Student Handbook
Welcome to the Carle Illinois College of Medicine Student Handbook. We invite you to familiarize yourself with the handbook as you embark on your training. And, as a Carle Illinois student, you will have faculty and staff to support you along the way.
The regulations appearing here are those in effect at the most recent publication and are subject to change without notice. Unless otherwise noted, the rules stated in this Student Handbook apply to all students enrolled at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine.
General Information
- Our M.D. Program
- Instructions to Update Address & Phone Number
- Report Bias Incident
- U of I System Statement on Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Other Sexual Misconduct
- We Care – Title IX Support, Response, and Prevention
- Emergency Preparedness & Public Safety
- Sign Up for Emergency Notifications
Requirements for Enrollment
- Criminal Background Check (SL-2)
- Drug Testing (SWH-3)
- Faculty Student Compact
- Immunizations (SWH-5)
- Technical Requirements for Matriculation, Progression, and Graduation (AM-6)
Medical Education Policies and Standards
- Access to Records (APS-11)
- Accommodation (APS-34)
- Appeal Process for Professionalism and Mistreatment
- Assessment and Evaluation Completion and Confidentiality Policy (APS-47)
- Assessment Completion (APS-35)
- Attendance Absence and Vacation (APS-7)
- Auditing Request (APS-43)
- Clerkship Grading (APS-26)
- Clinical Away Rotations Eligibility (APS-37)
- Clinical Oversight (APS-28)
- Disciplinary Action and Dismissal (APS-1)
- Dress Code (APS-29)
- Elective Credit for Advance Degree (APS-36)
- Elective Policy (APS-30)
- Formative Feedback (APS-12)
- General Learning Environment and Mistreatment (APS-2)
- Good Standing (APS-27)
- Grading (APS-16)
- Intellectual Property (APS-15)
- Leave of Absence (APS-9)
- MD Degree Time Limitations (APS-33)
- Medical Student Academic Appeals, Grievances, and Petitions (APS-14)
- Medical School Performance Evaluation [MSPE] (APS-45)
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) for Class of 2022, 2023, and 2024
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) for Class of 2025 and Beyond
- Narrative Assessment (APS-18)
- Nondiscrimination (APS-3)
- Paid Training Opportunity (APS-25)
- Process for Reporting Student Mistreatment (APS-46)
- Promotion and Graduation Requirements (APS-6)
- Promotion and Graduation Requirements (APS-6.1) for Students that Matriculated in 2023
- Religious Accommodations
- Remediation Guideline (APS-17)
- Remote Participation (APS-38)
- Reporting Student Professionalism (APS-5)
- Social Media Guidelines
- Statement on Student Professionalism (APS-4)
- Student Clinical Duty and Educational Hours (APS-49)
- Student Contact Hours and Workload (APS-48)
- Student Listservs (APS-40)
- Student Lounge
- Student Operations Committee (MOU - SOC)
- Student Participation in Clinical Activities During Epidemics (APS-32)
- Student Records Retention (APS-41)
- Summative Assessment (APS-13)
- USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 (APS-31)
- Withdrawal, Temporary Removal, and Suspension (APS-22)
Student Life
- Community Service and Service-Learning (SL-5)
- Criminal Background Check (SL-2)
- Student Publishing Policy (SL-4)
- Student Travel Scholarship and Reimbursement (SL-3)
Student Wellness and Health
- Counseling and Health (SWH-4)
- Debt Management Resources
- Drugs and Alcohol (SWH-1)
- Drug Testing (SWH-3)
- Health and Long-term Disability Insurance (SWH-7)
- Immunizations (SWH-5)
- Pregnant and Parenting Student Rights and Resources
- Student Exposure (SWH-9)
- Preventing Health Services Providers from Academic Assessment of Medical Students (SWH-8)
- Student Professional Liability Insurance (SWH-6)
- Support for Partners and Family
- Tobacco Policy (SWH-2)
Tuition and Financial Aid
- Description of Fees
- Financial Aid
- OSFA Satisfactory Academic Progress (TFA-1)
- Refunds
- Tuition, Fees, and Estimated Cost of Attendance