It has become necessary for students who wish to shadow physicians while they are practicing in hospitals to receive additional approvals and process additional paper work. Beginning immediately, the Office of Student Services will require the following for students seeking to shadow physicians in hospitals:

1. Have all of your immunizations up-to-date and bring proof from the Immunization Data Base to the Office of Student Services in order to receive a "Directed Studies Form." You will not be issued a "Directed Studies Form" unless all immunizations are up-to-date.

2. Obtain and complete (except for Dr. Falls' signature) a "Directed Studies Form." You will need to obtain signatures of the physician with whom you are going to shadow and the Chairperson of the appropriate clinical department. The "Directed Studies Form" needs to have the dates you wish to shadow the physician in the hospital.

3. Obtain a "Permission to Shadow a Physician in the Hospital Form" from the Office of Student Services. This form should be taken to Dr. Falls who will complete the top half of the form. The form along with the "Directed Studies Form" should then be taken to the Medical Education Office at the hospital in which you wish to shadow a physician. Have the appropriate representative in that office sign the form giving you permission to shadow in the hospital on the date(s) indicated. The hospital should keep the original form and copies should be returned to the Office of Student Services .

4. After all paperwork is completed and approved, return the signed "Directed Studies Form" and the signed copies of the "Permission to Shadow a Physician in the Hospital Form" to the Office of Student Services. If all forms are signed and approved, Dr. Falls will sign the "Directed Studies Form" allowing you to register for the shadowing experience.