VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #S018

secure a testing date and location within the approved testing window. If a student schedules the exam outside of the approved testing window, the student’s test date may be rescinded by the Campus Dean. Students must sit for COMLEX Level 1 by the first day of the OMS 3 year to be eligible for promotion to the OMS 3 year. Any student who has not taken the exam by this date will be temporarily withdrawn by the Campus Dean until the student receives a passing score for COMLEX Level 1. Once the student is temporarily withdrawn, they must sit for COMLEX Level 1 within 60 days or be dismissed by the Campus Dean. The student should be aware that he or she is not eligible for financial aid while temporarily withdrawn. Upon receiving a passing score on COMLEX Level 1, the student will be promoted to the OMS 3 year. Students must pass COMLEX Level 1 by the first day of their second semester of the OMS 3 year in order to be promoted to the second semester of the OMS 3 year. Those students on an ADPOS will have a different date for the beginning of their second semester due to delayed start and completion of their first semester. These students must speak to Clinical Affairs and CIFSS for the individualized date of the first day of their second semester . • Students who have not passed COMLEX Level 1 by the first day of the second semester of their OMS 3 year will be temporarily withdrawn by the Campus Dean and will not be promoted to the second semester of their OMS 3 year until they have passed COMLEX Level 1. These students will not be eligible for re-enrollment or further financial aid until they pass COMLEX Level 1. The period of withdrawal may not exceed 180 days in a 12-month period or an academic year. Those students who do not pass COMLEX Level 1 within the prescribed timeline will be dismissed by the Campus Dean. o The 180-day requirement is cumulative within the 12-month period or academic year and includes any prior leaves or suspensions in that 12-month period or academic year. Therefore, students should work closely with CIFSS and the Campus Dean to ensure the total number of days of their remediation plan does not exceed the allotted 180 days. If the total time exceeds 180 days within a 12 month period or an academic year, the student will be dismissed. o Those students who pass COMLEX Level 1 within the prescribed timeline will be promoted to the second semester of the OMS 3 year and will be placed on an Altered Degree Plan of Study (ADPOS). • For students placed on an Altered Degree Plan of Study for failure of COMLEX Level 1, every attempt will be made to provide rotations in the region to which the student was originally matched; however, due to a limited availability in the number of core rotations in some sites, the student may be required to do one or more of their rotations outside of the original core region to which they matched.

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

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