It is imperative that the academic integrity of the senior year at USCSM be maintained for each student. For this reason, a student should not expect to be excused from required rotations or electives for residency interviews during the senior year. Students who find it necessary to miss any days of a rotation or elective must obtain permission from the respective clerkship director or department chair. Any student who is absent for residency interviews for more than two days per four weeks of clerkship may be required to make-up the missed time. Excessive absences during a rotation or elective may result in an "Unsatisfactory" grade in personal and professional conduct or in a reduction in the academic letter grade.

Up to four (4) rotations (electives and AI) may be scheduled away and no more than three (3) electives (including an AI) in the same specialty or subspecialty.  A tenth rotation can be scheduled, if you so desire, in any specialty or subspecialty and at any approved site.

Each student will be evaluated at the conclusion of each rotation and elective by means of evaluation forms for required and elective course work.  Each department determines the method of overall evaluation and utilizes a grading scale consistent with the USCSM letter grade system outlined in the School of Medicine Bulletin.