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2 | **As things change over time w/ your schools, keep the old info and add on the changes w the date. Ex: business as usual -> online lectures as of 3/12 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Green = business as usual +/- restrictions on seeing Covid pts; Yellow = moved online; Red = cancelled | |||||||||||||||||
4 | School Name | COVID in state? Y/N | COVID at facility? Y/N | Residents / Students positive? | M1/M2 status | M3 Status | M4 status | Exams | Match Day | Graduation | Away Rotations (Specify for home students vs visiting students) | Comments on communication from admin | ~Chat/questions~ | Affiliated Hospital Measures Being Taken | ||||
5 | # of locations with confirmed COVID cases: | 193 | 122 | 40 | ||||||||||||||
6 | # of schools with officially suspended or cancelled clinicals | 167 | 132 | |||||||||||||||
7 | # of schools with online or cancelled exams | 71 | 57.26% | |||||||||||||||
8 | A.T. Still University - SOMA (Arizona) | Y | N | in-person instruction moved online. OMM/clinical skills classes pending. | Cancelled as of 3/16 | Cancelled as of 3/16 | In person until 3/14 | no match day event at baseline, match results to be obtained via official NRMP email | Still happening for now but TBD | site specific determinations. | ||||||||
9 | ACOM | Y | N | N | All in person class and events cancelled. Everything including OMM lab online. | On Hold | On Hold | Online, proctored. | Cancelled | Cancelled - Virtual | lots of virtual yoga sessions | |||||||
10 | ARCOM | Y | N | N | Online lectures until further notice | Rotations suspended until further notice | n/a | Online until further notice | Cancelled | Cancelld | Frequent emails, large recorded information session detailing all of this | Admin contacting all hospitals to inform them that rotations will not continue | ||||||
11 | Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) | Y | N | N | In-person classes cancelled and moved online until 4/17 . Campus closed to students. | Cancelled as of 3/16- online until further notice | Online until 4/17 | Cancelled | TBD | |||||||||
12 | Albany Medical College | Y | Y (confirmed, 3/16 - including staff member / medEd faculty) | Y | Large groups cancelled, labs moved online. No more mandatory classes -> SP interactions cancelled 3/16 | Cancelled as of 3/17 until at least 3/31. !!!5/1/2021 UPDATE: Someone deleted the admin quote - WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED - I copied/pasted again to the right. Classic Albany Med administration move to sweep things under the rug instead of dealing with the problem | Business as usual. 3/16 - Told us to see student mental health (seriously) or take a LOA if we have concerns about coming in. | moved online as of 3/22 | Canceled | No restrictions for home students doing aways | !!!5/4/2021 UPDATE - Someone DELETED this quote. Classic Albany Med administration move to sweep things under the rug instead of dealing with the problem. Here is the quote again:!!! Email 3/16 from Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Wiczulis: "If you are uncomfortable continuing with your education in this setting, I would encourage you to reach out to your Advising Dean to discuss taking a leave of absence. If your concerns about COVID-19 are significantly impairing your ability to participate in day-to-day activities, despite taking the appropriate precautions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to AMC Psychiatry for support (email studentpsych@amc.edu). " | <that is fucked < yeah what the fuck | ||||||
13 | American University of the Caribbean | Y | Y | Y (an AUC student) | M1/M2 students being sent back home from the island and classes occuring online | Business as usual. Students not to be involved in care of suspected COVID pt. --> 3/16 Most rotations and electives cancelled until further notice. | Business as usual. Students not to be involved in care of suspected COVID pt. --> 3/16 Most rotations and electives cancelled until further notice. | Online for M1/M2. M3 shelf exams can be scheduled at prometric centers as usual. | Cancelled | No updates about this from AUC | Most sites have reported sending students home. | Can an AUC M1/M2 comment/update on exam status for this semester? | ||||||
14 | AU | Y | N | N | Online | Online | Cancelled | TBD | ||||||||||
15 | Augusta University (MCG) | Y | Y | Y | Lectures & PBL Online for the remainder of the semester Anatomy lab cancelled and lab pracrical exam will now be online | Cancelled as of 3/16 | Cancelled as of 3/16 | Online for M1/M2. Shelf exams postponed for now. | Canceled; will receive email with Match day results at 12 p.m. on Match day | TBD | no away rotations for visitiing students until September | email with not much information. Expect to have email every day with updates. No funding for travel to conferences | Mutliple campuses: one campus with 20+ students not allowing students in hospital, all campuses not providing housing/dorms | |||||
16 | AZCOM (Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine) | Y | N | Y | 3/16 Online, in person offered for some but Online exams. All classes in person | online rotations | online rotations starting 3/23 | 3/16 Online. In person | cancelled | cancelled | 3/16: M3/M4s will begin online course work, M1/M2s will have online exams- still waiting for contact from faculty. 3/15: For M4/SOAP -- do not come to campus/see admin. Rotations will continue as planned so long as individual rotation sites/hospitals allow. | |||||||
17 | Baylor College of Medicine | Y | Y in at least one site | N | Online Classes | Cancelled rotations until 3/31 -> suspended until 5/26; Effective 7/6 business as usual with no restrictions on seeing Covid pts | Effective 7/6 business as usual with no restrictions on seeing Covid pts | In person in small groups | Cancelled | Virtual | Emails every 2 days, but not enough direction for clinical students | |||||||
18 | Baylor Houston (BCM) | Yes | Yes | Lectures and groups >25 cancelled starting 3/16 | Cacelled rotations until 3/31. Some online stuff. Shelfs and SP exam for some clerkships still on. | Cacelled rotations until 3/31. Some online stuff. Shelfs and SP exam for some clerkships still on. | Shelf/SP Exams in Person | Cancelled, email will be sent to students | student domestic travel prohibited (not sure what this means for aways exactly yet). Speakers, visiting professors, prospective students and trainees, student electives, resident and fellow electives, job candidates, etc. are prohibited from visiting all BCM buildings as of 3/12 | As of 3/12: frequent e-mailed updates from dedicated task force. no gatherings of 25+ people starting 3/16. Students pulled from MD Anderson. | Texas Childrens' - no medical students w patients with fever/respiratory symptoms. No students at MD Anderson. VA has daily "screening" forms that must be completed and carried for re-entry to the hospital as of 3/12 | |||||||
19 | Bond University, Australia | Y | N (couple of rule-outs, negative so far) | Business as usual | Business as usual | Business as usual | They have a fever clinic but otherwise BAU. | |||||||||||
20 | Brown | Yes | Yes | Y; 1 member of Brown community | Lectures and All Activities (eg labs, anatomy) Online | businesss as usual - no care of COVID suspected pts --> 3/14 since a brown community member tested positive admin is meeting tomorrow to discuss --> 3/15 clinical rotations will continue until further notice. exceptions made to self-identified immunocompromised students. --> 3/17 After AAMC's reccommendation, all clinical rotations are cancelled immediately until March 31. | businesss as usual - no care of COVID suspected pts --> 3/15 clinical rotations will continue until further notice. exceptions made to self-identified immunocompromised students. --> 3/17 After AAMC's reccommendation, all clinical rotations are cancelled immediately until March 31. | Canceled --> Envelopes will be e-mailed at 12 pm | Up in the air. | Up in the air; visiting students: . We are temporarily suspending visiting student rotations through August 2020. We plan to resume all visiting student rotations in September 2020. | Got a bullshit email with not much information - Told on 3/15 to continue rotations but that we're not allowed in our school building anymore... | < AGREED. for past 4 days, ive had to walk from floor to floor asking if any units can spare a mask for me...not able to go into half the pts on our team's census during rounds. no benefit to patient care, no benefit to education - just a walking vector for covid transmission | ||||||
21 | BU | Yes | Currently being ruled out | Online lectures | businesss as usual - no care of COVID suspected pts ** suspended until further notice as of 03/15, moved to virtual teaching | businesss as usual - no care of COVID suspected pts. Some electives getting cancelled moved online ** suspended until further notice as of 03/15 unless on a sub-i required for graduation | Examsoft-online at home | Canceled | Big email from university and detailed follow up emails from med school deans with info about exams, match day, clinical expectations | Boston Medical- no non-employees, shadowers. Built outside tent to expand ED services, employees in some depts will work ion alternating days and with social distancing to minimize risk to staff. Cancelled all non-emergent outpatient visits. | ||||||||
22 | Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM) | Yes | N | N | Online lectures | canceled until 03.31 | EM rotation got cancelled | Ms1/2 block finals in school. Supposedly online only after spring break | Stream Match Day live on Facebook. I guess they are just going to say the persons name, their speciality and where they matched | Two hospitals at Tucson hub not allowing students. | ||||||||
23 | California Northstate University | Y | At multiple sites (we have many) | No | Online lectures | Rotations still happening. Not allowed to see COVID patients. Some sites not accepting students. | Stressed AF | virtual | ||||||||||
24 | California University of Science and Medicine | Y | No | Y | Class as usual so far (on spring break rn) | N/A | N/A | In person | N/A | |||||||||
25 | Case Western | Y | At UH, Cleveland Clinic and the VA. No word on Metro | No, one possible exposure. | Entirely online for rest of semester; clinical activities on hold for at least 3 weeks | All MD and PA student rotations suspended until 3/29 as of 3/16 | Suspended until 3/29 | M1 exams likely from home; NBME exams suspended for now | Cancelled | Visiting student program suspended for now | regular emails, pretty transparent with communications. clerkship deans implied they may relax graduation requirements for clinical elective credits if students miss significant time in recent email. Held faculty/student town hall to answer questions 3/18 | Cleveland Clinic/UH doing testing for COVID | ||||||
26 | CCOM | Y | Y | Y | online lectures | businesss as usual - no care of COVID suspected pts-UPDATE 3/16: Cancelled until 3/30. Coursework to be completed online. UPDATE 4/28. We are finishing 3rd year online. Back to rotations probably July. | businesss as usual - no care of COVID suspected pts-UPDATE 3/16: Cancelled until 3/30. Coursework to be completed online. Update 4/28. Online rotations until the end of academic year. | Online | Cancelled | Virtual | Long-winded evening updates by university president including anecdotes about her childhood and how inspired she is. We are kept relatively well informed for the most part by the Dean's office. | |||||||
27 | Fd | Yes | Y | Y | Lectures and small group sessions moved online, Zoom used for discussion-based classes. Everything online until end of May/early June | UPDATE: All rotations cancelled until April 6th as of 3/15/20 | UPDATE: All rotations cancelled until April 6th as of 3/15/20 | Online, NBME shelf exams most likely on campus but in separate rooms | No guests allowed, breaking MS4s into smaller groups in smaller rooms for 15 minute ceremony. Likely to be cancelled though as hinted in the most recent email. > Now cancelled | TBD | Emails with updates by admin almost every day ' | |||||||
28 | Central Michigan | Yes | At two of main hospitals (Covenant in Saginaw and St John in Detroit) | online lectures | businesss as usual - no care of COVID suspected pts, 3/16: cancelled until April 5th. M3s make up time during M4, M4 TBD | Cancelled until April 5, after which to be determined. | Cancelled entirely | "Postponed" | Cancelled after current block | Well communicated, almost daily updates . Feel like we're left hanging a bit about graduation and making up electives. | ||||||||
29 | Columbia | Yes | Yes | online lectures | no care of COVID suspected pts; students not allowed in ED; modifications to surgery rotation -> 3/15 All clinical activities cancelled | Surgery and EM clinical electives likely suspended until future notice; other electives continuing as planned -> 3/15 All clinical activites cancelled | Preclinical Exams have been unproctered and offsite for past 5 years | Virtual | canceled: home and visiting students; duration TBD | Are people getting credit from alternative learning activities/online, or are they pushing rotations back? Both | elective surgeries cancelled, no visitors permitted. | |||||||
30 | Cooper Medical School of Rowan Univ | Yes | Y | No | Lectures online | Buisness as usual (but cannot scrub or use PPE) - no care of COVID or URI suspected pts 3/15 Cancelled. 3/17 -all rotations & campus activities canceled | Buisness as usual (but cannot scrub or use PPE) - no care of COVID suspected pts or URI 3/15 Cancelled | TBD - online remote honor system | cancelled | TBD | ||||||||
31 | Cornell | Yes | Yes | Online lectures | 3/15 Cancelled until June. very likely July | Buisness as usual (but cannot scrub) - no care of COVID suspected pts 3/15 Cancelled | Small groups/students only | visiting students canceled | daily emails from school + daily zoom office hours with education dean + md/phd office hours; pretty much since 3/15 | is the cancelled aways through October? i don't understand why the call is being made so early at a few institutions | No visitors in hospital; no elective surgery for the next 2 weeks; only allow the least number of medically necessary people in OR/cases to conserve PPE | |||||||
32 | Creighton | Yes | Yes | yes | Lectures online | Rotations online until at least June. | Rotations cancelled til end of march. Capstone moved to online modules | online | Cancelled | Cancelled | canelled indefinitely | |||||||
33 | Dartmouth | Yes | yes | yes | Lectures online | Students are being sent home from SOME rotations (site-specific). Surgery Clerkship cancelled --> many sites cancelling for core clinical clerkships | Same as M3 | canceled. | visiting students canceled | |||||||||
34 | Des Moines University COM (IA) | Yes | Online (until 4/3 - two weeks after spring break) -> "DMU’s academic leadership has made the decision to have all didactic materials delivered by an online, remote access method for the remainder of the spring term" (3/21) | Cancelled until 04/03 and will re-evaluate. Moving to online Rotations. | Pulled from rotations starting 3/23. Online only. Can "opt-in" & continue rotating if you want, but no COVID pts. | online | Cancelled | Cancelled | Originally told MS3 students who had their site cancel on them that they would need to take a leave of absence --> suddenly on 3/15 one of our major year long sites for 3rd years told students to no longer come in and today they let us know we can do online courses or opt-in to our rotations (althoug strongly guilted us into the opt to stay in clinicals saying we signed up to make a difference and we should learn how to handle a pandemic) | |||||||||
35 | Drexel | Yes | Doc at one hospital tested + | Y | All online. 2nd year comprehensives are now "optional" | ER and ICU rotations pulled at this very moment, tbd for next month. Some hospitals are pulling students, but most are proceeding. No care of COVID suspected pts. Some hospitals are not allowing students to scrub. --> As of 3/15 all rotations are canceled for 2 weeks through March 29th | As of 3/15 all rotations are canceled for 2 weeks through March 29th | M2: in-house comprehensive exam will be hosted in person, but made optional, so most of us are starting dedicated. if you do take the exam you will be in a room with < 30 other students | Students only—possibly being converted to virtual in the next few days -> virtual as of 3/15 | They've actually been really good at communicating | ||||||||
36 | Duke | Yes | No (3/15) | No (3/15) [3 business grad students who were travelling internationally are sick and are remaining abroad] | M1 (preclinical): online courses | M2 [Clinical year]: [Updated 4/28] Virtual clerkships/didactics/shelf exams until 6/15, goal of resuming clinical rotations then. M3 [research year]: Ancillary clinical activties suspended, students are continuing with research however possible and basically had to come up with a plan with their mentor to figure out how to continue research. | [Rising M4s/those starting Sub-Is]: [Updated 4/28] A handful of students (mainly those who took an extra research year, I know our schedule is complicated) were given permission to start sub-Is in mid-April. More students start Sub-Is in May and June, and we are being told that those will proceed as normal.[Updated 4/29 Many students not able to start Sub-I's or electives given low census, most pushed back later.] | online | Cancelled | Home students [updated 4/28]: Able to apply in Feb, then prevented from applying for aways for most of the month of March (i.e. they would not approve our VSAS application). In early April, they then said that they would approve our applications on a case-by-case basis and there was an approximately a ~2 week period where we could apply again. Then VSAS shut down. | Averaging 20 emails a day at this point? #overwhelmed ; ^^^There's been decent transparency IMO | Was there a timeline given in terms of away rotations for visiting students? Is this just for the spring or into summer and fall? << Seems like they are canceled indefinitely. | ||||||
37 | East Carolina University - Brody School of Medicine | Yes | Yes (4/20) | M1 - online M2 - Step 1 purgatory, intend to start M3 rotations 6/29 | As of 3/17: Reading days T-Th with shelf for last core clerkship on Friday. Clerkships suspended. Afterwards, who knows. | As of 3/17, clinical encounters suspended for minimum of 2 weeks per AAMC guidelines. | Cancelled | Aways for visiting students currently on hold | ||||||||||
38 | Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) | Y | y | 3/14 online | Not allowed to treat confirmed or suspected Covid-19 cases. No travel to Lvl 3 countries. Expanded leave policy. 3/14: students not allowed in urgent care or ED. didactics cancelled not allowed to meet in groups greater than 25 ppl. Must fill out a travel form documenting travel .3/16 (after a very delayed email): Rotations suspended until further notice | Not allowed to treat confirmed or suspected Covid-19 cases. No travel to Lvl 3 countries. Expanded leave policy. 3/14: students not allowed in urgent care or ED. didactics cancelled not allowed to meet in groups greater than 25 ppl. Must fill out a travel form documenting travel .3/16 (after a very delayed email): Rotations suspended until further notice | Cancelled | They're waiting to see what y'all do | ||||||||||
39 | Emory | Yes | Yes | N | Lectures online - All preclinical pt contact cancelled | Rotations cancelled as of 3/16 until 4/6 | Rotations cancelled as of 3/18 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Case by case basis | Daily updates | |||||||
40 | FAU | Yes | Yes | Lectures online | Rotations cancelled | Cancelled (all M4s done with rotations except for 1 or 2) | Cancelled (Emailing results at noon) | |||||||||||
41 | FIU | Yes | Lectures online | Rotations cancelled | Rotations cancelled | Canceled (might have an option to pick up envelopes) | ?? | |||||||||||
42 | Florida State | Yes | No | Student tested —> negative results | spring break, then all online | cancelled | cancelled | virtual match day, at regional campuses | No word | |||||||||
43 | Frank Netter @ Quinnipiac | Yes | No | N | Lectures online & PBL online (M2) | In-person didactics canceled, online lectures; 3/15 last 3 weeks of rotations cancelled | option for students to choose to switch out of clinical electives and do online electives. No care of suspected COVID cases | Canceled - but virtual | TBD | |||||||||
44 | Geisinger | Yes | Y | Y | Lectures online | 3/18 Rotations canceled Didactics online, rotations still on. As of 3/13, not allowed to treat suspected or confirmed COVID patients. Students not allowed to scrub into surgeries d/t limited resources. | 3/18 Rotations canceled Rotations still on | Individual Match emails to be sent at 12:01pm | Online | Not official, but there's talk of contingency plans if the physical building is closed. Overall communication fucking sucks. We had to find out match was canceled through a huge school-wide email blast rather than one specific to our class. | ||||||||
45 | George Washington | Yes | Yes | N | M1 lectures online; M2s studying for Step 1 | Didactics online, rotations still on; no care for presumed/positive COVID patients. As of 3/16, clinical rotations are suspended till further notice, to be assessed on weekly basis | All clinical rotations cancelled as of 3/16, will reassess on a weekly basis; Transitions to Residency course moved online | Students only --> now officially cancelled as of 3/16; individual emails to be sent at 12:00 | Likely to occur in an online format as of 3/16 | None permitted for April/May for home students --> extended to July 1 as of 3/16; students rotating at sites within 1 hour of GW will be permitted to continue away rotation | Daily correspondence, continuing to develop contingencies | GWUH rescheduling elective surgeries, restricting entrance/exit with screening at main lobby, limiting number of patient visitors; GW MFA rescheduling non-urgent clinic visits and screening all visitors | ||||||
46 | Georgetown | Yes | Yes | Y (student) https://www.kentucky.com/news/coronavirus/article241417166.html | In-person exam 3/13 for M1s, then all online including lectures. M2s are now clinical | Rotations cancelled until July 6th | Rotations and electives cancelled | In-person 3/13 for M1s, then all online | cancelled, option for virtual soap | TBD | home students not allowed to do aways through May | Daily correspondence, expecting more updates soon | Medstar Health postponing all elective procedures, restricting patient visitors, transitioning to telehealth wherever possible | |||||
47 | Hackensack Meridian | Y | Y | Y (residents,student) | M1: Lectures online, M2: clinical (see M3 status) | Clinicals suspended on 3/15 | N/A | Online | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
48 | Harvard | Yes | Yes | N | Online lectures for M1s after Spring break, M2s are on clinical clerkships and continue business as usual. | as of 3/14, rotations suspended until 3/22 | as of 3/14, rotations suspended until 3/22 | honor system for preclinical; shelves continue as normal --> as of 3/14, shelf cancelled | Online | Online | daily zoom meetings/q&a and additional emails; overall pretty good | BWH banned students from ORs to conserve PPE | ||||||
49 | Hofstra | Yes | Yes | N, several under quarantine | Business as usual --> online lectures as of 3/13 --> OSCE cancelled as of 3/13 --> Clinical Simulations cancelled as of 3/15 --> finals moved online/ classes online 3/16 | as of 3/17, rotations suspended until 3/22 | No ED rotations. Allowed to switch to other ICU rotations if currently in MICU. No direct care of COVID pts | moved online | canceled | TBD | It's a bit of a mess TBH | |||||||
50 | Hopkins | Yes | Yes | Attendings | Lectures online 3/11 | Cancelled until 05/26 | Cancelled until 05/26 | Optional small group settings; results via email -> no small group with advisors/cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled through October 18th, 2020 | ||||||||
51 | Howard | Yes | Yes | Y (students) | Lectures online 3/15; M2s still partially in person | Business as usual (some online didactics)--> Clinical Rotations suspended for 2 weeks per AAMC and LCME recommendations-Didactics to be online | Clinical Rotations suspended for 2 weeks per AAMC and LCME recommendations-Didactics to be online | Cancelled | Cancelled | Emails whenever the AAMC ssends updates, not much communication otherwsie; scheduled a virtual townhall with the deans | ||||||||
52 | Idaho COM | Yes | Yes | Y (students) | as of 3/12:No in person lectures starting 3/16 3/16: No OSCEs or OPP lab, building closed to students, nothing for at least 2 weeks --> 4/20 All students doing distance learning. Campus closed until next academic year. Current OMS-I expected to return one week prior to next year starting to finish off in-person finals. Current OMS-II out for dedicated until July clinical prep month. | Postponed | Started out shaky but getting more clear | as of 3/12: OPP labs will continue with smaller groups, specifics TBA 3/16: OPP labs canceled<< not sure why they aren't cancelling all the mandatory classes tomorrow | ||||||||||
53 | incarnate word (UIWSOM) | yes | y | tbd. two exposed, one w/ symptoms | online lectures | cancelled for not sure how long. possibly back in 25 May. telemedicine elective. | new school, no MS4s | 1 comat completed at home. testing for M1 done remotely. | no MS4s | no MS4s | told to still apply for aways | |||||||
54 | Indiana | Yes | Y | Y | Lectures online | All rotations canceled until June 29. Online clerkships | Business as usual but no direct care of COVID pt. No OR for med students due to PPE shortage. (3/17 update): All clerkships suspended; fully online for next two weeks | Business as usual -> basically unchanged, but at the Indy campus, they're splitting tests into two groups -> online everything as of 3/19 | Canceled | TBD | international rotations cancelled, domestic away rotations discouraged for home students | 2 week self-quarantine required after traveling to CDC level 2 country or above | No scrubbing in for surgical students, some students moved to hospitals with no known confirmed cases | |||||
55 | JABSOM (Hawaii) | Y | Y | N | Online starting 3/23 | no involvement in care for suspected or confirmed COVID patients. Lectures have been moved online. International travel strongly discouraged. -> As of 3/15, CANCELLED all clinical components (3/16-3/29) | no involvement in care for suspected or confirmed COVID patients. Lectures have been moved online. International travel strongly discouraged. -> As of 3/15, CANCELLED all clinical components (3/16-3/29) | SHELF: TBD. Pre-clinical: in person, + temp checks & designated seating 3m apart. | Canceled | Canceled | Home students can do aways. Cancelled aways for international visiting students | Good communication, Including MS4s in discussions regarding event cancellations < Disagree. Typical passive responsive from admin. Lol. Gonna land between the two and say email updates have been frequent, but passive and without a whole lot of substance. UPDATE: now communicating via weekly updated student FAQ and weekly town hall. Recently added year-specific town hall. | ||||||
56 | Jefferson | Yes | No | Lectures online to | As of 3/13: suspended from rotations through April 3 - rotations replaced with virtual instruction and simulations. | Virtual lectures through March 30 | OSCEs cancelled, shelf postponed. | Canceled | Postponed | home students not allowed to do aways through May 24; visiting students not allowed at Jeff through June | events with >30 people are prohibited | |||||||
57 | Kansas City University | Yes | No | No | Lectures Online Starting 3/16 -> 5/15 Announced lectures for the NEXT academic year will be online until atleast Labor Day | Cancelled 3/17 - students awaiting further instruction -> 3/23- Cancelled through end of academic year | ||||||||||||
58 | Keck School of Medicine of USC | Y | Y (3/16) | Y, residents + | All online. Step 1 for M2's will proceed as planned if wanted; otherwise, online electives | All clinical rotations and clinical assignments are suspended. Alternative learning assignments are being scheduled. | All clinical rotations and clinical assignments are suspended. Alternative learning assignments are being scheduled. | Online; shelf exams now online and home proctored via webcam as well | Cancelled | TBD | TBD | Official request for med students as volunteers for NON-patient care roles. Admin have promised updated at least every other day. | ||||||
59 | Y | Y | Transitioned to online | rotations cancelled until further notice but M3s are required to show up to KYCOM for scheduled capstone (05-18-2020 to 05-30-2020) in person for PE preparation after stating that students could travel to home during pandemic. School refuses to cancel capstone preparatin as KY govenor lifts COVID-19 restrictions. Clinical dean urging students to reschedule COMLEX to a later date as it seems "unlikely" when prometric centers open. Core rotations are being fufilled via online assignments. | Rotations transitioned to online. Most M4s had met grad requirements, so not much of a big deal. | Online; shelf exams now online and home proctored via webcam as well | Virtual | |||||||||||
60 | LECOM (FL) | Yes | No | Business as usual --> Online for rest of semester as of 3/15 | All rotations cancelled for the year. No students allowed on campus for the time being. Since prometric is closed we cannot take shelves. | All rotations cancelled for the year | cancelled | The pharmacy school (has all classes in the same building as us) moved to online for the rest of the semester. All outreach suspended, trips also suspended | We're almost exclusively case based learning so I'm guessing admin is still trying to decide how to move to online | |||||||||
61 | LECOM (PA) | Yes | Yes at one of the NYC sites and Harrisburg | Business as usual --> Online indefinitely as of 3/15 | 3/15 Cancelled | All rotations cancelled for the year | Prometric for shelf (4th years take institution written exam if haven't already taken and passed shelf exams) | Never existed lol | cancelled | Big email from university and detailed follow up emails from med school deans with info about exams, match day, clinical expectations | ||||||||
62 | Liberty University (LUCOM) | Y | N | All activities (including labs) online 3/16 until further notice | Active in rotations; one site sent home surgical rotations students; | Active in last rotation | sas | Cancelled | All Liberty-Sponsored international travel over Spring and Summer 2020 cancelled; Self-isolate; "fluid situation"; monitor email for further updatesc | Affiliated hospitals under discussion of how to proceed | ||||||||
63 | Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine | Yes | No | Online 3/16 until March 30th. Will Reasses | Hospital dependent. Some hospitals have kicked students off of rotations. Length TBD. 3/18 rotations cancelled until the end of April. School will give 1-2 days notice before rotations resume. | See M3 | 3/16/2020 will be administered with sectioning into 3 rooms. On 3/16, announced exams cancelled for OMSI and OMSII | Cancelled. Working on digital forum | Cancelled | Regularly check emails, school-sponsored travel cancelled; spring break travel at own risk | ||||||||
64 | Loma Linda University | Yes | Y - We had our first positive COVID-19 case on March 18, in an outpatient setting. | Online lectures and testing until further notice | Rotations cancelled until 4/6, to be replaced with online activities | Rotations cancelled until end of april | For MS1+2: TC5 cancelled, TC6 + finals taken at home with remote proctoring | Cancelled | Ceremony postponed until September | Confirmed COVID19 patients as emailed out by dean's office, PPE to see patients will be limited at discretion of rotation site | Local VA is screening for coronavirus. Positive case at affiliated hospital: Kaiser Fontana. LLUMC increased restrictions (1 visitor/patient, clinics moved online, non-elective surgeries postponed) as of 3/16. | |||||||
65 | Louisville | Y | Y | Online | Everything online now. Tentatively restarting in person clerkships 5/31 | business as usual; -> 3/15: Students given the option to: "A. Remain in your clinical rotation using the same precautions already discussed, or B. Exit your clinical rotation for now, and enter a non-clinical elective to continue to earn academic credit."--> 3/17 After AAMC's reccommendation, all clinical rotations are cancelled immediately until March 31. | Canceled | Away Rotations postponed | All students are given the autonomy and choice to come off rotations and enter non-clinical electives as of 3-15-2020. Using some M4 elective time earlier in M3 an allowing M3s to start some M4 courses or take Step 2 CK prior to finishing clerkships in future if needed. As of 3-16-2020, vast majority of M3s are not coming off rotations. Most M4s are finished, the school is working with those who have to finish requirements or elective time to ensure they can graduate on time. Moving to daily correspondance that students can expect at a set time, also using a service account email and an anonymous student-run google doc to allow program to better answer student questions. | local va is screening for coronavirus | ||||||||
66 | Loyola | Yes | Y | Online until the rest of the semester as of 3/12 | Cancelled 3/16 | Cancelled 3/16 | Cancelled | Canceled | Threatened but not yet cancelled | "Avoid patients with a fever" (extremely helpful !!); Update: now at weekly emails and had one zoom "townhall" (no questions allowed) | ||||||||
67 | LSU New Orleans | Y | Y | Online 3/16 | Business as usual. No care of respiratory patients, no use of PPE. Meeting size restrictions. --> 3/16 cancelled until 3/30 | Business as usual. No care of respiratory patients, no use of PPE. Meeting size restrictions. --> 3/16 same as MS3s | Cancelled | Postponed indefinitely. There's talk of an online commencement later in the year | Avoid patients with fever, cough, and/or COVID-19 diagnosis | |||||||||
68 | LSU Health Shreveport | N | N | Online 3/16 | Rotations suspended at least until 3/31. Online curriculum per clerkship directors. Students asked to volunteer at hospital entrances, in telehealth visits.; Rotations resume 5/1 with COVID precautions in place and students working with non-COVID patients in separate facility | Rotations, mandatory end-of-year course cancelled. Admin working with M4s on a case-by-case basis to fulfill graduation requirements. Students asked to volunteer at hospital entrances, in telehealth visits. | M1 and M2 NBME exams cancelled. Shelf Exams cancelled. | Cancelled | Unknown | |||||||||
69 | Marian University (MUCOM) | Y | N | Online for rest of semester, exams on honor system | Business as usual - No care for COVID patients | Business as usual - No care for COVID patients | Online via Examplify for ipad | Multiple weekly emails | COMAT exams still continue in-person | No students allowed to scrub. Community Hosp rotations cancelled. | ||||||||
70 | Marshall University JCESOM | No | N | Online 3/16 | Cancelled 3/17 | Cancelled 3/17 | Canceled | TBD | ||||||||||
71 | Maryland | Yes | Y | Online thru 4/9 at least; all clinical experiences cancelled; Online rest of semester as of 3/20 | 3/12 Electives pulled, didactics online; no OSCE; core rotations and sub-i business as usual; Cancelled 3/19 | 3/12 Electives cancelled | online, at home, honors system, current block is now p/f; no change in shelf | Canceled | TBD | |||||||||
72 | Mayo AZ | Yes | Y | All lectures small groups and events now online. Clinical experience (longitudinal) postponed to later date given state-wide travel restrictions. Geriatric exposure program moved to phone only. | 4/30: in-person rotations cancelled until 6/1; Online fourth-year electives available 3/27-5/10 to clear space in fourth year for makeup clerkships, didactic parts of 3rd year clerkships online 5/11 until return. Students will have same PPE access and rules as staff on return. | N/A for AZ-based students; Minnesota rotating M4s to return to home campus by March 30, no rotating M4s in April | As of March 20, all exams are online. NBMEs are proctored via Zoom (per NBME guidelines), written exams use Proctorio. | N/A | N/A | Canceled thru April 30 for everyone, including intra-campus rotators | Extremely impressed with the admin and how responsive they are being. Individual attention paid to M3 (only clinical class ATT) schedules for clinical return, multiple whole-school and individual class meetings with updated and tailored information. | |||||||
73 | Mayo MN | Yes | Yes | All lectures small groups and events online. Clinical experience (longitudinal) not cancelled but ending In two weeks as planned. Geriatric exposure program moved to phone only. | 3/18: rotations cancelled until 5/10; will take Shelf exam on 3/27 for latest clerkship. Online fourth year electives will be available 3/27-5/10 to clear space in fourth year to makeup clerkships | Virtual learning online | Will take Shelf on 3/27 in rooms with no more than 10 people | Originally cancelled. Students then worked with admin to approve a modified match day ceremony with several smaller conference rooms of <10 students and web links. | TBD | Canceled thru April 30 for everyone. | Very different situation for us given we only have 50 students per year, we are all definitely being strongly pressured to self isolate or quarantine if showing any symptoms. | |||||||
74 | McGovern | Yes | No | No | Online through Spring | Rotations cancelled until June 1 | Canceled | Canceled | Home students not allowed to do away rotations until July | No students allowed at medical facilities | ||||||||
75 | McMaster | Y | Y | Y; 1 Dr | Business as usual | Business as usual | Canceled | |||||||||||
76 | Medical College of Wisconsin | Yes | Yes - 3/16 | Exposed students in quarantine | Online 3/16 - end of semester | Rotations on except OR scrubbing. No care of COVID patients. -> ALL ROTATIONS CANCELLED from 3/18 - 5/26 | Rotations on except OR scrubbing. No care of COVID patients. -> ALL ROTATIONS CANCELLED | remote | Canceled | TBD, likely virtual | No lectures or meetings over 25 people; Admin email: "I encourage you to engage in small actions that are meaningful to you – connecting with friends and family, going for a walk or run outdoors, taking time for mindfulness, yoga or worship, eating a healthy diet, getting enough sleep, managing your information intake, practicing gratitude and staying engaged professionally." | |||||||
77 | Medical University of South Carolina | Y | Y - 4/20 | Y | Online classes only, preclinical students not allowed in clinics | Cancelled as of 3/17 - online until 3/31 ->now online until at least 5/18 | Cancelled as of 3/17 - online until 3/31 | Preclinical exams at home; Shelf exams and OSCEs cancelled - rescheduling TBD | Cancelled | TBD | no away rotations will be approved for first two rotation blocks next school year | Multiple updates provided daily as information is released and logistics worked out. However, communication has been contridictory from hospital admin vs. dean's office. No update from dean's office in several days. | Campus library and gym closed through "at least" April 1st. No alternative options provided | |||||
78 | Mercer | Yes | n | Two exposed students on Quarantine at unspecified campus | Online | Online rotations. Reorientation for clerkships then half of the rotations return 5/11; 2nd half on 5/18. No care for COVID or PUIs, limited access to ED. OR access is hospital dependent/varies among the three campuses. | Business as usual, rules specific to each hospital | As scheduled, in smaller groups | Canceled | Canceled, prerecorded | M1/M2 students now have to attend PBL ("small groups") via Zoom. Large group lectures are being recorded. Tests still in person. M3/M4 students are to follow the rules provided by their rotations sites. | No students in OR or ED and can be removed from ICU if requetsed. | ||||||
79 | Meharry Medical Colelge | Yes | N | No | Online | Business as usual, rules specific to each hospital | Business as usual, rules specific to each hospital | Online via Examsoft | Cancelled - Zoom video call option | TBD | ||||||||
80 | Miami | Yes | Yes | Online | clinicals cancelled for at least next two weeks as of 3/16, online alternatives in the works | clinicals cancelled for at least next two weeks as of 3/16, online alternatives in the works | Canceled | Canceled, probably virtual | All away rotations suspended for home students | |||||||||
81 | Michigan (UM, Ann Arbor) | Yes | Yes | Lectures online (M1) | Rotations continue, lectures online (M2/M3). No care of confirmed or suspected COVID patients. -> suspended as of March 17 | Rotations continue, lectures online. No care of confirmed or suspected COVID patients. -> suspended as of March 17 | M1 exams online; M2 shelf exams at home individually - watched by proctor | Canceled | Canceled | "we would like to continue to have our clinical students on their rotations at this time, because of our collective duty to help and serve, and that there is real need for our students to help and learn in many areas." | Any comments on students doing aways at MI? Cancelled | |||||||
82 | Michigan State University CHM | Yes | yes- at all 7 clinical sites | Y (unspecified; student vs staff) | Lectures online (M1andM2) | Have opened up SubI/Clerkship spots depending on hospital system. More clinical activities to start MAy 18th. All rotations canceled through April 20. From April 20 they're doing online for 1/2 of core clerkships. | Early graduation or online classes for M4s still needing credit, most if not all should be complete by May 1st. | TBD in person or virtual Now virtual exams and proctored online | Canceled | Postponed | Canceled | Shadowing that was facilitated by CHM has been cancelled. Citywide research day in Grand Rapids is cancelled (postponed?). Movement between campuses (EL/GR) is being discouraged. --->This was NEVER true. Encouraging M3s to be open to clinical opportunities in other campuses to complete required clerkships when spots open up. Students who require on-campus housing and dining are still being supported (more of an undergrad issue). Very good communication thus far. | CHM GR staff and students who are non-essential may not enter BW/HDVCH/MHC. Students involved in research at spectrum who were collecting data on-site are not considered essential. M3/4s removed from certain clinic sites depending on healthcare system. Visitor restrictions in place depending on healthcare system. | |||||
83 | Michigan State University COM | Yes | No | Online Exams taken at home | suspended until may 15 | suspended from rotations for 3 weeks | M1 and M2 at home via examsoft | Cancelled (virtual) | Postponed | |||||||||
84 | Midwestern University (Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine) | Yes | No | yes | Business as usual, option to skip anything without doctors note | This is AZCOM above, which is cancelled | This is AZCOM above, which is cancelled | |||||||||||
85 | Morehouse SOM | Yes | Online 3/16 | Still attend rotations, No ER,ICU patients | Students only | Emailed that they 'heavily advise against travel' will not funding travel to conferences, if you travel to a place with a high infection rate they may make you self quarantine before going back to rotations | ||||||||||||
86 | Mount Sinai | Yes | Yes | All classes and small groups online until 3/22 | All clerkships cancelled through the remainder of the year (6/26) | All clerkships cancelled through the remainder of the year (6/26) | Online (Normal) | Cancelled | Cancelled | How are you guys meeting M3 requirements? Do you still take Shelf? How many more clerkship did you have left? | ||||||||
87 | Northeast Ohio Medical Univesity (NEOMED) COM | Yes | All classes online, only exams are in person (19 people at a time) | Business as usual —> CANCELLED. M3 with online requirements. | Business as usual —> CANCELLED. M4 with remaining electives will do alternative activities TBD. | Cancelled - Zoom video call option | Going ahead but TBD | All school based funding for travel, conferences, or events has been halted for the rest of the year. | Many affiliated hospitals closing to students. Students being relocated to other affiliated hospitals or are being given alternative education | |||||||||
88 | Northwestern | Yes | Y | Y | All classes and small groups online. Exams remote for M1s. M2s on dedicated. In-person activities (ultrasound, clinical, anatomy) postponed to summer. | Business as usual -> suspended (online requirements) as of 3/17 | Business as usual -> suspended as of 3/17 | Online | Cancelled | Still on | ||||||||
89 | NYITCOM | Yes | Yes | Most likely, but none have been tested | Lectures cancelled; exam is online at home; in person classes cancelled but online lectures resume when returning from spring break on March 23rd; coming back from spring break labs will be done via online chat | (3/12) Depends on hospital admin, school has not cancelled rotations. If your hospital cancels rotations, rotation will likely be done via online modules. -> (3/16 evening) All rotations cancelled | (3/16) Students can email school to opt out of rotation. | Online | Canceled | TBD | No restrictions from school. Hospital-dependent | |||||||
90 | NYITCOM-Arkansas | Yes | No | None at this time. | Lectures cancelled; exam is online at home; in person classes cancelled but online lectures resume when returning from spring break on March 23rd; coming back from spring break labs will be done via online chat | Rotations are contingent on Hospital Facility. Students are being pulled based on request of their hospital to preserve PPE's. Many rural students are staying on as they are considered necessary to assist in influx. | Same as m3, option for online courses. | Online | Canceled | TBD | Restrictions forthcoming | |||||||
91 | NYMC | Yes | Yes | 1 ED attending, 1 med student | Lectures online | ER rotations cancelled, Rest continue as long as rotation sites allow. 3/15- all clincal activites suspended at all affiliated sites | Removed from ER rotations, rest continue as normal. Students considered "essential personnel" by main home site. 3/15- all clinical activities suspended at all affiliated sites | online | Virtual aka cancelled (will email results @ 12EDT | Virtual (venue is becoming a field hospital) | They've been pretty on top of it, but we are also at the center of an outbreak so I guess their hand was forced. | Visitor Restrictions at some sites | ||||||
92 | NYU | Yes | Yes | Lecture online, strongly encouraged to go home | All rotations cancelled until 3/30 --> Remote Electives online for 6-8 weeks after | Strongly encouraged to go home if nothing on campus scheduled - All clinicals suspended 3/15 through 3/30 except Sub-I | Cancelled, will email results @ 12 | Not allowed to go for 60 days can still apply but could be forbidden if ban extends more than 60 days | Stuff they're doing= lots communication with students not the best we hear things from classmates before admin often, huge rumor mill | |||||||||
93 | Ohio State | Y | Y | Lectures online | All rotations canceled until 3/29 -> 5/4, spring rotations pass/fail | All rotations canceled until 3/29 -> graduation | online | Cancelled | Virtual | Canceled until June for home and visitng students | ||||||||
94 | Oregon Heath and Science University SOM | Y | Y | Remote methods | ALL rotations canceled until 6/29-->all in-person clinical rotations canceled thru spring quarter, so far core clinicals will be shortened to 3 weeks to try to make sure everyone gets graduation requirements | All rotations canceled until 6/29; a handful starting early | online; can take NBME self assessments at home through spring term | Canceled | Canceled | Any students currently currently at an away are told to remove themselves from their clinical rotations and work with their clinical experience director to find meaningful alternative learning activities. | About one big email every couple of days just for medical students, 50% refund of spring term tutition | |||||||
95 | OSU-COM | Y | Y | M1/M2 online for 2 weeks | Cancelled until 6/1 | Cancelled until 6/1 | Virtual shelves | Canceled | Canceled | |||||||||
96 | OU-HCOM | Y | N | M1/M2 online for rest of semester | All classes on campus and comats and osces cancelled - rotations suspended indefinitely (3/16) | Cancelled | Canceled | Postponed | ||||||||||
97 | OUWB | Y | Y | N | 3/11- lectures online until 4/25, 3/15- NBME exams postponed for the next 2 weeks but all other exams online | 3/16- All M3 clinical assignments cancelled until 3/30 and likely beyond, OSCE online | 3/16- All M3/M4 clinical assignments cancelled until 3/30 and likely beyond | 3/15- NBME exams postponed for the next 2 weeks but all other exams online | Cancelled | TBD | Daily emails, they've kept us in the loop and responded quickly | 3/15 6am- No visitors at all sites. One visitor will be permitted for the following exceptions: End of life, Mothers in labor (her significant other is permitted), Pediatric or NICU patients (both parents are permitted), Emergency center, Patients undergoing surgery, Cognitive or mental disability in adults, Additional exceptions to these extenuating circumstances will be determined by the hospital’s administrator on call; curbside COVID-19 testing in place | ||||||
98 | Pacific Northwest University (PNWU) | Y | Y | online format | Students removed from rotations on 3/23/20 and have been participating in online courses. Return to rotations TBD, and will be site/hospital specific. | All students have been removed from rotations. | M2 (And I think M1) exams are online. Full participation points if you try and don't just randomly choose a for all the answers. | Cancelled | Canceled - will be a "virtual graduation" | Mostly pretty good communication from admin | ||||||||
99 | PCOM and PCOM-GA | Yes- this is hard because pcom is in PA and GA | Y | N | online | Clinical duties cancelled 3/15 to 3/29, online stuff remains | Clinical duties cancelled 3/15 to 3/29, online stuff remains | Unknown at this time | cancelled | unknown | COMATs temporariy postponed and will be scheduled at "a later date." Future rotations will require a COVID-19 attestation of possible travel/exposure | |||||||
100 | Penn State COM | Y | Y | M1s fully online and M2s on clerkships (3/13) | All face to face patient contact is suspended until 4/24. Clerkships will continue via remote learning tools. | All face to face patient contact prohibited until 5/1 (alternative remote electives will be held until then) | Fully canceled now (3/13) | Canceled | Closed for the meantime | Hospital, COM buildings, and research labs have been closed to students. | ||||||||
101 | Quillen COM | Yes | yes | online, NBMEs waived | Cancelled per AAMC, will evaluate 3/31 | Cancelled per AAMC, will evaluate 3/31 | M1/M2 NBMEs waived, unsure about M3 NBMEs | cancelled | business as usual | :) | Hospital system is banning students from using any PPE besides gloves and from seeing any patients that need PPE | |||||||
102 | Quinnipiac | Yes | No | Yes | Online | suspended for 3 weekes effective 3/16 | suspended for 3 weekes effective 3/16 | M2 exam scheduled for 3/13 waived; unsure about other exams | Cancelled | Unknown | Not restricted at this time, encouraged to still apply but situation is fluid | |||||||
103 | Rocky Vista University (Both CO/UT) | Y | N | Resident positive in affiliated residency | Lectures online | Do not report to rotations on 3/16--> Rotations suspended until further notice (will remediate some/all of missed rotations during 4th year) | Do not report to rotations on 3/16. Will receive update 3/16. | Shelves Online Proctored through zoom; | Canceled | Cancelled | All rotations cancelled. Away rotations in May must be aproved by el presidente | Raised Tuition by 3% | ||||||
104 | Rosalind Franklin University | Yes | Yes, at our clinical sites | School Moving to online classes on 3/16 | Clinical duties cancelled 3/15 to 3/29, online stuff remains | Clinical duties cancelled 3/15 to 3/29, online stuff remains | Shelf exams are in small groups. M1s and M2s have moved from in-person NBME to professor-written online exams | Cancelled, handing out envelopes the following week to students that want them. | TBD | All student events are cancelled, students asked (but not forced) to leave student housing, must log domestic travel, no international travel. | ||||||||
105 | Ross University | Yes | Yes | Moving to online starting 3/16 | Business as usual for most, some NYC clerkships cancelled; 3/17 cancelled as per AAMC and LCME recommendations until 3/31 | Business as usual for most, some NYC clerkships cancelled; 3/17 cancelled as per AAMC and LCME recommendations until 3/31 | Cancelled | TBD | No students in the ED for most rotations | |||||||||
106 | Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine | yes | yes | No decision made. | Cannot see COVID-19 patients only; clinicals cancelled until april 15th for inpatient; if outpaitent - continue. 3/17: All rotations including outpatient cancelled to ATLEAST 3/31 | Cannot see COVID-19 patients only; clinicals cancelled until april 15th for inpatient; if outpaitent - continue. 3/17: All rotations including outpatient cancelled to ATLEAST 3/31 | no news | Cancelled | Did the school rationalize why outpatient can continue? That seems super risky | |||||||||
107 | Rush | Yes | Yes | No (previous yes false alarm) | lectures online starting friday. | 3/16 - Cancelled | Online lectures/sim | Exams in small groups. | Cancelled and will email envelopes | Cancelled | All university extracurricular activities suspended until further notice. Any domestic or international travel, local conferences, or large gatherings (50+) strongly discouraged. | No visitors except in special situations | ||||||
108 | Rutgers NJMS | Yes | yes | hospital staff (rumored to be attending) + | Online Lectures | rotation on -> update 3/16 cancelled until further notice | Business as usual -> 3/16 suspended until further notice -> Have to make up clinical rotations or they won't graduate us -> Not true. They're coming up with some alternative but assured us we will graduate on time. -> as of 3/18 elective requirements waived, students with core clerkships remaining told that we will make it up with remote learning with shelves in-person | Exams in small groups including NBME shelf | Canceled | Cancelled | ||||||||
109 | Rutgers RWJMS | Yes | Yes | Yes- M1 | Online lectures | Through 3/20 - no student on any service should see a patient in the ED. Surgery students prohibited from being in OR. Some sites have cancelled rotations but no word from RWJ on school-wide cancellations | Students pulled from EM rotations through 3/20 - no student on any service should see a patient in the ED. All other rotations proceed as normal, including ICU | M1/M2 exams moved online M3 shelf exams postponed | Canceled | TBD | *****MULTIPLE STUDENT EXPOSURES****** last week to recently diagnosed peer, school has been sending multiple emails daily. Reluctance to cancel certain ancillary activities last week lead to multiple student exposures of yet to be seen severity. Has been complete lack of communication between hospital and medical school administration as today multiple students on all surgical rotations were pulled from the OR by nurses and told to go home. This was relayed to medical school administration who had no idea of this ruling. Students were sent home by hospital staff but then instructed to return by medical school administration. | |||||||
110 | Sackler | y | y | n | online lectures for rest of year | unclear | canceled | remote | none | Minimal communication | no measures | |||||||
111 | San Juan Bautista - PR | Yes | No | No | Classes suspended, online classes/ at home learning | Update: all clinical rotations suspended through 3/30 | Update: all clinical rotations suspended through 3/30 | School shut down until 3/30 | Canceled | All school activities, academic classes, rotations, gatherings, canceled through 3/30. Government mandated curfew, 9PM-5AM daily with fines up to $5k. All non-essential businesses closed. | ||||||||
112 | SGU (St. George's University) | Yes(rotation). Yes (Grenada) | Yes (NJ) | N | SGU chartering planes to fly students home. Recommends students stay home until April 15th at which point will reevaluate. Lectures available online or on campus | All 3rd/4th year rotations suspended until further notice (likely several weeks). With Online Modules that will count toward graduation. | All 3rd/4th year rotations suspended until further notice (likely several weeks). With Online Modules that will count toward graduation. | Shelf exams still a go as of 3/16 | Canceled | TBD | TBD | Stupid question...but why are they sending students home? If you're already pseudo quarantined on an island, isn't that good? A: My understanding is that it was a precaution in case travel bans got worse. Also, healthcare on the island is not quite what it is in the states. +1 | St John (Detroit) - No OR | |||||
113 | SLU | Y | yes | Undergrad | Online | Finishing up M3 with 'online' curriculum. Progressing to M4 on June 1. | Business as usual, no care of COVID/respiratory patient, restricted PPE use | Remote shelf on 5/8 | Cancelled | Canceled Mar, Apr, May; TBD after that | ||||||||
114 | Stanford | Yes | Yes | Undergrad + faculty yes, unclear students | M1 online for spring, M2 online but expected to be on or near campus for spring quarter | Cancelled (2 wks starting 3/16) | Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||||||||
115 | Stony Brook University | Yes | Y | MS4 confirmed, MS3's pending, resident + | Preclinical online beginning 3/23 | Cancelled until ~ 6/1. We will then enter condensed, accelerated rotations with no breaks in between blocks and end on our planned date. | Online lectures, clinicals cancelled until 6/1 | Shelf online | Cancelled | Cancelled | Outside students can no longer come to Stony Brook - will re-evaluate for late summer, fall | |||||||
116 | SUNY Downstate | Y | Y | unclear, difficult to get tested here | online | cancelled as of 3/13 | cancelled as of 3/13 | In-person exams including shelf exams postponed, not clear when they will happen | Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||||||
117 | SUNY Upstate | Yes | Y | No | Online | Clinical rotations suspended until 3/31 as of 3/17 | 3/17: no activity that involves patient contact until 3/31 | Cancelled | If students feel they should not be involved in clinical rotation sdue to various reasons (at risk family member they care for, personal, etc), we will allow you to opt out of clinical rotations. There will be makeup clinical time in teh future (uunclear when given the uncertainty of teh COVID19 situation) | |||||||||
118 | TCU and UNTHSC SOM | Y | N | N | Online | N/A | N/A | Using examplify from home | N/A | N/A | "N/A" reflective of inaugural program | |||||||
119 | Temple (LKSOM) | Yes | maybe, unconfirmed | online starting 3/16 | unchanged --> all clinical rotations suspended until 3/22 as of 3/13 | unchanged --> all clinical rotations suspended until 3/22 as of 3/13 | online | cancelled | TBD | All LKSOM-sponsored travel is cancelled. personal travel is not advised and my be subject to quarantine on return. | ||||||||
120 | Texas A&M | Yes | Y | Not yet | Online | Avoidance of suspected COVID patients -> All patient contact suspended until further notice as of 3/17 | Avoidance of suspected COVID patients -> All patient contact suspended until further notice as of 3/17 | online | Option: students only or email release at 10 | Virtual | Admin has been very informative and has always put our safety first. They have help multiple zoom sessions to address any and all concerns we have. Campuses have at least biweekly zoom check ins as well as biweekly town halls | Screening questionnaires. | ||||||
121 | Texas Tech - El Paso | Yes | No confirmed cases at hospital yet (but suspected cases) | Not yet | Online | cancelled as of 3/17 for 2 weeks (thanks AAMC) | Business as usual, avoidance of suspected COVID patients; as of 3/17 Clerkships cancelled | As planned, keep to small groups of students | Students and significant others only --> Cancelled as of 3/14 (when first confirmed case in our city was reported) | TBD | Frequent emails with updates, dynamic situation with progressively more stringent changes. All university-related travel cancelled; notify school about any personal international travel. Encouraging pre-clinical faculty to telecommute. Closing libraries, study areas, ect. and strongly discouraging students from physically being at the school in general | |||||||
122 | Texas Tech - Lubbock | Yes | Yes | Yes | Online | Rotations expected to return May 11th. Currently finished 4 wks online for #5 and starting 4 wks online for #6. Will finish 2 weeks of #5 starting may 11th and 4 weeks of #6 (updated 4/15). Fellow Texan checking in. What is #5 and #6? | Rotations have been suspended until May 11th(updated 4/15) | Online | Cancelled due to institution directive to no gatherings of more than 50 people | Cancelled; will attempt virtual ceremony | All university-related travel cancelled; register all other international or domestic travel | Rationing masks | ||||||
123 | Touro Nevada | Yes | Rumored at affiliate hospitals | Rumors some residents tested positive but nothing official has been communicated | online | Business as usual - no OR time, no PPE --> 3/16 update. rotations cancelled until 3/31, case report + Online "study log" | Business as usual - no OR time, no PPE --> 3/16 update. rotations cancelled until 3/31, case report + Online "study log" | tenatively online | Canceled | TBD | No school sponsored travel forgein or domestic, no club meetings, admin all working from home and will not meet in person | No students in ORs or following airborne precaution patients, rationing masks | ||||||
124 | TouroCOM California | Yes | Confirmed case at one of our rotation site, possible unconfirmed cases at other sites | Online | Rotations have been cancelled for 6 weeks. Update 4/28: online core rotations until at least June | Rotations have been cancelled for 6 weeks. | Shelf exams tentatively cancelled | cancelled | TBD | - All global health rotations cancelled on 2/28 | Three sites sending students home | |||||||
125 | TouroCOM Harlem | Yes | HOPE clinic open for now/ Multiple positive cases at most affiliated hospitals | Online | Suspended for at least 2 weeks. | Suspended for at least 2 weeks. | Canceled - email release at 12 from school with match program. | TBD | Most hospitals sending students home | |||||||||
126 | TouroCOM Middletown | Yes | Online | As of 3/18: all rotations are suspended for at least two weeks | As of 3/18, rotations are suspended for two weeks | Canceled | TBD | |||||||||||
127 | Tufts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Online | Online assignments, clinicals cancelled | Canceled | TBD | No students in EDs, ORs, limited PPE, no contact with COVID patients. | f | ||||||||
128 | Tulane | Yes | Yes | yes | Online | No changes --> no care of COVID patients ---> 3/16- clinic duties cancelled for 2 weeks | Business as usual - no care of COVID patients 3/16- clinic duties cancelled for 2 weeks | CBSE cancelled for M2, online | Cancelled | TBD | keep applying | frequent emails | ||||||
129 | UAG SOM-Int Program in Mexico | Yes | n/a | rumored 1 student | Online until April 3, further notice | no changes as of now, or depending where rotations are being held, depends on state | no changes as of now, or depending where rotations are being held, depends on state | no exams scheduled yet, exams either on hold or administration figuring it out | Virtual | TBD | students encouraged to leave if they want to or to be prepared to stay in Mexico in the foreseeable future, Mexico only just began their COVID-19 testing and cases popping up, emails on updates | |||||||
130 | U of A Phoenix | Yes | Y | Yes | Online | Clinicals canceled | Clinicals canceled | Cancelled - Virtual | Canceled-Virtual | Cancelled | Frequent emails | |||||||
131 | U of A Tucson | Yes | At affiliate sites | Rumors of 1-2 students being positive | Stay home, all lectures taken online | Clinicals canceled | Clinicals canceled | Cancelled | Virtual | Visiting students cancelled | Frequent emails | |||||||
132 | U Wisconsin (UWSMPH) | Yes | Y | Y | M1: classes moved online, M2: rotations still on; 3/16- in person rotations cancelled through 3/25, going online; 4/9- online learning until at least 7/6 when in person rotations will resume | clinical duties cancelled | Business as usual, avoidance of suspected COVID patients -->3/17 clinical duties cancelled until further notice | M2- shelf exams online | Canceled | Communication is improving. Town hall meetings occur every other week with email updates provided the weeks between. | ||||||||
133 | UAMS | Y | Y | Y | All online | Clinicals cancelled | Clinicals cancelled | Online | Cancelled | TBD | Visiting students cancelled | |||||||
134 | UC Davis | Yes | Yes | No | In Person Classes cancelled, online lectures, online exams | Rotations suspended until 5/4. Local shelter in place order in effect until 5/22 but we will be resuming clinicals anyway, avoiding caring for COVID patients. | Option for MS4s to continue on rotations or make up time later. Business as usual, avoiding suspected COVID patients | MS1 exams moved online; MS3s still need to take SHELFs | Virtual | TBD | Admin said they are going to add 1 extra week to third year (currently 3 weeks into our last 8 week rotation) and then make up the other week with online work. Have any other school's been told they are adding extra weeks to their rotations? | |||||||
135 | UC Irvine | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3/12 Lectures online, NBME exams in small groups -> 3/13 NBME exams cancelled | Business as usual- no care of isolation patients, no triaging patients with respiratory symptoms --> cancelled 3/17 until 3/31. Update April: Rotations online until 4/27 4/27: all MS3s back on rotations. No current delay of start of MS4 on 5/26. | same as MS3, except allowed back in hospital for core rotations required for graduation (ICU, EM, etc...) | in-person in smaller groups Update 4/24: NBMEs reportedly now remote | Cancelled - virtual livestream that all UC schools are working to coordinate (per zoom meeting last Fri.) | TBD | No away rotations more than 100 miles away, and no away rotators coming from more than 100 miles away | Lots of emails, zoom meeting. "Because is this happening during your training you will be the best doctors since 1918". We are getting "battle field promotions". | Are M3s/M4s back on rotations as of today (4/27)? < Yes | VA: screening questionaire prior to entry of building | ||||
136 | UC Los Angeles | Yes | Yes | No | 3/16 - all classes, small groups, anatomy, etc. have been migrated to online possibly until June; all clinical experiences have been postponed and no shadowing 3/14 -Classes/exams online, in-person for anatomy. Still recommended that we go to anatomy lab 3 times outside of designated anatomy lab. | 3/16 - rotations suspended for 3 weeks, online modules/assignments to be provided for students to complete their current rotations Clinical rotations still on as of 3/15, suspended from ED/urgent care settings. No med student care of confirmed or suspect COVID-19 patients. Some didactic teaching sessions will be held remotely. | Clinical rotations still on as of 3/12. If at any time you’re in a clinical setting without adequate PPE, please immediately notify your Assistant Dean. | Virtual | Virtual | TBD | ||||||||
137 | UConn | Yes | Yes | M1/M2 online only. M2s prohibited from going to libary to study during dedicated. Pulled from continuity clinic. | 4/16- told we will likely be returning to clinic at the beginning of June. Did 1/2 of final clerkship online, supposed to make up the other half at a later date unspecified. M3s currently on electives, supposed to start M4 in May. | 4/16- Final requirements to be done online, graduation will happen no matter what. | 4/16 Shelfs continue, to be taken online prior to completion of clinical portion with the exception of OB/GYN and surgery. | Cancelled | Virtual | State is on stay at home order. Students not permitted to the hospital. | ||||||||
138 | UC Riverside | Y | N | N | M1/M2 online, suspension of clinical activities | 3/16: Business as usual --> No care of COVID suspected patients, otherwise full participation for all clerkships except ED shifts, which will be replaced with a virtual curriculum | 3/16: Business as usual --> No care of COVID suspected patients, otherwise full participation for all clerkships except ED shifts, which will be replaced with a virtual curriculum | NBME's and OSCE's postponed | Virtual | No limit as of yet | ||||||||
139 | UC San Diego | Yes | Y (some hospital sites) | 2 health care workers at UCSD Health tested positive for COVID-19. | everything online except for preclinical "clinical" education components | Cannot see COVID-19 patients only, away rotations limited to 100 miles from campus. Some sites sending students home, 3/17 rotations suspended through 4/13. 4/15: rotations suspended until 5/8. 1 month delay in starting 4th year. Rotation-specific make-up requirements/timeline | Match Day cancelled, Residency transitions training online/optional | Virtual | cancelled, maybe virtual, details unclear | TBD | limited to 100 miles from campus domestically | Multiple emails. Town Hall 3/13. Class-specific online pages. Went against campus wide policies regarding mandatory attendance for a few days until med student pushback | Some affiliated hospitals are no longer hosting students for rotations | |||||
140 | UC San Francisco | Yes | Yes | 2 Health care workers at UCSF Health tested positive for COVID-19. | Online, clinical training canceled. | Update: Clerkships cancelled until 4/13. Changed from students cannot see COVID-19 patients | Business as usual, students cannot see COVID-19 patients.IF rotations can still have students then students should be on rotation. IF ROTATIONS ARE CANCELLED, then students can do a covid19 rotation that may involve scribing and pre-screening patients | Virtual | virtual | TBD | Cancelled | Emails, zoom meeting | As of 3/14 Non-essential ucsf personnel to work from home. Visitors are now being discouraged from visiting. | |||||
141 | UIC (U of I at Chicago) | Yes | Yes | Yes (3/16) | Remote classes until 4/27 at the earliest, clinical experiences cancelled | Clinical activities canceled, moving online | (3/15) Clinical activities cancelled, start "online modules" | Unchanged | Cancelled | Unknown | Cancelled 3/15 | |||||||
142 | UIUC (U of I at Urbana Champaign, Carle Illinois) - Carle Illinois | Y | Y | N | Online and M1s pulled from continuity clinic as of Mar 16, 2020 through at least July | Usual, no contact with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases. Avoid entering rooms of pts on infectious precautions on rounds to minimize PPE use --> Suspended to at least 5/18 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
143 | UMass | Yes | Yes | Yes | Online | Not allowed to treat confirmed or suspected Covid-19 cases. All future international rotations held indefinitely, overseas travel banned for level 3 and strongly discouraged elsewhere. | Not allowed to treat confirmed or suspected Covid-19 cases. All future international rotations cancelled indefinitely, overseas travel banned for level 3 and strongly discouraged elsewhere. | Virtual | Virtual - graduated on March 31 | Multiple emails; hour long zoom conferences with our deans three times a week to ask questions | ||||||||
144 | UNC | Yes | Yes | Extended spring break then online | Cancelled as of 3/16 until further notice | Cancelled as of 3/16 until further notice | Cancelled until 4/24. Updated to advised to not do any, but no official policy | |||||||||||
145 | Universidad del Valle (Cali,Colombia) | Y | A staff member but not at the COM | N | Postponing classes. Every lecture/lab day lost will be recovered later | As usual with extra safety measures | Same as MS3 | Postponed | N/A | TBD | Postponing and recommending to quarantine | |||||||
146 | University at Buffalo | Y | Y | Y | Online lectures; active learning sessions; small groups still held in person --> small groups virtual starting 3/20; exams remotely too | (3/15) Normal/no change - No care of suspected COVID patients --> Update : cancelled from 3/16-3/29 | (3/15) Business as usual - No care of suspected COVID patients --> Suspending from 3/16-3/29 | In person - split into smaller groups; update 3/20 (exams online now) | cancelled | TBD | Mutiple emails; school website protected by sign-in | 2/5 main affiliated hospitals have disallowed students at sites | ||||||
147 | University of Alabama Birmingham | Y | Y | N | Online classes | No care of COVID patients, online electives for 8 weeks elective credit until tentative return to hospital on 6/29 | Shelf exams online | Cancelled | Online | Visiting students are dismissed, away students returned | Multiple emails (weekly), weekly town hall meetings | Any updates on whether visiting students will be able to go in the fall? | ||||||
148 | University of Central Florida | Yes | No (3/13) | No (3/13) | M1 - Online until at least 4/13 / M2 - final exam canceled - Dedicated starts now (3/16) | (3/16) Rotations suspended for 2 weeks --> Update: online electives for remainder of year; Rising M3s delayed start until August | (3/16) Rotations suspended for 2 weeks--> Update: online electives for the remainder of the year; Rising M4s scheduled to start in hospitals June 1 | M2 - Final Exam Canceled M3 - Shelf exams online | students only --> cancelled | Online | TBD | |||||||
149 | University of Chicago | Y | Yes | No (3/13) | Online | No changes; not to engage in direct care to COVID suspected or positive 3/16 Rotations cancelled indefinitely | No changes; not to engage in direct care to COVID suspected or positive 3/16 Cancelled through end of March | students only --> virtual | TBD | |||||||||
150 | University of Cincinnati | Yes | Yes | No (3/15) | Online except exams. Dissection cancelled. All M1/M2 clinical experiences and shadowing canceled M1 labs optional --> (3/16) exams online via examsoft | TBD | Sending out editions of "FAQs" as of 3/11. All MS3s have been enrolled in a COVID-19 elective | |||||||||||
151 | University of Colorado | Yes | Yes (3/12), rumored Denver Health residents tested positive | Y | M1- final block of semester is all online. M2s currently in dedicated. | Rotations on but avoid confirmed/suspected COVID-19. All "work-related and scholarly" travel suspended. -> 3/14 Rotations cancelled for 4 weeks | Rotations are on but we're not allowed to treat confirmed/suspected COVID-19 cases. All "work-related and scholarly" travel suspended for students. | Cancelled (possibly virtual?). All group events with more than 75 people have been cancelled. | ||||||||||
152 | University of Florida | Yes | Yes | Yes - Dental Student | Online lectures, otherwise the same | rotations are on but- no care of COVID suspected pts but still expected to see all patients in the ED (before we can suspect). 3/16 Students not to see patients with URI complaints; cancelled as of 3/17 | rotations are on but- no care of COVID suspected pts but still expected to see all patients in the ED (before we can suspect) ***students now pulled off icu rotations 3/15; cancelled as of 3/17 | Online | cancelled | Still on | cancelled for visiting students | Affiliated VA has started screening people who want to enter. They've also run out of masks maybe (secondhand knowledge) | ||||||
153 | Y | N | N | All classes suspended for a minimum of two weeks | Clinical practices suspended until further notice | Clinical practices suspended until further notice (also for fifth and sixth year) | Delayed | TBD | ||||||||||
154 | University of Iowa, CCOM | Y | Y | Yes - Dental Student | Online classes | Cancelled as of 3/16 | Cancelled as of 3/16 | Cancelled | cancelled | |||||||||
155 | University of Kansas | Y | Y (main campus, no cases at two satellite campuses) | Y - Residents | M1 online 2 weeks M2 business as usual | Clinical practices suspended until further notice, at least for 2 weeks | Rotations cancelled from 03/13-03/28. Rural rotations cancelled for April. Variable online assignments. | (3/18) m3s must take shelf on campus, 2 students per room in 2 time blocks on 3/20 | cancelled | Not accepting visiting students or letting students rotate at other institutions for entirety of 2020-2021 academic year | weekly forums, couple emails per week | entire campus badge only, including academic buildings | ||||||
156 | University of Kentucky | Y | Y - 13 outpatient, 4 inpatient | N | M1- Online classes M2- Classes already ended | Cancelled as of 3/16 until 4/6. | Online until 4/27 | I assume online for M1s, in-person shelves for M3s | canceled | cancelled | continuing, but discouraged for home students | scattered, with little clarification on what they're doing to screen patients, or why students continue to be present in ED/ICU without PPE | ||||||
157 | University of Minnesota | Yes | Yes (update 3/12) | online | cancelled; online | cancelled; online | cancelled (possible virtual?) | TBD | no aways until June | |||||||||
158 | University of Missouri - Columbia | Y | Y (3/18) | N (3/15) | online | Cancelled as of 3/17 until 3/30, still having in person exams on 3/27 | No change. 3/15: not to see COVID-19/isolation patients. Do not use PPE unless going within 6 feet a patient. All rotations ongoing. | Likely online for M1, plan to proceed as scheduled. | official events cancelled (envelopes will still be provided for pickup) | TBD | TBD | Weekly student update email added. | ||||||
159 | University of Missouri - KC | Y | N | N (3/14) | online | Student clinical activity stopped 3/17 until 5/24 | Student clinical activity stopped 3/17 until 5/24 | Online for pre-clinical; Online shelf exams with proctoring via Zoom | Cancelled- Virtual livestream | Cancelled | Visiting students cancelled | Weekley video "town hall" meetings with administration. | ||||||
160 | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Y | Y | N (4/8) | Online | Online clinical electives starting mid March. Shelf exams were at home, proctored online. | ||||||||||||
161 | University of Nevada, Reno | Y | N | All clinical encounters cancelled as of 3/17 until further notice. | All clinical encounters cancelled as of 3/17 until further notice. | Canceled | Added a daily update email for all students. | |||||||||||
162 | University of New England, COM | Y | Y (source?) | Online for 3 weeks (including exams and labs) | Some sites have sent students home. | Canceled | ||||||||||||
163 | University of New Mexico | Yes | Y | N | online for ms1. MS2 are done with didactic education, scheduled to begin clerkships on May 25 (originally April 27). Public health course for MS2 that will count as ms4 elective credit to not affect graduation date. | MS3s plan to return 5/25 (though admin give varying takes from "will restart in May" to "almost certainly not until June." Will make up remaining 4 weeks of last clerkship at that time. | Suspended until further notixe | cancelled | Home cancelled - not approving aways at this time. Unknown if visiting students allowed to apply. | "our highest priority is safeguarding the health and wellbeing of you, our patients and our UNM Health Sciences community" unless it means we have to do more work. | ||||||||
164 | University of North Dakota | Yes | No | online for 3 weeks tbd | canceled | |||||||||||||
165 | University of Oklahoma | Yes | online | Direct patient care suspended as of 3/19 until no sooner than 4/6, still may be required to go to campus for exams. Online clerkship delivery otherwise | canceled | |||||||||||||
166 | University of Pittsburgh/UPMC | Yes | Yes (3/18) | No (3/14); 2 students returning from italy were isolated | online | Med students cannot see presumed or confirmed covid-19 patients > as of 3/16 rotations canceled until 3/29 | Med students cannot see presumed or confirmed covid-19 patients in clinical rotations. In-person non-clinical rotations moved online > > as of 3/16 rotations canceled until 3/29 | Likely online or in smaller groups | canceled | TBD | Canceled until May 30th; Acceping visiting students in special circumstances, requiring students to arrive 2 weeks early and self-isolate | State one day aways will not be canceled, next day they are canceled. Everyone is disorganized, but no more than other programs. | May cancel elective surgeries. No idea the impact to surgery students | |||||
167 | University of Puerto Rico | Yes | No (3/12) Yes, at the VA (3/18) | No | Online. | 3/15: all clinical rotations canceled until further notice. MS4s asked to volunteer to triage patients at airport. | 3/15: all clinical rotations canceled until further notice. MS4s asked to volunteer to triage patients at airport. | Online. | Canceled | TBD | Canceled for visiting students. | |||||||
168 | University of Queensland - Ochsner Clinical School | Yes | Yes | No | Online instruction | Business as usual (3/12). No contact with patients suspected to have COVID. MS3s + MS4s asked to volunteer in call lines to triage patients | Business as usual (4/5). Students are being asked to participate in telehealth conferences and lectures at the hospital still, with limited contact with patients | Online. | Cancelled | Very confused admin. They keep changing hteir policies 5 times a day. Very confusing for students. One day they banned all our travel, the next day they said it's ok as long as we aren't in contact with patients. | ||||||||
169 | University of Rochester | Yes | at RGH (3/16) | No | M2: Online instruction until further notice | 3/15: all clinical rotations cancelled till 3/30 | 3/15: all clinical rotations cancelled till 3/30; some online activity supplements | in person as of 3/12 | M4s ONLY | Home students not allowed to do aways, not sure about away students visiting | Almost daily furthering of restrictions | |||||||
170 | University of Saskatchewan | Y | Y | N | Online Classes | ? | ? | cancelled/possibly online | Already happened in Canada | ? | cancelled | Still processing | ||||||
171 | University of South Alabama (USACOM) | Y | ? | ? | Still online (4/29) | Still online. HOWEVER, Today, admin made vague comments about our low COVID burden and ample PPE, suggesting that we might return to clinical duty sooner than expected (still no solid dates). (4/29) | Who cares? The academic year is over. (4/29) | Shelf exams are online at home. We've had 1 round of online shelf exams; rather normal | Cancelled | ??? | Quick to update when new information becomes available...Unfortunately, that isn't happening terribly often (in a meaningful way) these days... | |||||||
172 | University of South Florida | Yes | Yes (3/16) | Yes - resident (as of 3/17). students with exposure | tbd; (3/14): M2s take last exam 3/19 and then dedicated. Main campus moving online after March 23, so likely route for M1s. 3/16: M2 thursday exam "postponed." M1s fully online. | As usual (3/13). No contact with pts on airborne precautions or suspected cases. Sponsored travel canceled. 3/15: LVHN Campus rotations CANCELLED. (3/16) Tampa students to continue clinical rotations. LVHN campus cancelled for next 2 weeks. 3/17: Clinicals canceled for Tampa students "until further notice." No word from admin about length, but clerkship director said to anticipate at least two weeks, but likely more. Planning on having us do structured self-directed learning activities and online lectures. | This cancelled too? Business as usual (3/13). No contact with pts on airborne precautions or suspected cases | (3/14): M2 exams on for next week. 3/16: M2 exam "postponed." | Canceled | No visiting away students | Updating students daily with decisions made by individual hospitals, clinic sites, and university policies (3/17) admin seems to be making decisions on a day to day basis, doesn't seem too organized, disagree with aboe comment that updates are frequent or sufficient. A lot of us feel in the dark. Final M2 exam was "postponed" (canceled assuming people pass in house tests). Other than that, no word on the M2-->M3 transition or Step 1 dates. | |||||||
173 | University of Tennessee | Yes | Yes | 1 student exposed now on quarantine | Online | 3/16 No care for acute respiratory illness patients. Some OR scrub/PPE restrictions. Though a few hospitals suspended students, admin trying to move those students to open hospitals; majority hospitals operational for students. Clinical rotations suspended 3/17 through 4/6 | TBD | Cancelled | No visiting away students | All sponsored or business travel suspended; personal international travel must be reported. Students involved in cancellations of campus events. | ||||||||
174 | University of Toledo | Yes | Yes | Online | 3/15: all clinical rotations cancelled till 3/30; some online activity supplements | 3/15: all clinical rotations cancelled till 3/30 | "virtual" (basically cancelled) with match results email at 12 | 3/17: Canceled; students invited to return to campus for Dec 12 commencement | domestic + international travel strongly discouraged/essentially prohibited due to quarantine period; unclear if this also refers to aways | Excellent! Very impressed. Daily emails from Dean since 3/9 with clear, timely information delivered in a professional manner. Anticipated changes have been included to aid in decision making. | ||||||||
175 | University of Utah | Yes | Yes | Grad student - yes; no med students | Online | 3/16: all clinical rotations suspended until further notice | 3/16: all clinical rotations suspended until further notice | online, no word about shelves yet | Cancelled | TBD | Canceled for visiting students | Admins have formed a COVID task force and hosting town halls on Zoom regularly | Badge access required for all entrances. Greeters at main entrance ask you why you're there, screen you and give you hand sanitizer and mask if you're symptomatic. No visiting children allowed. Visitors limited. | |||||
176 | University of Virginia (UVA) | Y | Y | N | Lectures online (as of 03/15). Rising 3rd years (numerical M2s) canceled 3/15 but online courses are now being offered for 4th year credit | 3/17: Rising 4th years (numerically MS3) have all clinicals canceled for at least 2 weeks --> 3/20 clinicals formally suspended indefinitely, online electives ongoing | 3/17: clinicals canceled. Internship prep continuing online. | online (as usual) | Cancelled but virtual | TBD | Cancelled for both away and visiting students. | Emails, virtual townhalls, meetings with school deans. | anyone have information on away rotations? >> We got an email from our 4th year dean that said away students are "restricted"... that was last week. They've cancelled rotations for students since then. Going to safely assume all aways are cancelled. | certain entrances closed to traffic; all people entering at other exits must be screened (w/ questions) for COVID. Limit 2 visitors. | ||||
177 | University of Washington | Yes | Yes | Grad student - yes; med student - no; nurse - yes; resident - no | Online | 3/15 Cancelled with no return date, perhaps late April. Prepping online resources by end of March. 4/28: Currently optional online electives are available. Clerkships planned to resume 6/29/20. Most clerkships reduced by 2 weeks each. Surgery will be 4 weeks + 2 weeks online. All prior individual clerkships schedules cancelled; students will not have no input and no trade regarding clerkship location preferences (5-state 'safari' clerkships). | 3/15 Cancelled with possible return 4/27. Online two week 'quality and safety' module 3/30-4/10, then online Transition to Residency 4/13-24. Admin hopes to have us back in the hospitals beginning 4/27 with "contingency plans" should that not happen. | Online (examsoft, not proctored for MS1s) 4/28: Students can start clerkships even if they have not taken Step 1. Shelf Exams still probably in person, but passing/honors scores lowered, and percentage of the grade lowered in some. | CANCELLED | Cancelled | No visiting students and we can no longer do aways << Who said that? | Daily email update and dedicated student portal: Lots of "hang in there" this week. 3/13 sent out urgent survey asking where we want to live in case of a regional quarantine. 3/15 email told to drive back to our home site. MS4s will have to make up some clinical credit after 5/8 (previous end date) to cover for cancelled time in March/April, but no moves yet re: scheduling electives or required clerkships for those who left them until last. Told that they "technically" have us until 6/12, our official school spring quarter end date. Seems that many programs start orientation by then...would be a travesty to keep us. | Student required to fill out survey prior to use of drive in COVID19 testing facilities | |||||
178 | University of Wisconsin | Y | N | Grad students - yes, Vet school faculty - yes, MD - tested, TBD | Online | Online classes, questionable ward return | Clinical rotations suspended until the 25th, updates to come. | Cancelled | Business as usual | Students are not to see patients with URI or those who require PPE | ||||||||
179 | UNTHSC-TCOM | Yes | No | No | Online lectures, (as of 3/17 practicals/clincals will be made up TBD and exams have been moved to online as well. | As of 3/16 3rd4th year core rotations are suspended, now online. Electives are at host/preceptor's discretion. | Suspended; online as of 3/16 | CANCELLED | In person graduation canceled, will have postponed online ceremony | @TCOM, how are they going to do M3/M4 rotations online? | ||||||||
180 | UPenn | Yes | Yes | Yes | Online | All clinical rotatations suspended until July 2020 <- this is not definite, just an estimate per admin | All clinical rotatations suspended until July 2020 <- this is not definite, just an estimate per admin | Online | Cancelled | In person graduation canceled, likely online ceremony | Canceled for home students | Daily updates | No inpatient visitors except for laboring mothers and end of life decisions. | |||||
181 | USCSOM Columbia | Y | Y, several patients | N | Online | Buisness as usual, no students see COVID patients, no students can scrub in to surgeries due to gown/mask shortage. --> 3/17 all rotations suspended until 3/31 | Buisness as usual, no students see COVID patients, no students can scrub in to surgeries due to gown/mask shortage. --> 3/17 all rotations suspended until 3/31 | M1/M2- Online, open book; M3 NBME shelf exams- in person in waves in multiple rooms with appropriate distancing | Cancelled | |||||||||
182 | USCSOM Greenville | Y | Y | Y students | Facilities closed til April 3rd; class online | Suspended 3/17 | Suspended 3/17 | Cancelled | TBD | |||||||||
183 | USUHS | Y | Yes and no because our rotations are done at many different military hospitals all over the US | Online | as usual, told not to come in if we feel sick. Suspended 3/17 | as usual, told not to come in if we feel sick. Suspended 3/17 | NA | TBD | ||||||||||
184 | UT Austin Dell Medical School | Y | N; two rule-out cases in hospital on week of 3/12 but no word yet to their status | N | online classes held 3/13; extended spring break starting 3/16 | As of 3/13 - clinical rotations suspended until end of March | As of 3/13 - clinical rotations suspended. Some electives coming into effect to allow credit/clinical participation | Cancelled | TBD | multiple emails 3/13 (daily emails since then) assuring regular updates and next steps to be sent out Tuesday 3/17 | clinical year students asked to potentially help check in on COVID pts quarantined at home via telemedicine, pending training 3/15: students now being asked to volunteer to triage patients on 3/16 at the UT Health Austin clinic building; clerkship credit being applied to these volunteer shifts | |||||||
185 | UT Health- San Antonio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Online except clinical skills | Cancelled (03/18) indefinitely; Scheduled to restart on 4/27 | Didactics online. Clinical rotations cancelled | Cancelled | TBD | No visiting students allowed currently. Away rotations strongly discouraged. | No business related travel. All personal travel to be reported to admin. No university sanctioned events with >20 people. Recent insulting email on "I'm so inspired by your dedication to continue. Please support each other as teams and ask each other how you're doing and seek mental health if you need it. These times are so emotionally exhausting even for me." Following an email on a "go to rotations or take a leave of absence". => update now all clinical rotations are cancelled. We've been getting daily emails and updates from our school, which has been helpful in getting updated. Many exams and gatherings have been cancelled, even CBSEs for MS2s. | Literally appalled by our school. Three classmates quarantined and a news story revealing a resident confirmed with COVID. <-- agreed, cannot believe this reaction. Double agree, stop pretending that we are useful, we are a risk to everyone; just admit that and let us do online work. << just got cancelled today. praise christ | Required to get temp when enter hospital, basic travel and health questions, given a wristband to signify you were screened. | |||||
186 | UT Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine | Yes | No | No | Online classes and quizzes, clinical skills cancelled, NBME exams in small groups | Buisness as usual, no students see COVID-19 patients, no students can scrub in to surgeries due to gown/mask shortage. 3/17 rotations suspended | Buisness as usual, no students see COVID-19 patients, no students can scrub in to surgeries due to gown/mask shortage. 3/17 rotations suspended | NBME exams in small group, other exams online, quizzes online | No visitors allowed | https://www.utrgv.edu/emergencypreparedness/resources/covid-19/ | ||||||||
187 | UTMB | Yes | Yes | No | Online | No care of COVID suspected patients, otherwise full participation for all clerkships. Didactics now online. --> Cancelled as of 3/17 until 4/3 | No care of COVID suspected patients, otherwise full participation for all clerkships. Didactics now online. --> Cancelled as of 3/17 until 4/3 | Exams in small groups | Cancelled | Report any and all domestic travel, incluing aways, to university | As of 3/18: Beginning Mnoday, March 23, all in-person course activities on the campus will be suspended. Will shift courses and clerkships to online and remote instruction until further notice. HEC and library closed to student activity. Students have access to ed materials online. Student lounge in Old Red open to students from 8 AM - 8 PM. Student web set-up with FAQs. | |||||||
188 | UTSW | Yes | Yes | No but community ENT attending showed up to ENT tumor board and tested positive the next day. All attendees in quarantine. | classes moved online. tests will be taken at home. All M2s are doing research months or on Step dedicated as of 4/6. | Rotations suspended until further notice. All shelf exams postponed. As of 4/6 began doing online electives or research months. Officially suspended through May 29 but unofficially have heard through the grapevine that they are 95% sure we will continue to be online through at least June 22. | Cancelled | Online for pre-clinicals. Shelfs will be taken at home week of 4/13. | "virtual" (aka cancelled) | tbd | banned for 60 days | Took a little while to hear anything but since been pretty transparent, town-hall for med students with lots of details. Regular updates from UTSW Covid response team. | ||||||
189 | UNMC | Y | Y | N | Online classes | Cancelled as of 3/18. | Cancelled as of 3/18. Residency prep course online. | OSCEs cancelled. Shelf continue on campus. | Cancelled; Students notified by email Friday. | Moved "online" | Cancelled. | u is kind. u is smart. u is unimportant. | ||||||
190 | UVermont | Yes | Yes | Lectures online | Canceled until 7/13 | still on as of 3/16, "consistent with AAMC recommendations". As of 4/15, suspended until 5/4 | online | Small groups of 15 per university policy of no groups over 25. Students only. < 15 too many people, now all tele-match | Moved "online" | Dream residency... any word on visiting rotations? | ||||||||
191 | Vanderbilt | Yes | Yes | Medical students tested positive, multiple residents positive | M1: Lectures online, M2: clinical (see M3 status) | No contact with patients with suspected COVID-19; no caring for patients requiring PPE; --> suspended 3/18 | Cancelled as of 3/18. | online | Canceled | "We are unlikely to ask you to re-enter the clinical environment until after the present COVID-19 pandemic has significantly declined" | "keep going until someone dies" <<< is this serious? | |||||||
192 | VCOM Auburn | Y | No | Lectures & Exams online as of 03/13. Pending return on 04/06. All early clinical experiences cancelled. | 3/23 All rotation sites suspended until further notice | Rotations cancelled. Online curriculum. Not allowed to travel. | Still on | Canceled | Moved "Online" | |||||||||
193 | VCOM-CC | Y | Y (main hospital) | No | no class changes, ALL clinical experiences cancelled, school brought 45 8th graders on campus today for an event --> All lectures and tests online, standardized patients cancelled, still waiting on OMM update as of 03/13 | All rotation sites suspended until further notice | Same | Online | Canceled | Moved "Online" | None | Why is the CC taking this so seriously but the other two campuses arent? They're about to. Deans will release an email sometime this afternoon | No visitors or nonessential personnel in hospital | |||||
194 | VCOM-VA | Yes | No | Lectures and tests online 03/14 | All rotation sites suspended until further notice | Same | Moved "Online" | |||||||||||
195 | VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) | Y | Y | Y | Online | Students will no longer participate in clinical/non-clinical activities for the foreseeable future (starting 3/15). | Students will no longer participate in clinical/non-clinical activities for the foreseeable future (starting 3/15). | Online | Canceled | TBD | Home students can't do aways | |||||||
196 | Wake Forest University SOM | Yes | Y (no one inpatient) | N | Distance learning 3/14 | Suspended for next two weeks (3/16)--class of 2021 beginning online rotation for at least the next month | Suspended for next two weeks (3/16) | Most likely online, specifics next week 3/14 | Students only 3/12 | Reevaluate in April | Home students cannot rotate out until April 1, Visiting students cannot rotate until July Block 3/14 | All sponsored or business travel suspended; personal travel strongly discouraged and must be reported to Employee Health; student leadership involved in most commuication | ||||||
197 | Washington State University - ESFCOM | Y | Y - at several clinical sites | N | All online classes through spring (M1), potentially all online through spring and waiting to hear (MS2) | Cancelled indefinitely 3/16 | N/A | Online | N/A | N/A | Optional school-facilitated preceptorships cancelled; daily e-mail and slack communications from administration | |||||||
198 | WashU | Yes | Y | No (multiple faculty positive as of 3/18, residents in quarantine) | Lectures online | Business as usual - no care of COVID patients + no entering respiratory complaint ED patients until worked up by higher level as of 3/15. --> cancelled for at least 4 weeks starting 3/20 | Capstone cancelled. Off-campus/international rotations canceled. | In person through 3/25 -> now online | Students +1 (capped at 150). Livestream viewing rooms to be set up across campus for faculty/other students. Families/visitors not allowed on campus. -> Cancelled as of 3/15 | Cancelled | All sponsored or business travel suspended; personal travel strongly discouraged and must be reported to student Health if in level 2 or 3 area as of 3/12; | |||||||
199 | Wayne State SOM | Yes | Yes | Two students and multiple residents being tested | lectures online | -no care of COVID patients --> 3/18 - Cancelled until 3/31, rotation suplemments for all students (online, lectures, cases, papers) | business as usual-no care of COVID patients --> 3/18 - Cancelled until 3/31, rotation suplemments for all students (online, lectures, cases, papers) | online or in person if someone cannot support the software | Cancelled and working on digital streaming option | TBD | no visitors or nonessential personnel in hospitals | |||||||
200 | WCUCOM (William Carey COM) | Yes | Yes | Lectures online | Canceled | |||||||||||||
201 | West Virginia University SOM | Yes | Yes | Lectures online, in person for cadaver lab, all other group activities cancelled (including shadowing) | CANCELLED UNTIL MAY 15 | CANCELLED UNTIL MAY 15 | CANCELLED | CANCELLED, DECEMBER | All university sponsored travel is banned, must report international and domestic travel. If you travel to a hot zone, must self quarantine for 14 days. If you choose to travel and miss class or rotation time due to quarantine, you must make up that time. | |||||||||
202 | Western DO- Both Pomona and Oregon | Yes | Yes (at least one site that I know of) | No | Lectures online | no care of COVID patients --> UPDATE: 3/16, cancelled for 2 weeks, digital curriculum starting 4/1 | Business as usual - no care of COVID patients; UPDATE: 3/16, cancelled for 2 weeks, digital curriculum starting 4/1 | Online | Cancelled; Virtual Zoom Match day | Canceled, evaluating options | Students under voluntary/mandatory quarantine are allowed to do online modules instead. | Fountain Valley Hospital no longer taking students | ||||||
203 | Western Michigan | Yes | Yes (at one hospital) | No | All events online | Clinical rotation start changed from 4/20/2020 to 07/01/2020. Step 1 dedicated changed from 6 weeks in November/December 2020 to 6 weeks in April/May 2020. | Online | Cancelled | Cancelled | They've actually been pretty good all things considered, we get emails 3/4 times a week updating us on whatever chenges in policy. | Bronson hospital no longer accepting students, no visitors allowed, screening measures in place for staff. // Pretty sure Borgess is doing the same. | |||||||
204 | Wright State Boonshoft SOM | Yes | No | N | Online classes 3/12 | Cancelled | canceled | Online | Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||||||
205 | WVSOM | Y | No | possibly moving online | Suspended for 2 weeks, beginning at the end of the day on Friday and online modules instead | Suspended for 2 weeks, beginning at end of day Friday; online modules instead | Students are voting on it | 4/2 spring awards ceremony -cancelled / admin told us to keep N95 mask if we have one | 3/16: Valley Health facilities cancelling student rotations till March 23 | |||||||||
206 | Yale | Y | Y | N (but we don't know who the prelim positive person was) | Online classes | Cancelled as of 3/16. | Electives canceled as of 3/16, but Sub-I's continue --> SubIs now suspended (3/28) | Has always been online #flex | Cancelled; Students will receive their results from admin at noon | TBD | Unknown - work-related international travel banned; domestic travel to large gatherings banned | Dean sent an email telling clerkship students that we'd need to take step 1 in 8 weeks (a year earlier than we expected) sending class into a panic. Were informed a day later that this is actually optional. Overall, communication has been poor. <Yikes! | Question: do you mean your school is calling MS "essential personnel"? << yep < lol | mandatory social distancing practices | ||||
207 | CUNY School of Medicine | Y | Y | Lectures online | Cancelled as of 3/16. | canceled | Awaiting email; will return to take them on campus once cleared | Cancelled; Students will receive their results from admin at noon | TBD | Dean sent out email and will have Zoom meeting with students to address concerns. | ||||||||
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210 | Percentage of Schools with Cancelled Rotations | 87.43% | ||||||||||||||||
211 | Percentage of Schools w/o Cancelled Rotations | 12.57% | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | # of locations with confirmed COVID cases: | 122 |
2 | # of schools with officially suspended or cancelled clinicals | 167 |
3 | # of schools with online or cancelled exams | 71 |
4 | Percentage of Schools with Cancelled Rotations | |
5 | Percentage of Schools w/o Cancelled Rotations |
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1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/Residency/comments/fufr48/two_residents_dead_in_nyc_from_lack_of/ | https://www.reddit.com/r/Residency/comments/fugxmo/does_anyone_have_more_information_on_the_two/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Is anyone's school starting up OSCEs again for 3rd yr core rotations? My school is planning to do one in 2-3 weeks (end of May) for my core rotation and I still think its too soon...? We'll be wearing masks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | ^Similar question regarding taking shelf. Is anyone having to come into the school to take your shelf? Mine is requiring that as well end of May for this block. | University of Oklahoma has a mix of in person and online shelves depending on the rotation | LMU-DCOM is taking our shelf exams remotely at home using the COMAT browser (2 so far) | UWSMPH is administering shelf exams remotely through the end of June. Proctoring via WebEx. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | For M1s who normally have NBME-based exams, is your school doing remote NBME proctoring? I heard that this is possible now? Or have your exams changed to in-house? Could you also list your school? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | If your exams have been moved online to an open-note format, or if any other changes have been made to grading (multiple attempts, lower passing margin, etc.) can you please list your school? | True P/F (grades don't matter for ranking or AOA). Can retake every exam once if you failed (before, you only had 2 retakes for the entire semester). Passing margin more flexible. EVMS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | What have your schools said about plans to resume and how you will resume this block and others? Those whose state is on lockdown, what does that mean for your exams? | We are resuming online for at least one month, likely two. | We're taking the last set of tests next week online. School signed us all up for a mandatory boards review course lasting a month for fun. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Advice on how to support fellow med students/residents diagnosed with COVID? | Planning to check in regularly, offered to drop food outside med students doors but residents live too far way, don't know what else I can to do help | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | What other schools have fourth years who need to take EM? What is their solution? | Mine. Still no solution as of 4/20. Waiting in the dark. | Online, institution-written exam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Advice on what to do if your medical school is way behind the curve and not cancelling rotations like over 50% of other programs? | same | Just make sure you have proper PPE. Don't skimp and make sure you're protected. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | For those of you whose school canceled M3/M4 rotations - did your school give any indication on make ups or what theyre doing about exams? | Especially if a required rotation for graduation? | Northeast Ohio Med is continuing shelf testing. "Alternative activities" for M3/M4 have not been specified yet. NBME for M2 being done in small groups (as of 3/15) | Our school switched to online courses and is waiving required rotations for M4s. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | People saying that your school has cancelled aways -- is this for the entire year or until a certain period of time? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Whats up sexy ppl? | Prepping for the apocalypse yo. HBU | Prepping to go be a "vAlUAblE tEAm MEmBEr" tomorrow :( | bro, my hospital cancelled our rotations and then our school reinstated them....and we've got no guidance. I'll see you tomm, ready to get sick and spread the pestilence | I appreciate y'all even if your schools don't | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | What do you think will happen for CK/CS? Some prometrics are closing (more each day) and its already been hard to schedule before ERAS deadlines pre-COVID.... let alone when people are trying to reschedule for cancelled exam dates, etc. Have your schools talked about any of this??? | Nothing yet. I have my fingers crossed CS is cancelled | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | What exactly are the online modules? Like admin keep saying that we will get them and there hasn't been any curricula postings. Has anyone gotten IM or surgery modules? if so, what are they - ie like acuqifer cases | Our school is saying same thing. They told us more info to come by 3pm 3/16 | I'd assume they'll just make you do Aquifer. There is another module system for your gen surg rotation, an old shitty NYU made video curriculum with some questions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Has anyone heard anything about how future aways/audition rotations are going to happen? Will class of 2021 just not do aways? | Million dollar question my man | I bet it'll be less away time and perhaps away electives will shorten to 2 weeks instead of 4 weeks. No way in hell do we get a delayed match; hospitals will not give up free labor that PGY-1 will provide | depends on each school i think, some are limiting students geographically (100 mile radius, etc.) and suggesting that all students plan on doing only 1 away (if any) and that was coming from an EM attending/dean who is trying to work out details for EM applicants, given how specific their requirements have historically been. Things are going to get weird this year | ||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Should we still apply to aways for June, July, August at this time? | no bitch dont do it | facts | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | For schools that are doing online exams, what does that actually mean? Is there some software to lock people out of the rest of their computer? Are they open book? Is it NBMEs or home grown? etc. Just hoping for more info :) | Our school is using Examplify on iPads | Our School is using Microsoft Teams (it sucks) | We are using Examplify (our usual testing software) on own laptops and exams are open book for M1/M2. Currently exams written by profs, unclear if NBMEs are still on. Our admin is waiting for update from AAMC. Update 4/28: NBME finals for some courses still on, proctor monitoring through Webex on a second device - USC Columbia | MS1 examplify (usual software) no proctoring, "closed book" meaning computer locked down but no video/audio recording and we're at home so access to notes; relying on student integrity/honor code. | Respondus lockdown browser | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Heck yeah my school is in that super cool 48% that has not canceled rotations, while our state is 4th overall for confirmed cases. Excellent for patient safety to have us walking fomites in hospitals daily. B) | same except our state is 1st overall for confirmed cases. guess i'll reach out to psychiatry, per the schools rec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | how do you change the cell color/ it looks like it's got conditional formatting but when i updated my school as canceled it's still showing green | Nvm I just had to remove the phrase "business as usual" to get it to change. I just switched it to "As usual" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | How does everyone feel about people cheating on honor code (preclinical) Examplify exams? | I think we got lucky | We moved to open book exams to mitigate cheating concerns. On 3/16 some classmates wanted to keep exams in person to prevent cheating, stating we should be brave enough to risk exposure because we are committed to this profession (?!) | I'm ready to study for boards in peace... I don't care anymore. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | How many of you from schools with letter grading have heard rumors, or just straight up told, that your administration may move to P/F for your final term(s)? | U of U just told M1/M2s that this semester won't go on our MSPE or count for AOA. So we still get a grade, but it doesnt count for anything | I've heard rumors that our current clerkships would be moved to P/F, and maybe the remaining one too | Penn State College of Medicine made M3 clerkships pass/fail for the entire year March 2020- March 2021. | What would that mean for us?? My school too want the remaining clerkships that we have moved to P/F (in my case thats IM and OBGYN) IM is the heaviest core clerkship credit wise so, how would that affect me? | << we are also moving the reminder of the clerkships to online modules and whatnot but in between april and june we'll need to come around to compete stuff personally or even during M4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Has anyone heard any real information about internship starting earlier this year to get more interns started to increase the workload? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | How does some school had online OSCE, like how is it liked? | my school is going to use Kaplan's i-human cases for our last OSCE in May, no idea what its like other than that we'll have to type/dictate questions or use their prompt menus idk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | A lot of schools have suspended clerkships as of today (3/24). How do they anticipate reintigrating students? Will they pickup where they left off in that rotation? Are online clerkships being considered, that somehow fulfill the requirement (even without direct patient contact)? | My school is considering online clerkships beginning in May which I assume will include core clerkships. No idea whether these will be LCME-accredited though (sigh) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | My school signed us all up for a mandatory boards review course (IOMB) lasting a month of dedicated... What's up with that? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Has anyone's school make the rest of the M3 rotations P/F? If so, what did they do to the previous rotations to level the playing field for all students? | Made all previous rotations P/F too | <-- What school made all previous rotations P/F? | And why | ||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | For those of you who are finishing M3, any word on how your school will handle allowing you to transition into M4? Our school is having us to online "electives" now, and are telling us we will having to finish our cores before we start M4/do Sub-I's. Are they letting you move ahead w/o finishing your cores/letting you complete them after summer Sub-Is? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | what is M1, M2, M3, M4? | first/second/third/fourth year med students |
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1 | A place to collect data and stories about how medical students are channeling our absurdly productive energy into anti-viral goodness. How are students at your institution helping? What moments have you witnessed that ought to be captured? | Place to share ideas between schools for what students can do and how to implement it: | |||
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3 | Story/Type of Help | Number of Students Involved | Convo | ||
4 | Students connecting with front line staff to provide child/pet care | 200+ | I LOVE IT. | Can someone working on this at their institution please send me info about logistics (e.g. google form or sheet or email signup)? We're trying to start this at Miami but don't want to underprepare/overpromise. Please email me! AOhringer@med.miami.edu Med Students at GUSOM in DC started up something for child care (http://www.dccovidsitters.com/), sure they'd be able to provide some information on what they're doing | https://www.hcwchildcareco-op.com/ http://www.dccovidsitters.com/ |
5 | Students with PCR experience running tests for the county | ||||
6 | Students volunteering with the county dept of health with off-site testing, phone calls, etc (also managed to convince admin to count this as a rotation for M4s) | ||||
7 | Feinberg School of Medicine: Mobilization Efforts | tiny.cc/FSMOG | |||
8 | Students raising money to purchase PPE | gf.me/u/xs5djp | |||
9 | MedSupplyDrive for PPE donations nationwide | 400+ | https://www.medicalsupplydrive.com/ | ||
10 | National Student Response Network | 4800+ | https://nsrnhealth.org |
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2 | POSTED 3/13 on AAMC Site: Recommendations for Medical Education | https://www.aamc.org/system/files/2020-03/news-coronavirus-medical-students-role-covid-19-031320.pdf | |
3 | TL;DR | Recommendation | |
4 | Preclinicals | No large lectures, go virtual | Each school will make its own decisions in this area, following institutional policies, local public health agencies’ recommendations and national public health agency guidelines. Numerous medical schools are already not convening in‐person classes, large group meetings, etc., shifting entirely to virtual delivery for non‐clinical courses |
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6 | Clinical Intros | Suspend these if clinicians needed elsewhere | Unlike in clinical rotations, the primary focus in these courses is on learning, not patient care. As such, bringing these courses into clinical spaces could create an additional burden on faculty, staff, and patients. We recommend evaluating these activities in the context of current clinical volume and health care provider capacity in your setting. If there is a surge of patients that stresses core care providers in your setting, consider suspending these activities in patient care settings until the epidemiology of COVID‐19 is better known and the burden on frontline care providers from COVID‐19 patients has diminished. Reordering curricula or providing alternate experiences both can be explored: while this may be a burden on educators and students, it appropriately prioritizes patient care and learner safety in this extraordinary circumstance. |
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8 | Clinicals | Cancelled until 3/31 | The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly affecting all aspects of life. As our medical schools and teaching hospitals work to address the steadily mounting challenges, including balancing the demands of clinical care with those of education, collaboration across all institutions is essential. Recognizing these extraordinary circumstances, starting immediately, the AAMC strongly supports our member medical schools in placing, at minimum, a two-week suspension on their medical students’ participation in any activities that involve patient contact. Copyright (c) UWorld, Please do not save, print, cut, copy or paste anything while a test is active. |
9 | UPDATE 4/14 | For medical schools in locales in which there is significant, active current or anticipated COVID-19 community spread, and/or limited availability of PPE and/or limited availability of COVID-19 testing the AAMC guidance remains that, unless there is a critical health care workforce (HCW) need locally, we strongly suggest that medical students not be involved in any direct patient care activities. | |
10 | https://www.aamc.org/system/files/2020-04/meded-April-14-Guidance-on-Medical-Students-Participation-in-Direct-Patient-Contact-Activities.pdf | ||
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12 | Aways | TBD... not looking good | Schools are encouraged to identify local alternatives, which may include both clinical and non‐clinical experiences, for their students who had planned away electives in the upcoming months; similarly, schools are encouraged to postpone rotations at their institutions for visiting students from other institutions. |
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14 | OSCEs | Cancel them | Many schools are cancelling or postponing OSCEs due to concerns about the safety of both their students and their standardized patients, modifying assessment programs as needed to adjust for unavailability of OSCEs. |
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16 | Match Day | Cancel them | AAMC recommends all schools follow current school and local policies regarding large group gatherings. Numerous medical schools have replaced plans for face‐to‐face Match day celebrations with virtual events and/or plans to distribute Match results electronically so that their students can have the opportunity to celebrate with small groups of family and friends in small‐gathering settings. |