Who to Contact 

Away Rotations

For VSLO application support or to schedule an away rotation:

Clinical Education and Scheduling Coordinator
vslo@umn.edu 

Clerkships (Questions Specific to a Clerkship)

Please see the course directory for contact information for your clerkship coordinator and clerkship director. 

Course Directors:

• Determine Curriculum

• With the sites, set capacity

• Oversee the Course as a whole

• Oversee sites to ensure equivalent experiences

• Approve absence requests

• Award Final Grades

Site Directors: 

• Oversee the implementation of the course at the site level

• Are faculty members working at that site

Course Coordinators: 

• Ensure that sites have accurate course rosters so that site staff can prepare for students

• Approve late adds

• Handle late drops

• Approve arranged course adds

• Maintain Canvas sites and send out information prior to clerkship start

• Set up orientation

• May set up didactic lecturers

• Work with the Assessment and Evaluation team as needed

• Input grades into PeopleSoft

• Monitor student onboarding for completion

• General Student questions

• Liaise with site for any course/capacity/site issues/questions

Site Coordinators:

• Prepare day-to-day schedules for students

• Are your first point of contact at the site

• May connect students with onboarding personnel

Epic Access (M Health Fairview Epic)

Olivia Haines
MHealth Fairview Education Office
olivia.haines@fairview.org 

For Epic Training Questions:
Medical Student Onboarding Team
onboarding@umn.edu 

Financial Aid

msfao@umn.edu
612-625-4998
https://med.umn.edu/md-students/financial-aid 

Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs)

Please see the LIC Canvas Site. 

Required Clinical Experiences

Holly Proffitt
Director, Clinical Immersion and Transitions
proff022@umn.edu

For help troubleshooting the RCE dashboard, contact Brett Weaver (weave333@umn.edu )

Wellness and Wellbeing

Confidential Bridging Counseling Services (CBCs) is a FREE and CONFIDENTIAL short-term counseling opportunity for medical students.  You can select an appointment slot at this link: https://z.umn.edu/Bridging or email maryanne@umn.edu if the available appointment slots don’t fit your schedule. For more information, reach out to Maryanne Reilly-Spong, PhD, maryanne@umn.edu.

Please refer to Ask MedEd for additional resources on wellness and wellbeing.