{"id":53,"date":"2010-05-12T12:14:38","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T16:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2026-01-13T20:35:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:35:56","slug":"policies-procedures-handbook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/academics\/policies-procedures-handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Policies, Procedures and Handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine<\/strong> is committed to a work environment that is professional, collegial, supportive of all personnel, and conducive to providing the best possible patient care, teaching, and research. The school places a very high priority on maintaining a work environment for staff, trainees, and faculty characterized by generosity, integrity, constructive interactions, mentoring, and respect for diversity and differences among members of our community. All faculty, staff and students are also expected to model the behavioral attributes\u00a0of responsibility, empathy, service excellence, problem solving and continuous improvement, efficiency, cultural competency and teamwork.<\/em><\/p>\n

The following policies and procedures concern all graduate students in\u00a0Graduate Medical Sciences<\/strong> at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Each student is responsible for becoming familiar with the policies and procedures of GMS\u00a0 and the more specific requirements of the individual departments or programs, which may supplement the Division policies and procedures. For the University policies, please check the following link http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/policies\/<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n

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General Policies<\/h4>\n