As a clinical observer, you are not permitted to perform any aspect of the healthcare role whatsoever. This includes:
- You are explicitly forbidden from participating in patient examinations, procedures, clinical decision-making and patient care documentation.
- You are not permitted to provide medical care to patients. This includes, but is not limited to, performing the following functions:
- taking a medical history
- performing a physical examination
- diagnosing and/or treating a patient’s condition
- prescribing and administering drugs
- writing notes or orders in the patient’s medical record
- performing and/or assisting in a procedure
- billing for services rendered
- Furthermore, you must be accompanied by a Stony Brook Medicine attending physician when observing patient care activities.
- You will have no independent access to patients or to patient records (electronic or paper copy) or other protected health information.
- You must wear a Stony Brook Medicine ID badge labeled "Observer." This badge must be returned to the sponsoring department at the completion of your "observership.”
