Online Handbook Preface

This material has been assembled from many sources for the information of the medical faculty and staff and to aid the administrators who help execute the policies and procedures of the School of Medicine. This is the fourth edition. The first edition was issued in 1975; it was revised in 1978 and again in 1987. We have attempted to make this Year 2000 edition of the School of Medicine Handbook more complete and user friendly by incorporating many of the former appendices into the corresponding chapters, adding procedural checklists and organizing materials so that each chapter is more of a stand-alone manual.

General University policies and procedures are found in the Handbook for Academic Council Faculty, Medical Center Line Faculty, Academic Staff Teaching, Other Teaching Staff (the University's Faculty Handbook) and other University sources, such as the Stanford University Administrative Guide and the Research Policy Handbook, which also apply to the School of Medicine. The currently applicable versions of these policies and procedures are available on-line.

All material in this handbook is meant to be consistent with the University's policies and the latter take precedence. Moreover, in an environment as dynamic as the University, in general, and the School of Medicine, in particular, change will periodically occur in the policies and procedures to which the faculty, staff and students are subject. Please check on-line at http://med.stanford.edu/academicaffairs for the currently applicable versions of those policies and procedures that appear in the School of Medicine Handbook.

September 2000

Linda Deasy
Lynne Gilberg
Marian Knox
Richard L. Popp