Email and Electronic Communications

Students must recognize that all electronic communications are considered public, not private, and therefore subject to discovery in legal matters, and can be made available to the general public
Patient data, patient identifiers, and other sensitive personal health information must not be transmitted electronically  
Students must check their UCI email daily as this is the primary mode of communication between faculty, staff, and students
All UCI emails should include an email signature formatted as described in MS1 Orientation materials:
- FirstName LastName, MS1
- UC Irvine School of Medicine
- UCInetID@hs.uci.edu
- Mobile phone number
- Preferred Pronouns
Account forwarding of a student’s UCI Exchange account to a third-party  provider such as Gmail or Yahoo is not permitted
Students must adhere to additional policies set forth by the UCI Office of Information Technology: https://www.oit.uci.edu/policy/

Social Media
It is the official policy of the UC Irvine School of Medicine that medical students will not post any information related to patient care or clinical work anywhere online. This includes direct identifiers of patients and specific events as well as any indirect comments that, when combined with other information available online such as place of work, may lead to identification of patients. Students that choose to participate in an online community or other form of public media should do so with the understanding that they are accountable for any content posted online.

Revised on 07/26/23. Approved by MEDED Dean's Cabinet.