management and scheduling of student housing will be carried out through the Department of Rural and Urban Underserved Medicine. All inquiries, concerns, or questions should be directed to that office. No other faculty or staff representative of the KPCOM shall have the responsibility or the ability to make decisions concerning this area. Please be aware that some housing sites require a student application form and/or a Level 2 background check to be completed. Students should respond to correspondence from the Department of Rural and Urban Underserved Medicine expeditiously, as there may be forms to complete well in advance of the assigned rotation. It should be noted that students might share a two-bedroom apartment. If, for any reason, a student does not wish to share an apartment with another student, it is the responsibility of the student not accepting the housing assignment to make housing arrangements at the student’s own expense. Property should be cared for as if it belonged to the student. The student will be responsible for any damages incurred. The KPCOM reserves the right to change housing assignments at any time and to charge students for damages, extra cleaning, and/or Internet/cable expenses determined to be the students’ responsibility. Students are expected to keep track of their own long-distance phone calls, as well as Internet/cable charges in excess of the basic package provided. Students will be responsible for charges in excess of the basic packages. a. Pets Pets are not allowed in housing provided by the KPCOM, and students risk being evicted, as well as risk KPCOM from being evicted from the housing paying cleaning charges of the facility if they break this policy. b. Nonstudent Use of KPCOM-Provided Housing The KPCOM provides housing for KPCOM students only. If students choose to have members of their family accompany them on their rotations, they must arrange for, and assume, all responsibility and costs associated with family housing and travel at a location other than the KPCOM-provided housing. These arrangements for family housing must be made on the student’s own time.
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