Program Manual - Saint Louis University

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
CENTER FOR ADVANCED DENTAL EDUCATION
GRADUATE ORTHODONTICS POLICY MANUAL
2009-2010
Resident Rights, Responsibilities, and Opportunities
I. DEPARTMENT HOURS
A. Administrative Offices, Laboratories, and Library
1. Located on the second floor of Dreiling-Marshall Hall
2. Open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday
3. Residents can do non-clinical work in laboratories and the library outside regular hours.
In the evenings or on weekends, access to Dreiling-Marshall Hall may be obtained
through the main front door after swiping an activated ID through the card reader. The
Public Safety Office can also be called (977-3000) to arrange to have a Public Safety
Officer come and unlock the building. Residents must be prepared to show a SLU ID on
demand.
B. Orthodontic Clinic
1. Hours are 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday unless
indicated otherwise in the schedule. Patients are not to be seen before 9:00 a.m. or after
5:00 p.m., and not between 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m., unless special individual
permission is given by the Clinic Director. Furthermore, patients may be seen only if
there is a Clinical Instructor present on the floor. Should a treatment procedure warrant
keeping a patient after 5:00 p.m., the Resident is responsible for remaining with the
patient until he or she is called for by a parent or guardian, or is escorted onto public
transportation.
2. Except in emergency situations, patients are not to be seen during evening hours,
Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays, unless permission is granted from the Clinic Director
and the supervising Clinical Instructor. (See emergency care of patients in Clinic Manual,
Section XII, pages 10-12.)
II. ATTENDANCE See tab #2 for attendance policy and information.
III. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN DENTISTRY DEGREE
A. The Graduate Program in Orthodontics requires formal enrollment in and completion of all
academic work (a total of approximately seventy (70) credit hours of didactic, clinical, research
tools, and thesis research). Any electives that a Resident may decide to take are generally in