Senior Scholars months must be completed by March of the student’s graduating year so that April can be used to complete the required scientific poster for presentation at Senior Scholars Poster Presentation Day (in late April or early May of each year). Abstracts are due by the end of March.

In addition, students are not allowed to use both of their Senior Scholars months during the time of residency interviews (e.g., October/November, November/December, or December/January – depending on residency interview schedules of a particular specialty). While there are often many aspects of research that can be done ‘off-campus’, the Senior Scholars Committee does not allow both months (if only 2 are being completed) to be during residency interview blocks. If 3 months of Senior Scholars are being conducted, then there are additional options for using residency recruitment months for more than 4 weeks; see Program Director.