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Copies of Authorization Forms for Releases Processed
Copies of authorization forms for pending incoming record requests
Outside Medical Records (copies of records received from other practitioners)
REGISTRAR
REGISTRATION FOR CLINIC SHIFTS - GENERAL NFORMATION
1. To register for clinic shifts, students must first register with the academic registration staff.
2. After viewing the faculty schedule, all students will submit to clinic registration staff their
requests for supervisors and shift times for the upcoming year before the registration deadline.
These requests must align with the student’s assigned academic track and course schedule.
3. The clinic registration staff coordinates registration for clinic shifts. They attempt to meet
students’ requests when scheduling shifts but this cannot be guaranteed.
4. Student clinician pairings are subject to final approval of the program and associate dean(s).
5. The completed schedule is approved by the clinic associate dean for naturopathic medicine.
Changes to the student's schedule after the registration date will only be allowed documented
family or medical emergencies. Documentation is required.
6. No student in any program may have more than two shifts in one day. Shift times may not
overlap with other shifts or courses. An adequate amount of time must be maintained for travel
between the clinic, campus and external site locations.
7. It is important to note that the assigned academic track for students and assigned clinic shifts
for all students are not amenable to changes necessitated by other considerations such as outside
employment schedules, child care schedules, etc. It is, therefore, incumbent upon every student to
make whatever arrangements are necessary in order to accommodate his or her assigned academic
and clinic schedules.
8. Students may only withdraw from the clinic if they have a verifiable emergency. They must
obtain a letter signed by the program dean or their designate approving this withdrawal.
9. Information on interim clinic registration is in the interim clinic section of this handbook.
10. Students may register for clinic elective shifts or observation shifts in other programs, on a
space available basis.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR ND REGISTRATION
The goal is to have a primary and secondary student clinician in each room in general patient care,
homeopathy and counseling; and to have three to four primary and three to four secondary student
clinicians on each physical medicine shift. There may be co-primary clinicians assigned together.
Note: Co-primary designation does not imply that both clinicians function in the role of primary for
each patient. Students may never share primary patient contacts. Co-primaries alternate taking the role
of primary and secondary clinicians.
Students will have the opportunity to add elective shifts, trade comparable shifts with fellow clinicians,
or drop shifts with a financial penalty, after the initial shift assignment process is completed. More
information is distributed by the registrar’s office prior to the shift change period.
In general, each ND student will be registered for a minimum of two shifts and a maximum of four
shifts per quarter. The only exception to this rule is ND students in their first year at the clinic. They
will have one to two shifts per quarter, with a maximum of six total shifts in that year. Each ND
student will be registered for at least one patient care shift per quarter, which could include one
counseling shift during that year. It is highly recommended that students have at least two shifts in
general patient care before shifting into the primary role.
Primary student clinicians who are also on-call as midwifery interns must be paired with a co-primary
on all ND shifts or have a back-up on immediate call. The co-primary must be informed in advance
and accept the responsibility for last minute coverage if the midwifery intern is called out on a birth
before the midwifery student will be allowed an approved absence for the birth.
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