Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM)—Osteopathic Medicine Program 2025–2026 137 When considering sites for approval, the following criteria are considered: • The site is an active medical education training site affiliated with a D.O. or M.D. medical school, but cannot be a KPCOM-established site. • The physician supervising the KPCOM student has an active faculty appointment at a COCAaccredited osteopathic medical school or LCME-accredited medical school or be approved by the KPCOM Credentialing Committee, and is an experienced medical educator. • Priority will be given to sites that are designated federally qualified community health centers, county health departments, or Area Health Education Center (AHEC) sites. • The selective rural rotation can be in a rural/urban hospital, inpatient or outpatient. Selective rotations at core sites will not be approved. 7. Housing for Rural Rotations Housing for core clinical rotations, electives, and selective rotations is not the responsibility of the KPCOM. The KPCOM has available housing for students in certain geographical locations for the required eightweek block rural and urban heightened-need medicine rotations that are significantly distant from the core campuses. The student is not required to utilize this housing during those rotations. Students may not come early or stay late at the provided housing for these core rotations. The move-in day to the apartment/housing is the Saturday prior to the rotation start date after 12:00 p.m., and the move-out date is the last Friday of the rotation by 12:00 p.m. The specifics for each housing site is located on Canvas, in the Clinical Education section, in the corresponding rotation folder. All management and scheduling of student housing will be carried out through the rural rotation lead department. No other faculty or staff representative of the KPCOM shall have the responsibility or the ability to make decisions concerning this area. Please be aware that some housing sites require a student application form and/or a Level 2 background check to be completed. Students should respond to correspondence regarding rural rotations expeditiously, as there may be forms to complete well in advance of the assigned rotation. It should be noted that students might share a two-bedroom apartment. If, for any reason, a student does not wish to share an apartment with another student, it is the responsibility of the student not accepting the housing assignment to make housing arrangements at the student’s own expense. Property should be cared for as if it belonged to the student. The student will be responsible for any damages incurred. The KPCOM reserves the right to change housing assignments at any time and to charge students for damages, extra cleaning, and/or Internet/cable expenses determined to be the students’ responsibility. Students are expected to keep track of their own long-distance phone calls, as well as Internet/cable charges in excess of the basic package provided. Students will be responsible for charges in excess of the basic packages.
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