3.23. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK POLICY
Updated August 2017
The School of Medicine requires Criminal Background Checks for all PA students.
The following outlines the rationale for performing Criminal Background Checks:
- To facilitate the placement of students into clinical training programs
- To bolster the public's continuing trust in the medical profession.
- To enhance the safety and well-being of patients.
- To ascertain the ability of accepted applicants and enrolled PA students to eventually become licensed as PAs.
- To minimize the potential liability of medical schools and their affiliated clinical facilities.
3.0. MSPA Studies Program Requirements and Procedures
3.1: Academic Records and Privacy of Student Record Information
3.2: Registration and Study List
3.3: Data Security and Privacy (HIPAA)
3.6: Ethical Conduct of Biomedical Research
3.7: Evaluation Completion Requirements
3.8: Industry Interactions Policy
3.9: Leaves of Absence and Discontinuation and Reinstatement
3.10: Malpractice Liability for MSPA Studies program Students
3.11: Medical Health Requirements and Immunizations
3.12: Policies and Resources for Encryption and Securing Devices
3.14: Stanford Medicine Policy for the Removal and Transport of PHI
3.15: Stanford University School of Medicine Medical Education Research Initiative
3.16: Surgical Procedures for MSPA Studies Program Students
3.17: Universal Precautions and Needlestick Protocol
3.18: Stanford Health Care/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Computer Access for PA Students (EPIC)
3.19: School of Medicine Learning Spaces
3.20: Absence Policy and Expectations
3.21: N95 Respirator Mask Fit Requirements for Medical Students
3.22: School of Medicine Dress Code Guidelines for the Clinical Setting