Medical Student Supervision

One of the benefits of training in an academic institution is the opportunity to work alongside and train medical students in your specialty. We are all responsible for ensuring that they have a high-quality learning experience.

According to LCME (medical school accrediting body), all residents must receive resident-as-teacher training, which we provide online. In addition, residents supervising students must be familiar with policies that apply to medical students and oriented to learning goals and objectives and clinical encounters for required clinical clerkships, where applicable.

Before working with medical students, please review the following policies found on the UW School of Medicine MD Program Policies site, as well as the medical student learning goals and objectives and clinical encounters in your specialty.

School of Medicine Policies and Procedures

• Supervision of Medical Students in Clinical Settings Policy
• Medical Student Mistreatment Policy
• Mistreatment Reporting Procedures for Medical Students
• Student Work Hours Policy
• Attendance and Absentee – Foundations Phase
• Attendance and Absentee – Clinical Phases
• UW Medicine Policy on Professional Conduct
• Medical Student Standards of Conduct and Professional Behavior Policy
• Student Healthcare and Physician Relationship Policy
• MD Program Policies Webpage

Learning Objectives and Clinical Encounters by Specialty

All residents and fellows should review their specialty’s learning goals and objectives before working with medical students.

• Emergency Medicine Clerkship
• Family Medicine Clerkship
• Internal Medicine Clerkship
• Neurological Surgery Clerkship
• Neurology Clerkship
• Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship
• Pediatrics Clerkship
• Psychiatry Clerkship
• Surgery Clerkship