VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #S019

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Policy Order No.: Effective Date:

S019

February 22, 2006 September 15, 2024

Revised Date:

___________________________________ Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, D.O. President ________________________________________________________________________ VCOM Student Promotion Board Policy and Procedures ________________________________________________________________________ 1. PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................. 2 2. DUTIES OF THE PROMOTION BOARD ........................................................................................ 2 2.1 Academic Year Promotions and Graduation ................................................................ 2 2.1.1 The OMS 1 and OMS 2 Promotion Process.......................................................... 2 2.1.2 The OMS 3 Promotion Process ............................................................................. 2 2.1.3 The OMS 4 Promotion Process and Recommendation for Graduation ................ 3 2.2 Assessment of Academic Progress ............................................................................... 3 2.2.1 Reasons to Call a Promotion Board Meeting for OMS1 and OMS 2 Students.... 3 2.2.2 Reasons to Call a Promotion Board Meeting for OMS 3 and OMS 4 Students... 4 2.3 Special Meetings of the Promotion Board .................................................................... 5 2.4 Administrative Resolutions Not Requiring Referral to the Promotion Board.............. 5 3. PROMOTION BOARD MEMBERSHIP .......................................................................................... 7 4. PROMOTION BOARD PROCEDURES .......................................................................................... 8 5. PROMOTION BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................ 10 5.1 Recommendations by the Promotion Board for OMS 1 and OMS 2 Students Who Have Been Referred for F Course Grade(s)................................................................ 10 5.2 Recommendations for OMS 1 and OMS 2 Students Who Have Been Referred for Repeated F Grades of Required Components of a Course(s) ..................................... 11 5.3 Recommendations for OMS 3 and OMS 4 Students Who Have Been Referred for F Clinical Rotation Grades............................................................................................. 11 5.4 Recommendations for OMS 1 – OMS 4 Students for a GPA of 2.79 or Less............ 12 5.5 Additional Recommendations..................................................................................... 12 6. PROMOTION BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS NOTIFICATION AND APPEALS PROCESS ............. 13 7. REQUEST FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS AND / OR THE NEED FOR ACCOMMODATIONS ..... 14 8. DURATION OF POLICY ............................................................................................................ 15 Signature on File

VCOM Student Promotion Board Policy and Procedures

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