Since the courses are not semester-based, students need a framework to gauge their progress and to ensure that they have every opportunity to successfully complete the required coursework within the five years allowed. Students who choose to take advantage of all extensions will complete the program in four and a half years. Students who take the allowed time for each course will complete the program in just over three years. Extensions are not available in this course. However, upon request, a two-month extension is available.
Clerkships are resource-intensive for faculty.
Extensions of time in clerkships significantly impact the preceptor's teaching and research schedule. Extensions will be granted in case of need, but cannot be guaranteed in every case. Students must re-enroll in the clerkship and again pay tuition fees if they fail to secure an extension, or if the clerkship is not completed by the end of the authorized third month. Students who have been dropped from the program shall be notified and provided a thirty-day period within which to petition for readmission. Those readmitted shall automatically be reinstated at the point in the program at which they were dropped.