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INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
FORT WAYNE
STUDENT MANUAL
2008-2009Bulletin Boards – Mail – Lockers - Student Addresses - Student Lounges - Campus Dining - Student Study Areas - Building Access - Equipment/Materials - Computer- Assisted Instruction Lab - IUSM Identification Cards - Laboratory Safety - Telephone Calls - Services Within Indiana University School Of Medicine - Fort Wayne - Other Services - Student Fees - Athletic Center Fees - Parking Fees And Regulations - Class Attendance - Cancellation Of Classes – Vacations - Grading System – Cheating – Plagiarism - Library And Information Services - Other Library Services – Research - Usmle-I Board Examinations - Food Services - Campus Bookstore - Sites For Academic Activities - Special Events - Class Representative - Local Medical Community Liaisons
Bulletin boards are placed in the student lounge (Room 104). Please check these boards carefully for announcements of seminars, class schedules, other official notices, and in some courses, exam grading keys.
Each student has a campus mailbox in the IUSM-FW student lounge (Room 104). Routine memos will be placed on the students' bulletin board. The campus mailbox will be used mainly for notices to all students, and should be checked daily. It is recommended that a student use his/her local residential address for receiving personal mail. Outgoing mail may be brought to Room 111. There is a campus post office located in the IPFW Printing Services Building. Outgoing mail and Fed EX leaves the campus at 4:00 PM daily. Please remember to affix postage stamps on any outgoing mail.
Each student is assigned a locker. Lockers are located outside of the classrooms. Locks are furnished by IUSM-FW and must be returned at the end of the academic year.
Please keep Ms. Andrea Haskins, Administrative Assistant, Room 111A , apprised of your current local address and phone number. Any changes during the academic year should be reported not only to our offices, but to the Office of Medical Student Affairs in Indianapolis (phone 8-1-317-274-1970).
IUSM-FW Student lounge is located in the hallway by the classrooms in Room 104. There are additional student lounge areas on the campus of IPFW on the first floor of Walb Student Union, the first floor of Helmke Library, and the ground floor of Kettler Hall. Vending machines are located in most of these areas.
There is a Subway located in the basement of Kettler, and a Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in the basement of the Walb Student Union Building.
The IUSM-FW student lounge is located in Room 104. Two refrigerator/freezers and
three microwave ovens and vending machines available for your use. Each student is responsible for keeping the microwaves, refrigerator, counters, and lounge furniture clean. Since the lunch periods both the first and second year classes may overlap, it will be necessary to cooperate in the use of microwaves and seating space, as well as keeping this area clean for all students.MSI students can study in Classroom 101. MSII Students will use Classroom 103. The library (Room 110), and Rooms 102 amd 107 may also be used for studying.
Smoking is prohibited in all indoor areas of the IPFW campus. Drugs, alcohol, and firearms are strictly prohibited on this campus.
All students will be issued a key card to access the Medical Education and Research Building, and a key for student accessible area on the first two floors (Basement and First Floor). IUSM-FW medical students have unlimited access to the first two floors (Basement and First floor) of the building, and access to the Second Floor will be limited to 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
There is a $5.00 fee for each lost key. Campus police are pleased to escort students to their cars in the evening hours if the student desires. (481-6827).
EQUIPMENT/MATERIALS WITHIN THE CENTERPlease leave all materials in their assigned location, unless you have permission from the Center Director to move them.
Students will have access to computers located in the Library (Room 110), Student Lounge (Room 104), Student Study Room (Room 102), and PBL Conference Room (Room 107). These computers may be used for appropriate Internet searches, graphics, statistical analysis and work-related word processing. Each student will have an IUPUI based E-mail account and address, which will facilitate statewide communication. The account will be established during Orientation. All students are required to have their own laptop computer.
In addition to the student computer workstations, wireless internt is available throughout the first floor. To connect wirelessly on IPFW's campus, you will need the following:
An active IPFW account (Username and Password)
A laptop with a compatible wireless card
No client is required, but some configuration is necessary
Additional information can be obtained from the IPFW Information Technology Services Help Dest at (260)481-6030.
A printer is available for student use in teh Student Lounge (Room 104) and can be accessed from one of the student computers. Printing should be limited to school and course related materials.
DO NOT VISIT INAPPROPRIATE WEBSITES ON THESE COMPUTERS.
PLEASE DO NOT HAVE ANY FOOD OR DRINK WHILE USING THE COMPUTERS.
Student Access Key cards are also IUSM-FW ID Cards.
IUSM identification cards are necessary for use of Ruth Lilly Medical Library at Indianapolis or for access to IU athletic events. You will need these cards when arriving in Indianapolis during Junior Year. Cards can be obtained during Summer 2003 at Ball Residence Hall, Room 107 or at Student Activities, 815 West Michigan, Room 127; Monday through Friday, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.
1. Eating or drinking is prohibited in all research and teaching laboratories.
2. Safety glasses, gloves, appropriate lab coats, or surgical scrubs should be worn when working in the gross anatomy laboratory.
3. A First Aid kit is located in the Copy Room/Mail Room (CM 305). Please familiarize yourself with its location.
4. Eye wash stations and fire showers are located in all teaching and research laboratories. To use the fire shower, pull the chain leading to the overhead unit; to use the eye wash station, turn the water on with the push lever to divert water upward through the eyewash device.
5. Fire extinguishers are located in each laboratory. Familiarize yourself with their location.
6. Loud fire alarms are located strategically in the corridors of the third floor of the Classroom Medical Building. Although we have not had any emergencies in the past, we should respond to any alarms by promptly leaving the building in an orderly fashion.
7. Broken glass containers are located in each research laboratory. Broken glass should not be placed in containers with waste paper and other trash.
8. Specific bio-hazard containers are located in research laboratories using hypodermic needles, scalpels, etc.
9. Familiarize yourself with Universal Precautions in the handling of all human biological fluids.
In case of emergencies, incoming calls can be directed to 260-481-6730. Andrea Haskins will receive these calls and promptly contact the student involved.
A local access telephone is also available in the IUSM-FW student lounge (Room 104).
Cell phones should have the ringer turned off during all lecture and class sessions. If you need to make a phone call, please use the student lounge.
SERVICES WITHIN INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - FORT WAYNEDr. Chang, Acting Center Director, is available to provide each student with personal counseling and assistance on any problem he or she may have. Academic problems should be discussed promptly with the relevant faculty member involved first, and if unresolved, next with Dr. Chang.
Dr. Chang may be able to provide some information on job possibilities for spouses of medical students and information about off-campus housing. The IPFW Job Location Center (Career Services) can be reached by dialing 481-6595. Additional information about off campus housing and counseling can be obtained at 481-6730.
All medical students are required to have health insurance.
If you need medical assistance, you can go to IPFW/Parkview Health & Wellness Clinic in Walb Union Building, Room 234. Their phone number is 481-5748. Their hours are Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Friday 8:00 a.m. to noon.
There are several RediMeds in Fort Wayne, if you need to see a doctor in the evenings or on weekends.
If at any point during the semester that you find yourself in need of talking to someone about a personal, spiritual, or family crisis, please call any of the following individuals: Don Smith, IPFW personal counselor, at 481-6592; Ben Gates, Protestant campus minister, at 481-6992; or Sister Patricia Ann Murray, Catholic campus minister, at 481-6994.
Dr. Chang can arrange counseling services for medical students with Dr. Kevin Murphy, or Dr. Herb Trier.
All student fees (including microscope rental) will be paid at the Medical School campus in Indianapolis as discussed in the Indiana University School of Medicine Student Manual during Indianapolis orientation programs.
An Athletic Center fee can be paid at the IPFW Gates Athletic Center located on the second floor level of the Gates Center. For a fee of $40.00 a semester or $70 a year, a student may purchase an athletic center and activities card.
Students can park in "B" parking areas only. If you receive four unpaid parking or campus traffic violations your car will be towed from campus. Failure to pay for traffic violations can lead to action by the IUSM Promotions Committee since proper student ethics are required.
As indicated in the Indiana University School of Medicine Student Manual, all lectures, laboratories, and clinical conferences are to be attended by all students. Classes will begin promptly at their scheduled times. If you need to be absent for a personal illness or some family emergency, please notify your instructors and Andrea Haskins (481-6730) in advance of your absence. Contact instructors upon return to the Center about missed work.
At times during the winter months, IUSM-FW classes have been infrequently cancelled. The most common cause for these cancellations is excessive snowfall requiring campus closure to permit the complete clearing of all parking lots and roadways. You will be able to determine if IUSM-FW classes are cancelled by tuning in to local radio or TV stations early in the morning or by 481-5770 or 481-6050. If IPFW is closed, the Fort Wayne Center will be closed to all medical students. If you have assigned clinical activities in a physician's office or in a local hospital during that day, you should presume that these clinical activities will occur unless you have been specifically notified by phone of cancellations.
Students at the IUSM-FW will not have classes on Labor Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Students will also have a fall break, Thanksgiving recess, Christmas - New Year recess, and a spring break.
Check individual class calendars for specifics about recesses.
The grading scale that will be used within the Fort Wayne Center is as follows:
92-100% Honors
84-91.9% High Pass
75-83.9% Pass
Below 75% FailEach course director is allowed some flexibility when assigning final grades; thus the student should discuss grading philosophy with the individual faculty member.
Additional information on the Indiana University School of Medicine grading system, academic performance, and professional conduct is provided in the Indiana University School of Medicine Student Manual.
Each faculty member will explain to the class how he/she will administer and monitor exams. If a faculty member suspects that cheating is occurring during an exam, the faculty member will confromt the involved student(s).
This incident will be reported to the Center Director who will report the incident to the IUSM Student Promotions Committee.Generally, a student will be required to appear before the IUSM Student Promotions Committee and show cause why he/she should not be dismissed from medical school for incidents of cheating.
Plagiarized works (problem sets, term papers, other reports) will not be accepted to fulfill course requirements. Plagiarism not only includes directly copying the work of another current or past student, but also quoting large sections of a textbook or journal article without properly citing the original source.
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICESThe Somers Medical Library located in Room 110 will serve many of your library needs. It contains three computers for student access. Feel free to suggest other books for potential purchase to Dr. Chang. Information will be provided about procedures for use of library materials and services.
Students also have access to the Ruth Lilly Medical Library. Xerox copies of journal articles can be obtained through IUSM Interlibrary Loan Services on the internet. Many additional periodicals, textbooks and monographs are located in the IPFW Helmke Library. A full-time library staff is present there to assist you with your needs. There are microfilm readers and printers located on the first floor of the Helmke Campus Library as well as coin/card operated copy machines.
Medical students in Fort Wayne have access to the following local medical library services:
1. St. Joseph Hospital Medical Information Center
700 Broadway
Monday - Thursday, 7:45 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
First floor - (Next to doctor's lounge)
Peter Costich - 425-3094 [Fax: 425-3093]
Pcostich@lutheran-hosp.com2. Parkview Memorial Hospital
2200 Randallia
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Ground Floor - Ebcohost
Shannon Clever - 373-3690 [Fax: 373-3692]
3. The Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
7950 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Call Security for access after normal hours
Located - Lower Level
Tammy Trauner; Phone 435-7277 [Fax: 435-7617]
4. IPFW (Campus Library)
Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, Noon - 11:00 p.m.
Phone, 481-6505Opportunities are available for first and second year medical students to participate in
research programs of faculty members within the Fort Wayne Center for Medical
Education and clinical faculty in our local medical community. Time to do research
can be scheduled in off hours, evenings, weekends, or during the summer months for
freshman students following the end of the first year curriculum. Students are
encouraged to familiarize themselves with the research interests of IUSM-FW faculty
and local clinical faculty. A collection of faculty publications, abstracts, and our
Faculty Research Interests Bulletin is available from Ms. Auchtung in CM 345.Students have the opportunity to participate in the IUSM Honors in Medicine Program
at the end of their first academic year and in their senior year with various IUSM-FW
faculty serving as research project preceptors. There are stipends available to
financially assist students during summer research. Additional information about the
Honors in Medicine program can be obtained from Dr. Fen-Lei Chang.Stipends have been available from the Midwest Alliance for Health Education for
undergraduate and freshman medical students interested in summer research
projects with local approved physician or basic scientist mentors. Most recently, this
program involved nearly 40 students in a nine week Student Research Fellowship Program
paid a stipend of $2,300, and one student in a four week Clinical Case Studies
Program and a stipend of $1,150. Additional information about research
opportunities can be obtained from Dr. Chang.Please consult the Indiana University School of Medicine Student Manual for
information describing the United States Medical Licensure Examinations, Step I,
which is given to all IU School of Medicine Students at the end of their second
academic year. This exam, which covers course work of the first two years of
medical school, must be passed before junior clerkships are initiated within Indiana University School of Medicine. Each sophomore student will receive paperwork
to register and pay a fee.Standardized statewide final examinations for the two semester Introduction to Medicine
course and General/Systemic Pathology courses, are given at the end of the second year
also.Freshman students will complete OSCE's during semester one, a triple jump exam practice
at the beginning of semester two, and the triple jump exam after spring break.We will offer brief review sessions in selected basic sciences areas to IUSM-FW sophomore
students during semester IV and prior to the scheduling of USMLE-Step I.Food services are provided in the cafeteria area of the Walb Student Union Building, lower
level. A number of local restaurants are in close proximity to the campus on Anthony
Boulevard (Wendy's, Atz's), Coliseum Boulevard (Ruby Tuesdays, Long John Silver's, Bob
Evans, Cheddars, Chili's, Carlos O'Kelley's, Don Pablo's McDonalds, Arbys, and more), and
State Street (Acme, and Bagel Station).Two refrigerator/freezers and four microwave ovens are available for student use in the
Student Lounge, Room 104.All textbooks and materials for the medical education program within the Fort Wayne Center
can be purchased at the local IPFW campus bookstore (owned by Follett's) located on the
ground floor level of Kettler Hall. Bookstore hours are currently 8:30 AM to 7:30 PM, Monday
through Thursday, 8:30 AM until 1:00 PM on Friday, and 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM on
Saturday. Their hours do vary depending on the time of the year. You may want to call
before you go over. Textbooks should be purchased within the first two weeks of the
semester.Lectures and clinical correlation conferences for freshmen will be offered in Classroom 101, and sophomore lectures will be offered in Classroom 103.
Some clinical correlation conferences will be hosted in area hospitals and physician's offices.
Advance notice will be given when field trips are scheduled so you can dress appropriately.Periodically, seminars will be offered within the Fort Wayne Center for Medical Education,
either live or from remote sites via videoconferencing. These seminars will be on current
research topics and will be presented by IUSM-FW faculty, IUSM faculty, and other visiting
scientists. You will be provided with announcements of seminars and Director's hours as
they are scheduled.
CLASS REPRESENTATIVE
Each class will select a class representative to serve on the statewide IUSM Student Council.
This representative will have a two year term of office and will attend periodic meetings at the
Indianapolis campus, or participate via videoconferencing. An alternate can be selected to
represent the class when the regular representative is unavailable. Arrangements will be
made to select the freshman class representative and alternate early in the fall semester.
LOCAL MEDICAL COMMUNITY LIAISONS
The President of the Fort Wayne Medical Society Alliance can provide opportunities for
student social interactions with local physicians and their families. If you are
interested, you can contact the Medical Society at 420-1011.If you have an interest in local Medical Society activities, you can contact President
Tom Gutwein, M.D., (420-1011) or Executive Director Win Rood (420-1011).Local hospitals have research review boards and medical ethics committees. Dr. Chang
can arrange opportunities for participation., as well as opportunities to shadow particular
physicians in certain specialties.
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