The following is excerpted from the Rotation Manual 2007-08

 

Specific Requirements & Responsibilities

         B.      Dress Code

 

B.     Dress Code

 

General Appearance

The student must exhibit a professional appearance both in manner and dress and must adhere at all times to the standards specified by his or her preceptor. 

The student's general appearance and hair must be clean and well groomed.  Offensive body odor and poor personal hygiene is not acceptable.

Appearance should not distract from a patient-centered focus.

 

Students are required to wear a clean, pressed, short white lab coat and must wear their Creighton University name badge at all times (unless otherwise directed

by the faculty for a particular site).  If you need a new name badge, please e-mail Liz Gustin (egustin@creighton.edu) in the Office of Academic and Student Affairs.

 

Clothing and Shoes

Men must wear a shirt and tie and dress pants for all rotations unless instructed otherwise by the preceptor.  At all times, clothing should be neat and clean,

moderate style and color. 

 

Women must wear dress pants, skirt or dress.  Skirt lengths must be of a conservative nature; no mini-skirts are allowed.

 

Approved professional clothing includes business casual attire, which is pressed, clean and in good condition with no tears or stains.  Clothing needs to fit properly

and be loose enough to allow performance of clerkship activities.

 

Unacceptable dress includes:

Logo t-shirts, which include t-shirts with pictures/printing and undershirts of any color (except when worn under another approved garment).

Shorts, carpenter pants, leggings, stirrup pants, wind pants, sweats or jogging suits, capris, mini-skirts and skorts.

Jeans or any pants made to be or to resemble jeans, regardless of color or fabric.  Denim material shirts, skirts or dresses (includes chambray material).

Halter tops.

Tank tops/camisoles (unless worn under a jacket).

Midriff top.

Thermal or flannel shirts.

Lycra or tight attire.

Any clothing where cleavage, bras, or briefs/underwear are consistently visible.

Flip-flop shoes and sandals.

 

Hair, Nails and Jewelry

Hair (including facial hair) is to be neatly trimmed and styled.  Length may be individualized but extreme looks are not allowed.

Fingernails are to be neat, clean and well maintained.

All visible tattoos need to be covered.  All visible body piercing/adornments (other than in the ears) are not permitted to be worn during clerkship hours,

including nail, tongue, eyebrow, nose, lip or any other facial piercing/adornments.  Visible ear adornments are limited to three per ear.  All unapproved

piercing/adornments must be removed while at the clerkship site.

 

Jewelry and other accessories need to be conservative/moderate style and not excessive.  Pins and insignia are permitted.

 

Any student not following the above dress code may be asked to leave case study until they meet the appropriate codes listed above.