Overview
The official policies, guidelines, and codes of conduct applicable to the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) medical degree programme, its staff, and students, are below. These are both the authoritative and most recent versions of these documents.
If you have any queries about these documents please contact:
Email otagomedicalschool@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 470 9776
Documents
Assessment
- MB ChB Assessment Policies and Procedures (PDF) – 20 January 2026
- MB ChB Standards for Assessment in the MB ChB Programme (PDF)
- MB ChB Assessment Incident Reporting Form (PDF)
- Academic Misconduct in OMS-run assessments that inform progress decisions (PDF)
- Otago Medical School Prize List (PDF)
- Procedures on the Retention, Release, and Disposal of Records related to Student Assessment (PDF)
Codes of Conduct
- Code of Professional Conduct for Medical Students (PDF)
- A Guide to Academic Conduct (PDF)
- Medical Council of NZ and OMS Memorandum of Understanding (PDF) - Reviewed 2024
- Medical Students and Informed Consent: a national consensus statement (2023) (PDF)
- Code of Practice for Fitness to Practise (PDF)
- Guidelines on Maintaining Confidentiality of Clinical Material (PDF)
- Guide to Online Professionalism for Medical Practitioners and Medical Students (PDF)
- Taking and Sharing Images - A Guide for Otago Medical Students (PDF)
- Student Absence from Learning (PDF)
- Students Viewing Patients' Health Information Policy (PDF)
- Cultural Safety Statement (PDF)
Options
- BMedSc(Hons) Guidelines (PDF)
- Other Study Opportunities for Medical Students (PDF)
- Research Opportunities for Medical Students (PDF)
- MB ChB–PhD Protocol (PDF)
- Withdrawal and Readmission to the Medical Programme (PDF)
- Withdrawal and Readmission Forms (PDF)
- Exit Options After Third Year Policy (PDF)
- Application for Transfer within the MB ChB Programme campuses (PDF)
- Transfers to University of Otago MBChB programme from University of Auckland MBChB programme (PDF)
Safety and well-being
- Emergency Response – Dealing with Blood and Body Fluids (PDF)
- Policy on Infectious Diseases for Health Professional Students (PDF)
- Statement on Te Whatu Ora COVID pre-employment vaccination policy (July 2023) (PDF)
- Processes for confidentially reporting events of concern in the learning environment (University access only via Moodle)
- Otago Medical School Trainee Intern Working Hours Guidelines 2019 (PDF)
- 2020 OMS Support for Student Parents (PDF)
- Student Critical Incident Policy