VCOM College Catalog and Student Handbook

It is the responsibility of the student who is on rotation or shadowing in the clinical setting to notify the treating physician of the presence of a VCOM student patient (if identified) and to remove themselves from the room and from all aspects of their healthcare. In addition, it is the responsibility of the VCOM student patient to inform the VCOM student on rotation or VCOM student who is shadowing and the physician providing care of the presence of a VCOM rotating/shadowing student and to request that the student leave the room and not be involved in any aspect of their healthcare. As the VCOM clinical training sites may not identify the patient as a VCOM student, it is an expectation that students seeking healthcare services identify themselves as a VCOM student.

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