Amanda: For TBL in our Therapeutics course: If the absence is excused (communicates prior to class and misses class for a valid reason), the absence is "excused" - if absent on the day of a RAT, then the student is given the class mean score for the IRAT, and the same GRAT score as the group...if miss an AE, then only need to find out what was discussed in class...if absence is "unexcused" then zero scores for RATs Ed Edward Bell, PharmD, BCPS Professor of Clinical Sciences Drake University College of Pharmacy 515-271-1841 ________________________________ From: Team-Based Learning [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Emke, Amanda R. [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 11:24 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: What to do when they miss... I have a question for the group. Every year, we have students miss TBL sessions because of illness or being out of town for conferences. Because there are very few mandatory experiences at our school (outside of exams, almost none), students do not, and sometimes cannot, avoid missing sessions. How are absences handled? Amanda Amanda R. Emke, MD Instructor, Divisions of Pediatric Critical Care & Hospital Medicine Associate Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Course Master, Pre-Clinical Pediatrics St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University Physicians Washington University School of Medicine One Children's Place, Northwest Tower, Campus Box 8116 St. Louis, MO 63110 (314)454-2527 [log in to unmask] The materials in this email are private and may contain Protected Health Information. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that any unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender via telephone or return email.