VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #S018

used as remediation exams in the event that a student must sit for a second or third attempt of COMSAE Phase 1. Each year, VCOM will notify students of the COMSAE forms they may purchase on their own to take as an additional practice exams to prepare for their official COMSAE or COMLEX Level 1 exam. Students must only utilize the forms specified, as the other forms are utilized as the official COMSAE for the Comprehensive Review Course and as the remediation exam(s) if needed. NBOME logs the COMSAE exams taken, which allows VCOM to monitor the exams purchased by students to ensure that no COMSAEs that have been taken are utilized as a remediation exam(s). 12.1.1 COMSAE Phase 1: First Attempt A. Students who score 460 or greater on COMSAE Phase 1 on the first attempt and who are scoring 65% or greater on all-topic, timed question sets of at least 25 questions in TrueLearn for a minimum of 2-weeks will receive a “P” (Pass) grade for the Comprehensive Review Course (provided they have met all other course requirements) and will be allowed to sit for COMLEX Level 1 within the VCOM approved testing window. Once students pass COMSAE Phase 1 and meet the scoring requirements in TrueLearn, they are to continue to study until they take COMLEX Level 1 during the approved testing window (usually mid-June through mid-July). B. Students who score 440 – 459 on COMSAE Phase 1 on the first attempt will receive an “IP” (In Progress) grade for the Comprehensive Review Course. To resolve the “IP” grade and be released to sit for COMLEX Level 1, the student must do the following: • Meet with the Center for Institutional, Faculty, and Student Success (CIFSS) to design a prescribed remediation plan. The plan includes a tentative date the student is to sit for COMLEX Level 1.

o In order to be released to sit for COMLEX Level 1, the student must score 65% or greater on all-topic, timed question sets of at least 25 questions in TrueLearn for a minimum of 2-weeks. o The remediation plan includes providing CIFSS with weekly updates regarding study plan progress and question bank performance. Additional requirements may be prescribed in the remediation plan. Students must follow and complete a prescribed remediation plan as designed in order to be released to sit for COMLEX Level 1. VCOM will monitor students’ progress toward completion of the prescribed remediation plan and readiness to sit for COMLEX Level 1, which may alter the tentative testing date established in the remediation plan. o Students who fail to participate in the prescribed remediation plan (which includes providing CIFSS with updates regarding study plan progress and question bank performance) or who have not participated in the required

VCOM Grading, Satisfactory Academic Progress, and Graduation Requirements Policy and Procedures

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