Didactic Programs – mostly online
Didactic courses for 2020-21 academic year will be delivered remotely/online-only, just as they were this past Spring/Summer. Our faculty are continually developing increasingly robust, remote/online curricula.
Labs and Clinical Skills Courses – SOME will be held in-person
Certain courses that require in-person activities; e.g., needling, suturing, physical medicine, clinical skills, in-person clinic shifts, and others will be held in a safe, physically-distanced manner. We are allowed by state officials to provide these labs and clinical skills courses in person due to the fact that Bastyr University trains individuals to take on medical, medically-related, and essential worker positions. Please note: Any course that CAN be done online will remain in online formatting.
You will be contacted directly by your academic department(s) with details concerning which exact courses will be in-person. You can direct questions regarding specific courses to your academic department.
Clinical Shifts at BCNH and BUC
Bastyr has resumed limited, in-person patient shifts. We are also continuing to conduct telehealth video visits. If you are scheduled for a clinic shift, plan to be available to attend shifts in-person at the clinic. We will work with students who have needs or circumstances that would make this challenging.
These are challenging times for everyone associated with Bastyr University, and indeed for our entire world. We intend to conduct courses in an on-campus environment as soon as it is safe as designated by state officials in Washington and California. At this point, we are tentatively planning for many courses to be remote/online for the 2020-21 academic year. This will highly dependent on factors out of our control, such as federal, state, local, regional accreditation bodies, and program/discipline-specific accreditation body guidelines. At this point, we do believe that we will be able to offer all the classes, labs, and clinic to allow you timely progression towards your degrees. More information will follow regarding the 2020-21 academic year as soon as we have more details.
Statement of Facts and Values
COVID-19 AANMC Statement of Institutional Facts and Values
Archived Updates
For previous website and email communications regarding Bastyr University's response to COVID-19, please see Archived COVID Updates.