MD Program Students:

If you have questions related to your specific circumstances as a current student in the MD program, please contact Student Affairs directly. If emergent, you may use the Student Affairs emergency hotline (215.991.8184), or email if not urgent.

The Office of Student Affairs & Career Advising continues to operate full time (remotely) with uninterrupted delivery of all services and resources to support students personally, academically, for career guidance, with financial planning and/or for any other student needs. The Student Affairs deans and staff can be reached by email or phone.

Medical School Office of Student Wellbeing: The health providers in the Office of Student Wellbeing continue to provide care for medical students virtually. Students can contact the providers by phone or email.

All medical school course directors and thread faculty are conducting classes online and continue to be available to students by Zoom or email.

Graduate Students:

If you have questions related to your specific circumstances as a current graduate student in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Students, please contact your program director, faculty advisor or academic administrator.

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Aside from self-isolating, if a student has developed fever with cough or shortness of breath, or has had contact with someone who is suspected to have coronavirus, the student is advised to call the Drexel Student Health Center right away at 215.220.4700. Students in the MD program must also contact Student Affairs using the Student Affairs emergency hotline (215.991.8184).

Beginning Monday, March 16, we are temporarily suspending all third- and fourth-year medical student presence in clinical settings This decision was made after discussions with our educational leadership team and our clinical partners, and includes all required Year 3 clerkships and all Year 4 clinical subinternships, required clinical courses and elective rotations. We are not in any way halting medical education or suspending clerkships, but we have temporarily switched to online modalities (virtual cases) for the learning of medical and graduate students at all Drexel-affiliated hospitals and clinical health care education settings. Plans for schedule changes lasting into mid-May have recently been announced to current medical students.

In conjunction with the University and our health care partners, we will reassess the further suspension of student presence in clinical settings as conditions warrant. Clinical education and graduate research are very important, and we will continue to work on short-term alternatives to limit disruption of education.

Please send all licensing forms to QLCert@drexel.edu. Transcripts can be requested through Drexel One. Only electronic transcripts are available at this time. If you have any issue satisfying the transcript requirements for your residency, contact QLCert@drexel.edu. For residencies that require final transcripts, please request the transcript after you receive an email from the Registrar stating that you have satisfied all degree requirements and are clear to graduate. Emails are sent on a rolling basis as students complete fourth-year requirements.

Please also continue to check your Drexel email and the Commencement website for updates.

Students who have questions about financial aid, billing, etc. should contact Drexel Central.

Remote instruction will continue for all courses in the graduate programs. Except where otherwise specified, classes will meet remotely at their regularly scheduled times. For those programs participating in spring break, March 23 – March 27, the break will carry on as normal.

Posted graduation dates and deadlines, including application for degree, will remain the same. Please consult with your academic program regarding any additional graduation dates and deadlines. Please continue to check your Drexel email and the Commencement website for updates.

Students who have questions about financial aid, billing, etc. should contact Drexel Central.

Graduate students receiving compensation via stipend are asked to complete their work remotely. Stipends will continue during this period as long as work is performed. Please contact your principal investigator (PI) if you have any questions or concerns.

Please contact Drexel University Instructional Technology for IT help and for information on accessing Drexel services and resources remotely. For technical help and information on accessing medical school resources, please contact the Technology in Medical Education (TIME) team at TIME@drexel.edu.

Student and academic support services will continue to operate in a remote format. Please check Drexel websites for updated hours and operations.

Visit the Drexel University Libraries website for updated hours and information about remote operations.

The Center for Learning and Academic Success Services (CLASS) will be offering tutoring and peer academic coaching exclusively through online modalities. They can also help support students adjust to online learning. Register for one of their upcoming workshops on online learning.

Faculty and professional staff are advised to seek medical care by calling their primary care doctor and asking to be evaluated for the COVID-19 infection. Immediately after calling your provider, please contact covid19health@drexel.edu and provide your name and a phone number to be contacted by a Drexel representative. It is imperative that the University is aware of any exposure risk to the members of the Drexel community.

Faculty members will continue to be compensated in accordance with Drexel’s current practice.

If the professional staff member is able and approved to work remotely, they will not be required to use their leave time. Members of a collective bargaining unit should refer to their union contract.

If the professional staff member is unable to work remotely, they will be paid via their sick leave. If they do not have enough sick leave accrued, the professional staff member will be permitted to utilize future sick leave accruals to ensure that there is no disruption in pay. Members of a collective bargaining unit should refer to their union contract.

If the individual is experiencing symptoms and is unable to work as a result, they are required to use their sick leave. If needed, the professional staff member will be permitted to utilize future sick leave accruals to ensure that there is no disruption in pay. Members of a collective bargaining unit should refer to their union contract.

Drexel has closed all campus facilities to the public until further notice, and effective March 23, only life-sustaining essential personnel are permitted on campus. To access campus buildings, those employees will need to present the letter they received designating them as life-sustaining essential personnel, as well as their DragonCard.

Please see the Office of Research & Innovation Research Enterprise Guidance in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic website for information.

The Office of Admissions would like to address the concerns of MD Program applicants during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is causing unprecedented disruption to academic work and MCAT testing.

The College of Medicine is keenly aware of the many challenges that applicants are facing and we understand the need to be flexible in our approach to admissions during this time.

Please be advised of the following:

• The Admissions Committee will accept Pass/Fail, online, and courses not taken at an applicant’s “home school” without penalty to the applicant.
• The deadline to complete the 2021 application is extended from January 1 to February 1.
• The date to submit MCATs will be extended from September of 2020 to the last date in 2020 that the MCAT is offered. MCATs from 2021 will only be accepted for special program students.
• 2020-2021 applicants will not be penalized for experiences they had planned to complete or participate in that were impacted by the COVID 19 pandemic.
• All applicants will receive a secondary application. Applicants with complete files who indicate they intend to sit for a future MCAT testing in 2020 will be held for review until the results of that testing have been received.

Please continue to visit our website for the latest information about this evolving situation.

For questions, please contact the Admissions Office by email at medadmis@drexel.edu.

College of Medicine 2020-2021 MD program applicant interviews are being conducted virtually. Interviews are by invitation only. For questions about admission to the MD program, please email medadmis@drexel.edu. Detailed information about the MD program and the admissions process can be found at MD Program Admissions.

For questions about the graduate programs and applying to the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies, please email CoM_GraduateSchool@drexel.edu, or use the chat function on our program web pages. There are also many online open houses available for more information.