Attendance and Absences
In the first and second year preclinical courses, daily attendance is expected at lectures. Attendance is required for all small group and laboratory sessions (see course syllabi for details). If you are absent, you must notify the course director or the faculty member in charge of the small group session. In the third and fourth year clinical clerkships and electives, daily attendance is required for all aspects of the clinical rotations. If you are absent, you must notify those faculty members who supervise your clinical experiences and the clerkship secretary.
Unexpected Absences
In the case of an unexpected, single day absence due to illness in the preclinical years, students must notify the course director or the faculty member supervising small group sessions. In the clinical years, the students must notify the supervising attending and the clerkship secretary. If a student is unable to contact the clerkship secretary, they should notify the staff in either the Office of Student Affairs ((352) 273-7971) or the Medical Education Office (392-3690). If the absence is of greater duration than a single day, the staff in the Office of Student Affairs or the Medical Education Office must be notified in addition to the course director or supervising attending and the clerkship secretary. If the absence occurs while in Jacksonville on a clinical rotation, the Office of Educational Affairs in Jacksonville (904-549-5128) must be notified in addition to the Student Affairs Office in Gainesville.
Planned Absences
In the case of planned absences or to attend meetings or “family” events such as weddings, etc., students must meet with the course or clerkship director as far in advance as possible to discuss the requests and obtain the permission of the course or clerkship director to be absent from assigned responsibilities. Once permission is obtained for the planned absence, the student must notify the Office of Student Affairs or the Medical Education Office of the approved dates for the absence.
Observance of Religious Holidays
Students shall be excused from class or other scheduled academic activity to observe a religious holy day of their faith, upon notifying their instructor.
Students shall be permitted a reasonable amount of time to make up the material or activities covered in their absence.
Students shall not be penalized because of absence from class or any other scheduled academic activity resulting from religious observances.
Faculty and administrators are encouraged not to schedule exams or major events on evenings or days observed as holy days by a significant number of students. Students w ho ask to be excused from class for religious reasons will not be required to provide second-party certification. Finally, a student who believes that he or she has been unreasonably denied an education benefit due to religious beliefs or practices may see redress through the student grievance procedure.
Note: Students are asked to make requests for absence to observe religious holy days in a timely manner.
Location: http://medinfo.ufl.edu/oea/osa/pp_attendance.shtml