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As a DO student on rotations, I was curious if you guys have seen anybody get dismissed or get a MSPE professionalism violation (basically screws you out of anything but unfilled residency programs) for doing things like skipping lectures, leaving early etc. etc.
Because we go through rotations that are a lot of sitting around and involve scut work without much learning, especially us DO people, it's more common than you'd think for students to skip mandatory stuff at rotation sites and just go awol.
Only on my 2nd rotation so haven't seen much yet of people getting caught, is this serious stuff? Are you risking your future career if you get caught missing a morning lecture at a hospital before your rotation, or just leaving without telling anyone? I'm not necessarily asking an opinion on this or defending it, I'm asking if you have any anecdotes at US medical schools MD/DO where students got screwed over missing a few hours of rotations.