It is a professional responsibility. If illness or emergency preclude notice in advance, then notice at the earliest possible time is still required. Also, if absence is going to last several days, the student should contact the program director personally, after the first day or two of absence to explain the situation and the expected date of return to program activities. C. Absences Requiring Make-Up Time 1. Absence from a clinical course occurs when there is an absence from any portion of a scheduled clinical rotation, assignment, clinical discussion, or seminar.
Specific arrangements are necessary in order to establish an appropriate time for make-up.
It should be noted that the student does not make the decision as to an appropriate time. Students with external commitments such as military duty or jury duty must keep their program director informed well in advance of any implications this duty may have on the completion of educational activities in each semester. Every attempt should be made to minimize this impact and to keep make-up work to a minimum. Since a student is responsible for the content of all courses, some leeway for handling absences in lectures, laboratories and seminars exists with the instructor. As mentioned above, the student is responsible for contacting the instructor to determine what make - up is necessary for lectures, labs, and other classwide activities that are missed.