Holiday Accommodations

Absence from course activities including examinations during religious holidays that are not recognized as official University holidays will be arranged on an individual basis. Students should contact the course director for the relevant course to make such arrangements.

Medical students get the same holidays as the University calendar indicates, not counting weekends. For example, at Thanksgiving, Thursday and Friday are counted as holidays, Saturday and Sunday are not. Course Directors cannot grade students down for not working on holidays. Fourth year students who have direct patient care responsibilities are expected to work the same schedule as their teams. For official holidays, students will be relieved from clinical responsibilities at 6:00 AM the day of the holiday and will be expected to return to their clinical responsibilities at 6:00 AM the day after the holiday. Check with the educational program representative in charge of scheduling at UCIMC for more information on the holiday schedules. Easter is not considered a holiday so any student wishing to take Easter off must use one of their vouchers. Therefore, anyone who does not want to be on call the night before a specific holiday, or on a specific holiday, make sure not to schedule a Sub I or Emergency Medicine Rotation during that time. Holidays should not be counted as the student’s day off.

However, if a student is scheduled for a rotation and responsible for direct patient care (Sub I, ICU or Emergency Medicine) they will work the exact schedule that the team works. While on a Sub-Internship, Intensive Care Unit or Emergency Medicine, a student is considered the patient’s intern. Therefore, the student will adhere to the schedule set for the interns and their call will follow the intern schedule. The student will work from the Monday that begins the rotation until the Sunday that concludes that four-week rotation. Students will have days off as assigned to the interns on the service but must not expect to have more days off than would be assigned to an intern. It is especially important for students to keep this in mind when scheduling interviews. Finally, students will take holiday call as an intern. If the student’s team is assigned to call, the student is expected to take call. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, if the interns on the student’s service are required to round on a holiday, the student should expect to do so as well. Exceptions to this policy can be obtained only from the clerkship director.

Match Day Accommodations

Match Day is a day of celebration and recognition of the hard work that has led to this event. Therefore, students will be released from clinical duties at 6:00 a.m. the day of Match and return at 6:00 a.m. the day after the Match. All students are welcome to attend the Match Day Ceremony.

Honor's Evening Accommodations

Fourth year students will be released from clinical duties at 3:00 p.m. the day of the Honor's Evening Event. Students are expected to return to regular assignments at 6:00 a.m. the following day. However, if a student is scheduled for a rotation with direct patient care (Sub I, Emergency Medicine, or ICU), they are required to work the exact schedule that the team works. Therefore, anyone who wishes to have the night before the Honor’s Evening Event off, should not schedule the Senior Sub I, Emergency Medicine, or ICU rotation during that time.

"Celebrating Our Students" Accommodations

Students will be released from clinical duties at 3:00 p.m. the day of the Celebrating Our Students Ceremony. Students are expected to return to regular assignments at 6:00 a.m. the following day. However, if a student is scheduled for a rotation with direct patient care (Sub I or Emergency Medicine), they will work the exact schedule that the team works. Therefore, anyone who does not want to be on call the night before a specific holiday, or on a specific holiday, make sure not schedule the Senior Sub I, Emergency Medicine or ICU rotation during that time.

Revised on 05/03/22. Approved by MEDED Dean's Cabinet.