VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #S018

1 is a prerequisite for taking COMSAE Phase 2. The exam is generally administered in late May or early-June at the conclusion of the OMS 3 year. The date for the exam is announced each year. Students who have not passed COMSAE Phase 2 (by score or by remediation) and sat for COMLEX Level 2 CE prior to October 1st of their OMS 4 year, will be temporarily withdrawn. Students who are following an Altered Degree Plan of Study are required to meet with the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and CIFSS to be provided with the approved date of their COMSAE Phase 2 exam and deadline for sitting for COMLEX Level 2 CE (which may be different than October 1). VCOM pays for the first COMSAE Phase 2 exam that students take as the final exam for the Comprehensive Review Course II and pays for the COMSAE Phase 2 exam that is used as the remediation exam in the event that a student must sit for a second attempt of COMSAE Phase 2. Each year, VCOM will notify students which COMSAE forms they may purchase on their own to take as practice exams to prepare for their COMLEX Level 2 CE exam. Students must only utilize the forms specified, as the other forms are utilized as the official COMSAE and as the remediation exam if needed. NBOME logs the COMSAE exams taken, which allows VCOM to monitor the exams purchased by students to ensure that no COMSAE exams that have been taken are utilized as a remediation exam. A. Students who score 480 or greater on COMSAE Phase 2 will receive a “P” (Pass) grade for the Comprehensive Review Course II and will be allowed to sit for COMLEX Level 2 CE within the VCOM approved testing window. Once students pass COMSAE Phase 2 they are to continue to study until they take the COMLEX Level 2 CE during the approved testing window (usually June through mid-December, although most students test June - July). B. Students who score 460 – 479 on COMSAE Phase 2 will receive an “IP” (In Progress) grade for the Comprehensive Review Course II (those who score 460-479 on COMSAE Phase 2 on their second attempt will maintain the previously assigned “IP” grade for the Comprehensive Review Course II). To resolve the “IP” grade and be released to sit for COMLEX Level 2 CE, the student is required to do the following: • Meet with CIFSS to design a prescribed remediation plan. The plan includes a tentative date the student is to sit for COMLEX Level 2 CE. 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. COMSAE Phase 2: First and Second Attempt

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

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