GME Policy and Procedure
XVI.  Dress Code and Uniforms
Appearance
Identification Badges
Lab Coats
  
16.1 Appearance
A. Resident appearance and conduct must at all times reflect the dignity and standards of the medical profession.
B. At all times while in patient areas, residents must wear lab coats and University identification badges or other badges as required by the institution where they are working.
C. Residents are expected to adhere to individual institution dress codes and or programs where assigned regarding attire, including restrictions on operating room scrub suits and gowns.

  
16.2 Identification Badges
A. Residents are issued University of Illinois identification badges during their orientation.
B. It is the responsibility of all residents, regardless of their rotations, to display or have on their person the University of Illinois identification badge. Individual hospitals may require different identification systems to be worn.  

  
16.3 Lab Coats
Residents are issued two lab coats with the College of Medicine emblem.  Worn lab coats may be exchanged for new ones in the University of Illinois Hospital Laundry.  Residents must replace lost lab coats at their own expense.  Other institutions may issue lab coats to residents rotating there.


Policy and Procedure     XVI. Dress Code and Uniforms
Approved: December 20, 1993
Joint Committee on Graduate Medical Education
Reviewed: February 28,1997 GMEC
October 1, 1999 GMEC