Research requirement exemption

 Students entering medical school with one or more graduate degrees may petition the Medical Student Research Committee to be exempt from the medical student research requirement if they have:

1)      A PhD in a bio-medical related field, or

2)      A research/thesis-based Masters Degree in a bio-medical related field.

In order to request consideration for the exemption, the student must submit a request to the Medical Student Research Committee attaching proof of degree and copy of publication(s) or an abstract of the thesis/dissertation and face page signed by the thesis/dissertation committee.  The thesis/degree must have been achieved within the past three years upon matriculation to the SOM.  The Medical Student Research Committee will rule on the exemption and, if granted, will notify the Office of Student Services of the satisfactory fulfillment of the research requirement for graduation purposes.  During the research block, those students exempted may use the time as vacation, they may participate in a non-clinical elective (e.g., Spanish, history of medicine) or they may participate in volunteer work.  Students who would like to take an elective may petition CSPE I for Phase III non-clinical elective credit.  Volunteer activities will be noted on the Dean’s Letter as an additional activity.