Absence Reporting Procedure
In the event of serious illness, personal emergency, personal incapacitation, or other exceptional problem of a serious nature that causes a student to be absent from a session requiring mandatory attendance or class, a student must notify one of the following in the School of pharmacy: assistant dean for student affairs, School of Pharmacy department chair, or course coordinator. To be excused from a rotation, the student must notify his/her preceptor and the Office of experiential education. Failure to notify the Office of Experiential Education will result in an unexcused absence and policies detailed in the Experiential Education Manual will apply. Assuming that there is a legitimate reason for a student’s absence, the School’s Office of the Dean will contact by e-mail or telephone the coordinators of courses in which the student will miss an examination, quiz, or graded assignment, or will send a letter to all appropriate course coordinators that confirms in writing that the student will be absent, the reason for the absence, the courses from which the student will be absent, and the date(s) of the student’s absence. This will be done as soon as possible (within 24 hours) after the student has called in. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the course coordinator immediately upon his/her return for instructions regarding how the missed session can be made up. If a student fails to follow this procedure, the student is held responsible for the policies stated in course syllabi regarding unexcused absences. Unexcused absences may result in course failure.
Absence (Excused) for Personal/Professional Reasons
The School recognizes that a student may need to be excused from class or rotations for non-illness, nonemergency- related reasons. An Absence Request Form must be completed as soon possible prior to the day the student wishes to be excused. Forms are available on the School of Pharmacy Website. Completion of the form by the student does not imply the student is excused from classes until the faculty of the affected courses approves the request.