Program Manual - Saint Louis University

ATTENDANCE (Orthodontic Program)
1-30-09
A. The Graduate Orthodontic Program is thirty months in length. Full-time
attendance in the Department during that period, from approximately June 15
until December 15 thirty months later, is required of all residents. This
attendance is defined as presence on campus from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon
and 1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Permission to be off
campus during these times must be obtained from the Program Director.
Attendance at all lectures, seminars, laboratories, and clinics is
mandatory.
B. Outstanding members of the specialty of orthodontics or allied professions
may be invited by the Program from time to time to deliver evening or
weekend lectures, and residents are required to attend these lectures.
C. Temporary Absence from the Department
1. Should illness require temporary absence from the Program (for less
than one day), the resident must notify the Program Director. A
telephone number must be given to the Clinic Receptionist so that the
resident may be reached if necessary.
2. If a resident leaves the Campus before 4:30 p.m. (for example, to study
in the Library), the above rule (C.1.) still applies. Notification of the
Clinic Receptionist is not only common courtesy, but enables the
handling of telephone calls, etc., efficiently.
D. Extended Leaves of Absence
1. Absence from the Department for any period of one day or longer must
be approved in writing by the Program Director. A request form for this
purpose can be obtained in the Program Director. This form must be
completed in its entirety. Approval must be obtained prior to the
purchase of airline tickets.
2. If one or more classes would be missed during the period of requested
absence, approval(s) must be obtained from the Instructor(s) as well as
arrangements made to make up missed class work.