Program Manual - Saint Louis University

3. Requests for leave immediately preceding or following a scheduled
vacation period will not be granted. Emergency leave may be granted
by the Program Director. Requests for leave will be considered on a
case-by-case basis.
E. Professional Meetings
1. Residents are encouraged to attend the annual meeting of the American
Association of Orthodontists in May. A leave request form must be
filled out and approved in writing by the Program Director.
2. Residents are encouraged to attend the annual meeting of the
Orthodontic Education and Research Foundation in March. A leave
request form must be filled out and approved in writing by the Program
Director.
3. Residents are encouraged to attend the annual meeting of the Graduate
Orthodontic Residents Program (GORP) in August. A leave request
form must be filled out and approved in writing by the Program
Director.
4. Permission to attend other professional meetings, short courses, and
lectures away from the University must also be obtained with a leave
request form and is dependent upon the resident's having demonstrated
satisfactory progress in coursework, clinical responsibilities, and thesis
research.
F. Personal Days
1. Each resident is entitled to ten (10) personal days over the 30 month
duration of the program.
2. Personal days must be scheduled and approved by the Program Director.
3. The absence must also be approved by any instructor of record of any
class affected by their absence.
4. Personal days are exclusive of attendance at approved professional
meetings or sick time.
5. If residents extend the time allotted for scheduled vacations (or breaks)
or attendance at meetings by leaving campus early or returning late,
regardless of the circumstance, personal days will be lost at the rate of 2
personal days for each day of absence.