Thesis work will be conducted in the laboratory of a member of the graduate faculty with a primary appointment at the University of Connecticut Health Center. Exceptions to this policy require the approval of the Graduate Programs Committee. Throughout the years in the Graduate Program, students are required to participate in the Student Research Seminar series and to present their work at appropriate intervals. Medical school coursework completed during the first two years satisfies the Graduate School requirement for a supporting area of study in lieu of the language requirement for the Ph.D. degree. The Clinical Medicine course director notifies the director of the Clinical Skills Assessment Program to schedule a complete history and physical examination with a patient instructor.
Remediation is provided for students as needed.
Such a procedure allows the student to review and reawaken the previously acquired clinical skills. All returning students then attend three or four sessions that focus on history and physical examination, clinical reasoning, oral presentation skills, and behavioral counseling. Patient instructors provide students with practice in these areas after the clinical faculty have worked with the students in a small seminar setting, which occurs between April and June. The final preparation of the thesis will be authorized by the student's Advisory Committee. The completed thesis is submitted to a group of readers who include the Advisory Committee and an outside expert in the student's research area.