Medical Student Rotations

Effective December 11, 2025:

• Masking is required for all workforce members when patient-facing.
• Masks are required for all parties within the ED lobby.
• Masks are optional for patients, caregivers and visitors in clinical settings and all other settings.
• With measles spreading in the community, please encourage masking, especially for symptomatic people, to help protect high-risk patients.
• Eye protection is only required based on standard and transmission-based precautions.
• Respirators are only required when working with symptomatic patients whose COVID-19 and/or influenza status is unknown. Respirators are only required based on transmission-based precautions.

Please be patient and plan ahead as sometimes the screening lines can get long.

Your rotation at Seattle Children’s starts in the Graduate Medical Education/Medical Student Office at Seattle Children’s, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, room OC.7.830.

1. Turn onto Penny Drive to enter Seattle Children’s campus
2. Park in Lot 4 using the parking PIN provided to you in your sign-in and badging information email.
3. Enter the hospital through the River 3 entrance.
4. Check in with the security desk for a visitor sticker. It will help to show your orientation information email from the Medical Student Office.
5. Proceed to the GME Office on Ocean 7.

In the GME Office, you will be issued a Seattle Children's photo ID badge. If necessary, you will be asked to complete any outstanding paperwork or web-based training modules.

Once you have completed any required web-based training and the sign-in and badging process, you will be released to your rotation.

Parking information

Orientation Day parking

On the day of orientation (or the day you sign-in) only, you will park in Lot 4. You will need a PIN to enter the lot. The PIN will be included in your sign-in and badging email from the Medical Student Program.

Lot 4 looks small when you pull in but keep going–you might need to drive around the corner to find a spot. The map linked above will help!

After Orientation Day parking

Where you park depends on when you are scheduled to be at the hospital:

• If you arrive before 5:30 a.m. or after 10:30 a.m. on weekdays or anytime on a weekend or Seattle Children’s-observed holiday, you may park on site in staff lots 1, 2, 3 or 4. You will need your badge to get in and out of the lots.
• If you arrive between the hours of 5:30 and 10:30 a.m. on weekdays, you are required to park off site.
  • Medical students park for free at Sand Point Learning Center and use the Seattle Children's shuttle for transportation between the parking lot and the hospital. See the current shuttle schedule.
  • If the Sand Point Learning Center lot is full, call Seattle Children's Transportation at 206-987-5500 for instructions on where to park.
• Do not park in patient/family/visitor parking.
• Do not park in the neighborhoods around Seattle Children's.
• Do not use the River circle for drop-offs; it is for patient drop off and staff shuttles only. Please use the drop-off areas at the Forest or Ocean 7 entrances.
• Failure to comply with the parking rules will get you ticketed or towed.

Notice: You are required to turn in your Seattle Children's badge at the end of your rotation but will still be allowed to ride the shuttle to get to your car. Let the driver know that you finished your rotation and returned your badge to the GME office as required.

Other shuttles and buses

Other shuttle options include the UW Health Sciences Express Shuttle, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) Shuttle and the UW/Fred Hutch South Lake Union Shuttle. See those shuttle schedules and information. Finally, the hospital is served directly by four King Country Metro bus routes: #31, #32, #65, and #75.

Biking information

Seattle Children's is a bike-friendly workplace and medical students are welcome and encouraged to ride to the hospital. See useful information about getting from the Burke-Gilman Trail to the hospital, bike parking and locker room locations.

Badges

Seattle Children's badges will be valid for the duration of the medical student’s rotation and must be returned at the end of the rotation (see Returning Badges below). Medical students at Seattle Children's for multiple rotations will need to have their badge renewed for each rotation.

Medical students are expected to wear their Seattle Children's-issued badge at all times while on campus. The badge must be worn visibly and above the waist.

Badges and social media

Posting or sharing a photo of the badge to social media sites like Facebook, X and Instagram makes it easy to duplicate the badge and create a security risk.  Do not post photos of your badge on social media. Do not take photos of your badge.

Visitor’s badge

The visitor’s badge issued at the entrance on the first day of the rotation does not permit the medical student to engage in patient care.

Lost or forgotten badges

Lost badges must be reported immediately to the Graduate Medical Education Office to be issued a new badge. Medical students are not permitted to report their clinic duties with a Visitor’s Badge or Temporary, even one issued by a Seattle Children's Entrance Coordinator. 

Returning badges and pagers

Seattle Children's GME Office requires that all medical students return their badges and pagers to the GME Office at the end of each rotation. Badge access is terminated at midnight of the printed date on the front of each badge (generally 24 hours after a rotation ends).

The GME Office will issue a new badge if/when you return for another rotation at Seattle Children's.

The GME Office is staffed only for scheduled orientations and sign-ins.

Please use the GME Office Badge/Pager Return drop box across from the Pelican elevators, just around the corner from the GME Office. 

Do not return pagers or badges to anywhere other than this drop box.

Prior to the start of your rotation, please review the Policies and Procedures document.

Seattle Children’s Ocean Cafeteria is open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. seven days a week.

Medical students attending the noontime Resident Teaching Conference are welcome to grab lunch at the conference. Please do not take food if you aren’t staying for the conference.

Medical students on overnight shifts only are welcome to grab a snack/food item from the GME Lounge (RC.2.731) or Resident ED refrigerator. Please note that the GME Lounge is video-monitored.

Patient Care Clerkship Didactics (see your schedule for dates and times)

• Zoom link
• Meeting ID: 928 6220 6806
• Passcode: 876170

12-1 p.m. Resident and Student Conference (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday):

• Held in person at Seattle Children's and over Zoom (password is uwpeds). Location varies – talk to your inpatient resident teammates or contact the Executive Residents: [email protected].

Seattle Children’s Grand Rounds, Thursdays at 8 a.m.

• Provider Grand Rounds

White coats are not required at Seattle Children's. However, your attending may have a preference so make sure that you have it in Seattle with you. In addition, please read the Personal Appearance and Dress Code for all medical trainees at Seattle Children's. If you have any questions, please ask.

Medical students are not allowed to take any medical records or anything with patient information out of the hospital. This includes but is not limited to patient medical records, H&Ps with identifying information, patient sign-outs, or records from other hospitals. If you have been given access to the EMR, remember that you are legally only allowed to access the patient information for patients in your direct care. If you have any doubts or questions, please call the Medical Student Office at 206-987-2008.

Network and EMR access 

Students on this rotation are required to be up-to-date with any required Seattle Children's web-based EMR and safety training modules. You will receive information from the Medical Student Office on how to complete any required modules. Once you have completed the modules and the required sign-in and badging process, you will be given network and EMR access.

To log into the network at Seattle Children's, use the username provided by the Medical Student Office and password you set when you completed the web-based training. You wil be prompted to change your password. Seattle Children's passwords must be at least 10 characters and include at least three of the following: one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number, one special character. This is the same username and password you will use to login to the EMR.

Remote Network and EMR Access

In addition to access at Seattle Children's, medical students on this rotation have remote network and EMR access through the Okta Verify system. Follow the steps on the Remote Access Help Page to register with Okta Verify.

WiFi access

Students can connect to WiFi at Seattle Children's through the Personal Device Network.

AMS Connect is the paging system teams use at Seattle Children's Hospital, instead of carrying physical pagers. At the beginning of your rotation, you will receive an email from the Medical Student Office with information about setting up your AMS Connect account using an app on your smartphone. If you didn’t receive or can’t find the email, contact [email protected] and request AMS Connect access. Your team is already using AMS Connect and can likely help you get things started on your phone.

You can assign that AMS Connect number to yourself in CORES. Here’s how:

1. Click on CORES tab to view team list.
2. Click on the “+ More” tab, located next to the button “View Patient List” on the CORES screen.
3. Select “My Preferences” from the dropdown menu.
4. Enter pager number starting with area code and omitting any spaces or dashes.
5. Choose paging service from dropdown menu, which should be listed on the back of pager.
6. Check the box to enable text paging.
7. Click on the tab “Save Changes.”
8. Wait for confirmation code to be sent to your pager.
9. Enter code on provided line and click verify.
10. You’re done!