IU Health Physician Education Modules
Due Date for Completion: April 28, 2023
Completion of the IU Health Physician Education Modules is required annually for all IUSM medical students statewide.
PLEASE NOTE that you MUST complete these modules to obtain your Cerner username and password.
FAILURE to complete annual IU Health Physician Education Modules may result in your Cerner log in information being suspended pending completion of the annual education modules.
To complete your annual IU Health Physician Education Modules, please go to the website https://iuhealthcpe.org/login. You will use your IU email and log in information to access the Modules. If you have difficulty accessing the Modules, please email docs@iuhealth.org for assistance.
Courses included in the Annual IU Health Physician Education Modules are as follows:
Phase 1, Year 1 and Phase 1, Year 2
- HIPAA
- Corporate Compliance
- Information Technology Security
- HIPAA for Clinicians
- Infectious Disease Prevention
- Environmental Care
- Patient Safety
- Isolation Protocol
- OSHA (Not included within the Module, but is a separate requirement also monitored by Compliance.)
Phase 2*
- Complete the IU Health Annual Physician Education Module for MS 1 and MS 2 again.
- Welcome to IU Module
- Team Portal and Order Sets
- Pressure Ulcers
- Opioids
- Incident Reporting
- Health Management Systems
- CDI (Revenue Cycle related course)
- Cerner Module **
- High Alert Medications
- Enhancing Communication
- USPA 80 – Hazardous Drugs
- Donning and Doffing of PPE
* Phase 2 students assigned clinical clerkship rotations also complete the IU Health Annual Physician Education Modules as outlined below for MS 3.
** Completion of the IU Health Annual Physician Education Modules are required for Cerner access to be granted.
Phase 3
- Complete the IU Health Annual Physician Education Module for MS 1 and MS 2 again.
- Completion of IU Health Annual Physician Education Module, Cerner access may be rescinded pending completion of the annual module.
Completion of the Modules typically takes 3 to 4 hours.
When you have completed all your assigned modules, you must email docs@iuhealth.org to inform them that you have completed the Modules, and then your Cerner login information will be sent to you.
Submission to IUSM Compliance: Once you have completed the assigned Modules for the current academic year and have emailed docs@iuhealth.org to obtain your Cerner log-in, mark this task as complete within your MedHub account. The annual requirement will be verified through the IU Health Center for Physician Education and then be marked complete by IUSM Compliance.
IUSM HIPPA /OSHA Training
Due Date for Completion: April 28, 2023
All IUSM students are required to complete HIPAA and OSHA training annually.
Prior to planned clinical rotations, you must have these two required elements completed. Completion of this training may also be a requirement for the onboarding process at our affiliated partner facilities.
IU HIPAA Training Module: https://expand.iu.edu/browse/e-training/courses/hipaa
Please note that the IU HIPAA training module is separate from the IU Health HIPAA module that is completed within the annual IU Health Physician Education Module. Both IU and IU Health HIPAA training must be completed by IUSM students each year.
2023 OSHA Training Module: : https://expand.iu.edu/browse/e-training/ehs/courses/bloodborne-pathogens-training-for-clinical-spring-2023
Submission to IUSM Compliance: Please upload and submit your completion certificate for both the OSHA and HIPAA modules into your MedHub account at the following link:
https://iusm.medhub.com/index.mh. The completion certificate will have the IU logo, your name, and the course name reflected on the completion certificate. The IUSM Compliance Office will then review your documentation and validate that you have completed these annual requirements. If you have any questions regarding these mandatory compliance requirements, please feel free to contact IUSM Compliance at compreq@iu.edu.
Vaccinations
Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination
You will need to attest within MedHub. that you are up to date with the following vaccinations. Please ensure that IU Student Health has proof of the following by mailing copies of your records to healthsv@iupui.edu.
If you have any questions regarding vaccination requirements, please feel free to contact MSE Compliance at compreq@iu.edu.
Annual Influenza Vaccination
Due Date for Completion: October 21, 2023
All IUSM students are required to submit proof of annual influenza vaccination. IU Campus Health offers these services beginning in the fall at the Indianapolis IU Campus Health location, or you may obtain flu vaccination from your health care provider, regional campus, or pharmacy location.
If you are located at the Indianapolis IUSM campus, please contact IU Campus Health by email at healthsv@iupui.edu or phone at 317-274-8214 to schedule your annual influenza vaccination.
Students may request an approved medical exemption for the influenza vaccination by contacting IU Campus Health at healthsv@iupui.edu and IUSM Compliance at compreq@iu.edu.
Submission to IUSM Compliance: Submit documentation of your influenza vaccination by emailing IU Campus Health at healthsv@iupui.edu and IUSM Compliance at compreq@iu.edu. This documentation must reflect your name, date of vaccination, type of vaccine administered, and the administering entity. Then, go to your MedHub account and submit your influenza vaccination requirement. IUSM Compliance will review your emailed submission, verify with IU Campus Health, and mark this element as complete.
If you do not submit documentation of your influenza vaccination to IU Campus Health and IUSM Compliance, you will not be in compliance. If you have any questions, please contact IUSM Compliance at compreq@iu.edu.
COVID -19 Vaccination
All Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) students are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved medical or religious exemption granted by the University. Most IUSM Phase 2 and Phase 3 students will have either been vaccinated or have an exemption filed with the University. If you have not previously documented your COVID-19 vaccination status with IUSM, please follow these instructions.
A person is defined as being fully vaccinated two weeks after the final dose of the primary vaccine. At this time, receipt of a booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine is not required to be considered fully vaccinated. Regardless of your immunization status, during your clinical rotations, you may be required to care for patients infected with COVID-19 under the standard precautions and with appropriate PPE provided. These measures have proven to be very effective in preventing transmission of COVID-19 for healthcare workers.
Report Your Completed COVID-19 Vaccination.
- Access the COVID-19 Vaccine Reporting and Exemption Request Form.
- When the COVID-19 Vaccine Reporting page loads, click Report Your Vaccination in the Reported Vaccinations section and complete all required fields.
NOTE: Although providing your COVID-19 vaccination documentation is not currently required by Indiana University, we anticipate many of our hospital affiliates or other training sites will require proof of vaccination for any student trainees rotating at their clinical sites. If you choose to upload vaccine documentation (i.e., a vaccination card) with your COVID-19 Vaccination Reporting Form, IU School of Medicine will be able to share that you have documented your vaccination status with hospital affiliates or clinical partners on your behalf, saving you time and effort. Likewise, IU School of Medicine will be able to share if you have submitted only an attestation. If you have not provided proof of vaccination to IU, you may be required by the hospital affiliate or clinical partner to provide proof of vaccination directly to that site.
Further, please note that medical or religious vaccination exemptions granted by IU only apply when the exempted individual is on IU property. Hospital affiliates and clinical partners may have separate processes for approving medical and religious exemption requests for trainees at their clinical sites. Thus, even if you are granted a medical or religious exemption from IU, hospital affiliates or other clinical training sites may require that you go through an additional exemption process specific to their COVID-19 protocols, which may include providing additional documentation to substantiate a religious or medical exemption.
Request a COVID-19 Vaccination Exemption.
- Access the COVID-19 Vaccine Reporting and Exemption Request Form. Log in with your IU username and passphrase.
- When the COVID-19 Vaccine Reporting page loads, click Request a New Exemption in the Vaccination Exemptions section and complete all required fields.
A centralized IU School of Medicine review committee will review and determine approval for the exemption submissions and communicate with the requesting individual. Granted exemptions will also be noted in the IU COVID-19 Vaccine Reporting and Exemption database for future reference.
If you need further information on obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination or exemption, please contact IUSM Compliance at compreq@iu.edu.
BLS Training and FIT Testing
Due Date for Completion: April 28, 2023
IUSM requires all students to maintain current, valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers ONLY from a licensed American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross training facility or provider. BLS certification from any other BLS course will not be accepted by IUSM as valid BLS certification. This documentation must be submitted to the IUSM Compliance Office via your MedHub account annually and kept up to date.
It is the student’s responsibility to obtain and maintain valid BLS certification.
The recommended course to take from the American Heart Association is the “Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Professionals” course. For the American Red Cross, students should take “BLS for Healthcare and Public Safety”. CPR, K-12 First Aid, and other course types will not be accepted as valid BLS certification for IUSM students.
Submission of BLS Certification to IUSM Compliance: You must submit documentation of your annual BLS certification to IUSM Compliance through your MedHub account. Upload a copy of your BLS certification documentation to your MedHub account. This document must have the AHA or American Red Cross logo, your name, and dates of certification. Submission of your BLS certification documentation to your regional campus or departmental administrative staff does not comply with IUSM mandatory compliance requirements. IUSM Compliance can be reached by email at compreq@iu.edu.
Regional Campus BLS Certification:
IUSM students located at any of our regional campuses may choose to complete BLS certification either through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross. Your regional campus administrative staff or IUSM Compliance can help guide you to local classes and locations, or you may follow the links below to the American Heart Association or American Red Cross websites:
American Heart Association (AHA):
American Red Cross:
https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/bls
Indianapolis IUSM Campus BLS Certification
Indianapolis IUSM Campus students may choose to utilize the IU Health RQI program from the American Heart Association (AHA). IU Health has converted BLS certification/recertification from its former full-day session into a quarterly, 15-minute online module and a 5-10 minute in-person cart check-off that is all accessible 24-7. You must complete both the online and in-person cart check-off to be BLS certified.
Indianapolis IUSM Campus students may also choose to obtain BLS certification for healthcare providers through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross. Please click the following links to access course information:
American Heart Association (AHA):
American Red Cross:
https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/bls
RQI Quarterly Session Schedule:
Jan. 1-March 31
April 1-June 30
July 1-Sept. 30
Oct. 1-Dec. 31
BLS Certification/Recertification Steps:
- You will receive an email from RQI1Stop and RQIPartner with the subject line of, “IUH Resuscitation System Account Creation” indicating that you are part of the RQI system. If you do not receive an email from RQI1Stop or RQIPartner, it is your responsibility to log in to RQI to obtain your certification.
- Once you receive that message, please click on the “Click Here” within the email to set a password. Your username is your email address to access the system. Please note, you will need your Cerner username and password to access the carts, where you will complete the skills portion in the system. You must complete the annual IU Health Physician Education Modules through the IU Health Center for Physician Education to obtain your Cerner log in information.
- If you do not receive an email from RQI1Stop or RQIPartner, please log in through the IU Health Center for Physician Education portal using your Cerner username and password. The link for the log in page is below:
https://iuhealthcpe.org/People/EDU/Login
- Complete the online module titled, “RQI Healthcare Provider: Prep.” This portion of the module is online simulation and should take you approximately 15 minutes and can be done at anytime, anywhere.
- Upon completion of the online module, you are now ready to complete the Skills Check-Off module. This will be done on carts located at IU Health hospital locations.
- Locate your BLS Certification Cart. These carts are accessible 24/7. If you have questions as to the location of your cart, please access the RQI system for locations. Please see below for a link to the IU Health website for RQI cart locations:
https://iuhealthcpe.org/web/bls
Examples of screen shots from this website for cart locations:
Select “RQI Cart Locations”. This selection will take you to the following page:
Scroll down the page until your RQI Cart location is listed, then select your IU Campus Cart Location and click “Download”. This will take you to your chosen IU Campus Cart Location list. For example, University Hospital RQI Station Locations are the following:
- Access them using your Cerner username and password. You will have three opportunities to pass each of the four sections of the Skills Check-Off.
- Upon successful completion of both modules, you are now certified/recertified in BLS.
- Retrieve proof of certification/recertification documentation by logging in to the RQI system dashboard once you successfully complete both modules. Your BLS certification/recertification documentation showing the certification date and expiration date must be uploaded and into your MedHub account https://iusm.medhub.com/index.mh. and submitted for review. The MSE Compliance Office will then review your updated BLS certification/recertification and mark it as “Complete”.
- Remember that BLS recertification modules must be completed quarterly to maintain your certification and to be in compliance with IUSM student requirements.
For additional information regarding the RQI program through IU Health, please visit this website:https://iumedstudent.rqi1stop.com/
FIT Testing
Due Date for Completion: April 28, 2023
IUSM Phase 2 and Phase 3 students are required to submit to annual Fit Testing in accordance with OSHA regulations. The Fit Testing process involves determining the proper N95 mask for you. N95 masks are required to be worn during clinical clerkship rounds to protect against transmission of COVID-19, tuberculosis, and other airborne diseases.
Students must submit a Fit Test for at least one mask annually to be compliant with IUSM mandatory compliance requirements. Your Fit Test MUST be submitted to IUSM Compliance to be compliant.
Based upon your IUSM campus assignment, you will be Fit Tested for the N95 masks used by our affiliated partner facilities located near your IUSM campus. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure you are Fit Tested for all masks required for your campus assignment. Follow this link for a list of mask types and campus fit testing information:
Submission to IUSM Compliance: Email your complete Fit Test documentation to IUSM Compliance at compreq@iu.edu and IU Campus Health at healthsv@iupui.edu. Fit Test documentation should include your name, date, the mask(s) tested, whether you passed or failed the Fit Test, and be signed and dated by the individual conducting the Fit Test. Submission of your Fit Test documentation to your local Regional Campus staff or affiliated facility partner does not satisfy the IUSM mandatory compliance requirement.
Finally, to document your completion of this annual requirement, submit your FIT testing completion to your MedHub account. IUSM Compliance will verify your FIT testing completion and note this element as complete.
PPD Testing
Due Date for Completion: PRN – Test and Monitoring by Request of Onboarding Facility Only
For Phase 2 and Phase 3 students, you may be requested to take a PPD test if you have had exposure to someone with TB. In addition, there are some affiliated medical campuses that require a PPD test be done prior to the start of a clinical rotation due to hospital system requirements. You will be notified if this is required for you prior to specific rotations.
If you are asked to take a PPD test and are on the Indianapolis campus, you can proceed to IU Campus Health. At IU Campus Health, they will administer the PPD test, and you will be scheduled to return for result determination between 48-72 hours later. Make sure to allow yourself plenty of time to do this in advance of your rotation based on the availability of appointment times at IU Campus Health.
If you are a student at a regional facility, please contact your regional or statewide course coordinator for assistance with obtaining a PPD test at your location.
PPD test results must be reported, and documentation provided to IU Campus Health at healthsv@iupui.edu.