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**SHBT 333r, Research Rotation in Speech and Hearing**  
Each student is required to complete at least two laboratory rotations of three to four months length. These rotations are usually not full-time except during the summer, and generally take place while the student attends classes during the first year. They are designed to provide hands-on experience in different techniques and laboratories, and they serve as a basis for the selection of a dissertation advisor. Incoming students who have done research with a SHBT faculty prior to joining the program cannot do their first rotation in the same lab. To help students choose labs for rotations, we have designed **SHBT 301qc: Speech and Hearing Laboratory Visits** which is led by the SHBT Administrator. [**Laboratory Rotations: Expectations for Students and Principal Investigators (PI).**](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2npw5zvjos7voknwrld1f/Lab-Rotation-Expectation.pdf?rlkey=g64jfau06onlvzdiowg54njia&st=noyv367i&dl=0)

  
**Timeline**

Students are strongly encouraged to start their first rotation in the Fall of their G1 year. Students are expected to do a minimum of two rotations by the end of their first year. Students who have not yet identified a dissertation advisor should plan on continuing or completing another rotation during their summer term. Students must have been accepted into a lab by March 1st of G2.

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**Host Labs**   
Students may rotate in any of the laboratories of affiliated faculty. In some circumstances, it may be appropriate for students to rotate in a non-affiliated laboratory, with explicit permission from the Program Director and the Chair of the Curriculum Committee.

**Rotation registration**   
Rotation registration forms are due at the beginning of each semester in which a student enrolls in SHBT 333r and also in the summer term of G1. They need to be submitted through My.Harvard. Students’ instructions[ here](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/iq9kqnv0o00y3vv7xl44u/Student-Lab-Rotation-Registration-Form-1.pdf?rlkey=s8xfmdo3os7o2ze9jdcmr7zej&st=min5x8ez&dl=0).

Registration Dates:

- Fall term: September 10
- Spring term: February 10
- Summer term: June 10

**Rotation evaluation report for students**  
To receive credit for your rotation, at the end of the term, write a brief narrative rotation report of your work during the rotation. The rotation report should be written much like an abstract for a scientific conference, and address Background/Significance of the project, Methods, Results (including setbacks) and Conclusion/Interpretation. Add a sentence about future plans if appropriate. The report must be signed or endorsed by your Rotation Supervisor (cc’d on email when submitting is acceptable). Send to: [SHBT\_Program@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:///SHBT_Program@hms.harvard.edu) by the deadline corresponding to the term of enrollment:

**PI Rotation evaluation report**  
Should be submitted through My.Harvard. Instructions [here](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m47jtir7q2rx7850hqd9r/My.Harvard-Faculty-Rotation-Evaluation-Form-Guide-2-3.pdf?rlkey=w97wl3w9dz63u3tm4tgg5bj9z&e=1&st=acgyyoof&dl=0). The rotation evaluation form allows faculty to evaluate a student's rotation following its completion. The process initiates a workflow that includes notifications, updates to the milestone record, and reports upon final approval. A form will be submitted for each rotation. Even if a faculty member has multiple students to evaluate, they will need to submit one for each student.

Evaluation Dates:

- Fall term: January 20
- Spring term: May 20
- Summer term: August 20