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Indiana University School of Medicine
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Phase 3 Annual Compliance

Due Date for Completion:  April 26, 2024

IU School of Medicine requires all students to maintain current, valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers ONLY from a licensed American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross training facility or provider. BLS certification from any other BLS course will not be accepted by the school as valid BLS certification. This documentation must be submitted to the Compliance Office via your MedHub account annually and kept up to date. Valid BLS courses should have an educational component (either online or in-person) and an in-person skills check-off component.

It is the student’s responsibility to obtain and maintain valid BLS certification.

Recommended Courses

CPR, K-12 First Aid, and other course types will not be accepted as valid BLS certification.

Submission to Compliance

  1. You must submit documentation of your annual BLS certification to Compliance through your MedHub account. Upload a copy of your BLS certification documentation to your MedHub account. This document must have the AHA or American Red Cross logo, your name, and dates of certification.  Certificate showing completion of the online educational course only will not be accepted.
  2. Submission of your BLS certification documentation to your regional campus or departmental administrative staff does not comply with mandatory compliance requirements.

Regional Campus BLS Certification:

Students located at any of our regional campuses may choose to complete BLS certification either through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross. Your regional campus administrative staff or IU School of Medicine Compliance can help guide you to local classes and locations, or you may follow the links above to the American Heart Association or American Red Cross websites.

Indianapolis BLS Certification

Students in Indianapolis may choose to utilize the IU Health RQI program from the American Heart Association (AHA) in addition to the above options.

IU Health has converted BLS certification/recertification from its former full-day session into a quarterly, 15-minute online module and a 5-10 minute in-person cart check-off that is all accessible 24/7.  You must complete both the online and in-person cart check-off to be BLS certified.

RQI Quarterly Session Schedule:

  • Jan. 1-March 31
  • April 1-June 30
  • July 1-Sept. 30
  • Oct. 1-Dec. 31

BLS Certification/Recertification Steps:

  1. You will receive an email from RQI 1Stop and RQIPartner with the subject line of, “IUH Resuscitation System Account Creation” indicating that you are part of the RQI system. If you do not receive an email from RQI1Stop or RQIPartner, it is your responsibility to log in to RQI to obtain your certification.
  2. Once you receive that message, please click on the “Click Here” within the email to set a password. Your username is your email address to access the system. Please note, you will need your Cerner username and password to access the carts, where you will complete the skills portion in the system. You must complete the annual IU Health Physician Education Modules through the IU Health Center for Physician Education to obtain your Cerner log in information.
  3. If you do not receive an email from RQI1Stop or RQIPartner, please log in through the IU Health Center for Physician Education portal using your Cerner username and password.
  4. Complete the online module titled, “RQI Healthcare Provider: Prep.” This portion of the module is online simulation and should take you approximately 15 minutes and can be done at anytime, anywhere.
  5. Upon completion of the online module, you are now ready to complete the Skills Check-Off module. This will be done on carts located at IU Health hospital locations.
  6. Locate your BLS Certification Cart. These carts are accessible 24/7.  If you have questions as to the location of your cart, please access the RQI system for locations.
  7. Access the cart using your Cerner username and password. You will have three opportunities to pass each of the four sections of the Skills Check-Off.
  8. Upon successful completion of both modules, you are now certified/recertified in BLS.
  9. Retrieve proof of certification/recertification documentation by logging in to the RQI system dashboard once you successfully complete both modules. Your BLS certification/recertification documentation showing the certification date and expiration date must be uploaded and into your MedHub account and submitted for review. The MSE Compliance Office will then review your updated BLS certification/recertification and mark it as “Complete.”
  10. Remember that BLS recertification modules must be completed quarterly to maintain your certification and to be in compliance.

Find additional information regarding the RQI program through IU Health.

EPIC is an EMR used by many health care facilities around the state of Indiana. You must complete EPIC training prior to the start of your scheduled clinical rotation at a facility utilizing EPIC.

Learn more about EPIC training and EPIC transcripts.

Due Date for Completion: April 26, 2024

Phase 2 and Phase 3 students are required to submit to annual Fit Testing in accordance with OSHA regulations. The Fit Testing process involves determining the proper N95 mask for you. N95 masks are required to be worn during clinical clerkship rounds to protect against transmission of COVID-19, tuberculosis and other airborne diseases. 

Students must submit a Fit Test for at least one mask annually to be compliant with mandatory compliance requirements. Your Fit Test must be submitted to the Compliance Office to be compliant.

Based on your campus assignment, you will be Fit Tested for the N95 masks used by our affiliated partner facilities located near your campus. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure you are Fit Tested for all masks required for your campus assignment.

Submission to IU School of Medicine Compliance

  1. Email your complete test to IU Campus Health at healthsv@iu.edu. Fit Test documentation should include your name, date, the mask(s) tested, whether you passed or failed the Fit Test, and be signed and dated by the individual conducting the Fit Test. Submission of your Fit Test documentation to your regional campus staff or affiliated facility partner does not satisfy the school's mandatory compliance requirement.
  2. Submit your FIT testing completion to your MedHub account. Compliance will verify your FIT testing completion and note this element as complete.

Completion of the IU Health Physician Education Modules is required annually for all medical students statewide.

You must complete these modules to obtain your Cerner username and password.

Failure to complete annual IU Health Physician Education Modules may result in your Cerner log in information being suspended pending completion of the annual education modules.

IU Health Physician Education Modules for Phase 3 include:

  • HIPAA

  • Infectious Disease Prevention

  • Environmental Care

  • Patient Safety

  • Isolation Protocol

  • Cerner M-Pages 

  • High-Alert Medications

  • Incident Reporting       

  • Opioid Naiveté 

  • Language Services                    

  • Patient Safety and Quality Care

  • BLS Course                   

  • Isolation Protocol         

  • Introduction to USP 800 Hazardous Drugs Safety           

  • Riley Hand Hygiene Initiative 2022: Clinical Team Members       

  • Joint Commission Requirement: Stroke Recognition for All Clinical & Non-Clinical Team Members

* While IU Health may not require all assigned modules for Cerner access, IU School of Medicine requires completion of all assigned modules. The titles of these modules might vary slightly, but please complete all assigned modules. Additional modules may be assigned that are not on this list.

Completion of the modules typically takes three to four hours.

Students assigned to clinical clerkship rotations must also complete any location specific (i.e., IU North, IU West) modules.

IU Health Module completion procedure

  1. To complete your annual IU Health Physician Education Modules, please go to the website https://iuhealthcpe.org/login. You will use your IU email and log in information to access the modules. If you have difficulty accessing the modules, please email docs@iuhealth.org (CC compreq@iu.edu) for assistance.

  2. When you have completed all your assigned modules, you must email docs@iuhealth.org to inform them that you have completed the modules, and then your Cerner login information will be sent to you.

  3. Once you have completed all assigned modules for the current academic year and have emailed docs@iuhealth.org to obtain your Cerner log-in, mark this task as complete within your MedHub account. The annual requirement will be verified through the IU Health Center for Physician Education and then be marked complete by IU School of Medicine Compliance.

Due Date for Completion:  April 26, 2024

All students are required to complete HIPAA and OSHA training annually.

Prior to planned clinical rotations, you must have these two required elements completed. Completion of this training may also be a requirement for the onboarding process at our affiliated partner facilities.

IU HIPAA Training Module: https://expand.iu.edu/browse/e-training/courses/hipaa

  • The IU HIPAA training module is separate from the IU Health HIPAA module that is completed within the annual IU Health Physician Education Module.  Both IU and IU Health HIPAA training must be completed by students each year.

OSHA Training Module: https://expand.iu.edu/browse/e-training/ehs/courses/bloodborne-pathogens-training-for-clinical-spring-2024

  • Make sure you are completing the course designated for clinical employees and students.

Submission to IU School of Medicine Compliance

Please upload and submit your completion certificate for both the OSHA and HIPAA modules into your MedHub account.

  • The completion certificate will have the IU logo, your name, and the course name reflected on the completion certificate. Transcripts of the courses or screenshots showing course or quiz completion are not accepted.
  • The Compliance Office will then review your documentation and validate that you have completed these annual requirements.

If you have any questions regarding these mandatory compliance requirements, please feel free to contact Compliance at compreq@iu.edu.

All students taking Radiology during Phase 3 are required to complete the PowerScribe training and registration modules within the IU Health System. Your statewide course coordinator will notify you that you are required to obtain this training prior to the beginning of your Radiology rotation.

PowerScribe is a system utilized by IU Health Radiology for the creation and dissemination of dictated Radiology reports, notes, reporting and other functions.

Access to PowerScribe is found in the IU Health Annual Physician Education Modules at https://iuhealthcpe.org/People/EDU/Login.

You will utilize your Cerner log in information to access the PowerScribe training module.

Annual Influenza Vaccination

Due Date for Completion: October 30, 2023

All IU School of Medicine students are required to submit proof of an annual influenza vaccination. IU Campus Health offers several flu clinics across campus in the fall, or you may obtain flu vaccination from your health care provider, regional campus or pharmacy location.

Students may request an approved medical exemption for the influenza vaccination by contacting IU Campus Health at healthsv@iu.edu and IU School of Medicine Compliance at compreq@iu.edu. IU School of Medicine does not offer religious exemption for the annual influenza vaccination.

Submission to Compliance

  1. Submit documentation of your influenza vaccination by emailing IU Campus Health at healthsv@iu.edu. This documentation must reflect your name, date of vaccination, type of vaccine administered, and the administering entity. 
  2. Go to your MedHub account and submit that you have completed your influenza vaccination requirement. Compliance will verify with IU Campus Health and mark this element as complete.

COVID-19 Vaccination

Due Date for Completion: October 30, 2023

All IU School of Medicine students are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved medical exemption granted by the IU School of Medicine.

  • A person is defined as being fully vaccinated two weeks after the final dose of the primary vaccine.
  • At this time, receipt of a booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine is not required to be considered fully vaccinated, so long as the original series was completed.
  • Regardless of your immunization status, during your clinical rotations, you may be required to care for patients infected with COVID-19 under the standard precautions and with appropriate PPE provided. These measures have proven to be very effective in preventing transmission of COVID-19 for health care workers.

Most Phase 2 and Phase 3 students will have either been vaccinated or have an exemption filed with the school. If you have not previously documented your COVID-19 vaccination status with the school, please follow these instructions.

  1. Submit documentation of your COVID-19 vaccination by emailing IU Campus Health at healthsv@iu.edu. This documentation must reflect your name, date of vaccination, type of vaccine administered, and the administering entity. 
  2. Go to your MedHub account and submit that you have completed your influenza vaccination requirement. Compliance will verify with IU Campus Health and mark this element as complete.

If you need further information on obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination or a medical exemption, please contact Compliance at compreq@iu.edu.

If you do not submit documentation of your influenza and COVID-19 vaccinations to IU Campus Health and indicate completion in MedHub, you will not be in compliance. If you have any questions, please contact Compliance at compreq@iu.edu.