Transition Course: June 29, 2015 Student Affairs: Agenda • Health, Safety, & Wellness • Academic Policies & Practices • • Shelf Exams Procedures • Grade Appeals

New

Step 2 CK and Step 2CS Policies • Mistreatment • Financial Aid • Career Choice • Fourth Year Scheduling • Dual Degrees/Research Year/LOA

Health, Safety, & Wellness

• Needle sticks • Healthcare access 3 rd year • BlueCross BlueShield Insurance • Evaluation by health care providers • Clinical rotation absence policy • Administrative excuses • Substance abuse

Needle Stick/Blood Borne Pathogen Exposure: Local

•

Immediately clean

the wound or splash site • Report exposure to clinical instructor/supervisor • Obtain

source patient information

(name, medical record number & location) •

Contact UNC Campus Health

Services http://campushealth.unc.edu/general-info/urgent-needs/health science-students-blood-borne-pathogen-exposure.html

• AHEC site orientation should include their procedures • In general you will contact their employee health

Needle Stick A B C S

A A lert A ttending/Supervisor B Wash off B lood C C all C ampus Health Services (CHS) S S ource Patient Testing

Contacts for Exposures at Campus Health Services During Summer Sessions:

• • Blood Borne Pathogen exposure • Monday – Friday 8a-5p • (919) 966-6561 • After Hours Nurse Advice 24/7 • “Healthlink” (919) 966-2281 https://campushealth.unc.edu/urgent-needs/health science-students-blood-borne-pathogen-exposure

Health Care Access 3

rd

Year

• Physically demanding • May need to let onsite clerkship directors know about acute or chronic conditions • Check with AHEC site to find where you can access health care • Resources in Chapel Hill • Campus Health/Counseling and Wellness • Stay in contact with your advisors • Advisors and Student Affairs staff will try to be available on shelf exam Fridays • Can always call or email us

Student Blue Health Insurance

• • • • • Enroll for insurance prior to August 1 st Enroll at the following link: www.bcbsnc.com/unc Not enrolling could leave you without coverage for a few weeks if you need to see a doctor, need a prescription refilled, or have an emergency Automatic enrollment does not take place until September 1 st Website has information about doctors across the state

Administrative Excuses/ Clinical Rotation Absence Policy

• • • • • • • Administrative excuses • Illness • Family emergencies • Doctor’s appointments • Jury duty • Professional conferences • Presenting research • Leadership role Fill out form at link: http://tinyurl.com/AdminExcuse Notify faculty and house staff preceptors Absences for personal reasons will be evaluated by the clerkship director and granted at their discretion Missing more than 3 days from a clerkship could result in an incomplete, withdraw, or failing grade Feel free to contact Student Affairs or advisors with questions http://www.med.unc.edu/www/education/mdprogram/governance/policies/files/Article5Responsibilitieso fMedicalStudents2012220.pdf

Health Care Providers’ Involvement in Student Assessment Policy

1. Residents and attendings are not to evaluate the academic performance of any student for whom they have provided health care , including psychological and reproductive health care. 2. If a medical student is hospitalized at UNCH , other medical students should not be involved in the hospitalized student’s care. 3. Medical students seen in the ER and/or hospitalized at UNCH may inform the SOM Office of Student Affairs, if they wish, so that the SOM can avoid assigning the student to a service on which the student has been a patient. 4. If a resident or attending discovers that s/he is assigned to an evaluative role of a student for whom s/he has provided health care, s/he should contact the course director immediately in order to assign appropriate evaluators . The content of such notification ought not to include evidence of any health care provided (unless the student has provided consent.) 5. Faculty or residents completing the common assessment form are required to certify that they have not been involved in providing health care to the student . http://www.med.unc.edu/md/governance/policies/additional-policies/HealthCareProvidersInvolvemntinAssessment-final.pdf

Substance Abuse Policy

The purpose of this policy is to describe the conditions under which UNC SOM students may be required to undergo for drug or alcohol abuse and to describe the testing consequences of a positive drug or alcohol screen . The following conditions are prohibited while at work, on call, on duty, at school, or engaged in University of North Carolina School of Medicine business on or off the UNC SOM premises: unauthorized use of, possession of, or being under the influence of alcohol, and illegal use, abuse, possession, manufacture, dispensation, distribution of, or being under the influence of controlled or illegal drugs. This includes UNC SOM activities at Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) and preceptor offices during the Clinical Skills Development/Clinical Skills Integration Course community weeks. http://www.med.unc.edu/www/education/mdprogram/governance/policie s/files/SOM%20Substance%20Abuse%20Policy.pdf

Shelf Exams

• Most shelf exams are 100 clinical vignettes to be completed in 2 hours 30 minutes • Students have been subscribing to Step 2 CK question banks to use throughout third year • Find more information on shelf exams and sample questions at: http://www.nbme.org/PDF/SubjectExams/SE_ContentOutlineandSampl eItems.pdf

• If you have not passed/taken two shelf exams , you will not be able to continue on your clerkships until you have passed the exams and you will be reviewed by the Student Promotions Committee • In general, you may not take a make-up shelf exam while on another clerkship • Make-up shelf exams are only administered at the end of the clerkship or during the spring, summer, and winter break weeks • Accommodations for shelf exams • Typically extended time and/or distraction free environment • Contact Dr. Ingersoll!

• Some students may need additional time during 3 rd they did not need it during preclinical years year even though

Grade Appeals Process

• Article 9 • Level 1: Clerkship director • Level 2: 3 rd /4 th Year Curriculum committee • • • Level 3: Vice Dean for Education (Dr. Byerley) http://www.med.unc.edu/www/education/mdprogram/governan ce/policies/files/Article9AppealsProcess20120105.pdf

The “statute of limitations” on appeals will be honored, so review comments and take care of appeals promptly (do not wait until you review your MSPE 4 th year)

4/30/2020

NEW! USMLE Step 2 Educational Policy

• Must

pass Step 2 (CK and CS)

by

November 1 st

of

fourth year

(2016) if want to remain in Match • Must pass Step 2 (CK and CS) to graduate • Plan on taking Step 2 CK soon after completing 3 rd year • Plan on taking Step 2 CS by August of fourth year 13

USMLE Fees

Step 1 Step 2 CK 2015 Fees

$590* $590*

Effective Dates for 2015 Fees

Three month eligibility periods beginning November 1, 2014 January 31, 2015 and ending October 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

Step 1 and 2CK

$70 Eligibility Period Extension (requests received starting January 1, 2015)

Step 2 CS

$1,250 For completed applications received starting January 1, 2015.

4/30/2020

USMLE Step 2 CS Testing Centers

• Philadelphia (busiest) • Atlanta (most popular for UNC) • Los Angeles • Chicago • Houston (least busy) 15

Step 2 CS 2016 Reporting Schedule

2016 Reporting Schedule - Step 2 CS

Calendar released April 7, 2015

Testing Period Reporting Start Date Reporting End Date

January 1 - January 30 March 2 March 23 January 31 - March 19* April 13 May 11 March 20 - May 21 May 22 - July 16 July 17 - September 10 July 6 August 17 October 12 August 3 September 14 November 9 September 11 - November 5 December 14 November 6 - December 31 February 1, 2017 January 11, 2017 February 22, 2017 *No Step 2 CS exams will be delivered March 13 through 19.

Mistreatment

SOM Ombudsman Gary J. Gala, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Assistant Professor and Chief of the Psychiatry Consult Liaison Service Email:

[email protected]

Office Phone: (919) 843-2369 • Learning environment questions in one45 • College advisors • Advocates • Anonymous form • Student Affairs • Drs. Dent, Ingersoll, or McNeil

Financial Aid

• Financial Aid and the New Curriculum • Budgeting • Step II CK & review materials included in 3 rd year COE • Step II CS & travel to sites included in 4 th year COE • Summer Fees • Tuition Structure • Bills • Disbursements • Loan Portfolio • Grad Plus Loans

Summer Fees

Start of Third Year (July 2015) • Summer Session II fees will be billed with your Fall 2015 tuition/fees End of Third Year (June 2016) • Summer Session I fees will be billed with your Spring 2016 tuition/fees

FLAT RATE TUITION

Two Tier Tuition Structure

•

Enrolled for 14 or more hours – full tuition rate

• $21,837 in-state ($10,919 per term) • $48,716 out-of-state ($24,358 per term) •

Enrolled for 13 or less hours – reduced tuition rate

• $5460 in-state (per term) • $12,179 out-of-state (per term) Plus fees of $2930 for both rates per year

Bills & Disbursements

• NO Paper bills – You’ll be notified by email to view your bill online in ConnectCarolina • Billing and refunds setup at the same time • Refunds available –week of July 6th Make sure you are registered and have no HOLDS on your account

Graduate Plus Loans

• Graduate Plus Loans – Direct Loans with the Department of Education (use FAFSA PIN to log in) • Can NOT have an adverse credit history • Approved credit history good for 180 days • Interest rate 6.84% • Completion of Master promissory note • Unsubsidized loan interest rate– 5.84%

Your Loan Portfolio

• Know how much you’ve borrowed • Know who you’ve borrowed from and when Visit the National Student Loan Database NSLDS: http://www.nslds.ed.gov/nslds_SA/ Log in with your FAFSA PIN • Import student loan data to the Medloans Organizer and Calculator www.aamc.org/services/first/medloans • Private loans will be listed on your credit report

Debt Management Responsibilities

Key Concepts you will need to understand

• Rights and responsibilities • Interest • Grace Period • Deferment • Internship Residency • It became harder to qualify for Economic Hardship in 2009 • May have to apply for income based repayment program.

• Graduate Fellowship • Forbearance • Repayment Options http://www.aamc.org/programs/first/facts/loanrepay.pdf

• Standard • Graduated • Income Based • Extended • Income-Based (IBR)

Contact Financial Aid [email protected]

919-962-6118

You can also ask questions on the financial aid forum

Career Choice

• • As you go through 3 rd year, consider your preferences regarding the following: • Settings : outpatient, inpatient, emergency room, critical care unit, and/or operating room • • Patients : adults, children, geriatric, men, and/or women Diseases : acute, chronic, psychiatric, and/or surgical

Required Friday December 18 th Class Meeting!!!!

• Help with 4 th Year scheduling • Guidelines for preparing for the match • Will meet with departmental career goal advisors

Accelerated Fourth Year

• 13 month calendar • April 2016 to April 2017 • • 10 required months • 2 Acting internships (1 must be at an AHEC site) • Science of Medicine Selective • Advanced Practice Selective • Critical Care Selective • 5 electives http://www.med.unc.edu/md/curriculum/cal endars

Accelerated Fourth Year Scheduling Spring of 2016

• Block 1: Mar 28 – Apr 22 • Spring Break: April 25 – May 1 • Block 2: May 2 – May 27 • Block 3: May 31 – June 24 • April to July grades (blocks 1-4) will be included in your residency applications

Scheduling April – June 2016

• If you have completed all 6 accelerated year clerkships, you will be able to take any 4 th year elective or selective • Consider taking an elective in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, radiology, radiation oncology, pathology, physical medicine & rehabilitation, or in some other “non” core clerkship discipline • Consider taking a required selective: AHEC AI, Critical Care, Science of Medicine, Advanced Practice

Scheduling Timeline

• September 1: Scheduling packet due for April – June 2016 • October 9: Should receive schedule for April – June 2016 • October 19 – October 30: You will have an opportunity to change schedule during Drop/Add •

We will be flexible and help you with your schedules!

• December 18: Required class meeting to discuss remainder of 4 th year (July 2016 – April 2017)

Dual Degrees Research Year Leave of Absence

• Some graduate programs have fall deadlines!

• MD/MBA Program • Must take GMAT • MD/MPH Program • Must apply through SOPHAS • Hand enter each course

MD/MPH Program Updates

• Two online applications • • SOPHAS: $115.00 Grad School $85.00

• All UNC SOM students must complete NC residency application • Must do SOPHAS application 1 st , then grad school application • Official transcripts from all higher ed institutions attended sent directly from institution using SOPHAS Transcript Request Form • • • Official MCAT reported directly to SOPHAS 3 letters of recommendation including one from Dean Dent 2 page personal statement • • CV Unofficial transcripts so you can list each course online in SOPHAS (like AMCAS!) • • • Websites: Public Leadership Program site will be updated soon http://www.hcandp.unc.edu

; SOPHAS application will be available on website in

Fall 2015

http://sophas.org/ Students can contact Anthony Viera ( [email protected]

), Sue Tolleson Rinehart ( [email protected]

), Sue Robeson ( [email protected]

), Forrest Page ( [email protected]

).

Fourth Year Scheduling

Leanne Shook

Bottom line: Stay in Touch!

Can always call or email us!