Service Animals and Emotional Support Animals
The university has a general “no pets” policy in all of its buildings. However, service animals are generally allowed to accompany their handlers on campus, including our clinics.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a service animal as a dog (or alternatively a miniature horse) that has been trained to perform an active task that mitigates the impact of the handler’s disability. Emotional support animals are defined as animals that provide passive support that ameliorates the impact of a disability. Unlike a service animal, emotional support animals are not automatically allowed to accompany their handlers into university buildings. Patients who desire bringing an emotional support animal to accompany them on a clinic visit must obtain approval from the university ADA coordinator and provide advanced notice prior to arrival.
Protect Your Electronics
There have been recent instances regarding electronic device theft from the main campus clinic. Please be mindful of not leaving your cell phone, iPad, laptop, or other electronic devices unattended. Interns are recommended to have them on your person, leave them in your student locker, or lock them in the wardrobe cabinet in your assigned exam room. If a visitor claims to be lost in the building, escort the person to their intended location if you are able and comfortable doing so. If you see suspicious persons or activity, discreetly communicate with the supervisor for that area, an Assistant Clinic Director, the Associate Dean for Clinical Services, or the building coordinator. If at any point you witness a crime, or you or someone else is in danger, do not confront the perpetrator directly. Either hit the panic button within a clinical area or Call OSU Police at 614-292-2121.
Required Training Due March 1
As a healthcare institution, we must abide by regulations to protect our patient data and ensure accessibility of digital materials to all patients. To be in compliance with these regulations, all personnel who conduct any degree of work within our organization must complete required training courses.
As such, the annual Digital Accessibility Policy (DAP) training and IT Security Awareness training deadline is March 1. The DAP training is available from your transcript in BuckeyeLearn and the Security Awareness training is available through the Cybersecurity4you platform found at Cybersecurity For You | Ohio State (osu.edu). Completing these activities will allow you to maintain access to college and university IT systems.