Shadow Visitors
Shadow
Visitors Guidelines
UNC
Hospitals Volunteer Services does not arrange placement for Shadow
Visitors. Interested parties must contact hospital
departments directly to set up shadow experienecs. After a
department agrees to work with a shadow visitor, the preceptor and
visitor may follow the directions below.
*Please
note: shadowing is not permitted in operating rooms.
To the
Preceptor:
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Please read the
Shadow Visitor
Policy.
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Send an email to volsvcs@unch.unc.edu with the
following information:
1. Name of Shadow Visitor
2. Preceptor's Name, Department, and Contact Phone Number
3. Date(s) of the visit - beginning and ending (not to exceed 6
weeks)
**Emails
must be received at least 24 hours in advance!**
To the
Shadow Visitor:
-
Please read the
Shadow Visitor
Policy.
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Complete the HIPPA Training ("Shadow
Students").
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Print and sign the Confidentiality
Statement (please bring with you to Volunteer
Services).
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You may pick up your badge and turn in your signed Confidentiality
Statement in the Volunteer Services department 24 hours or more after
we have received the email request from your preceptor.
**Our office
is open Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm. We are located on
the ground floor of Memorial Hospital (right down the hall from the
Corner Cafe).**
