VCOM College Catalog and Student Handbook

ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE Academic Assistance..................................................................................................... 115 Counseling Services ..................................................................................................... 116 VCOM Internal Counseling Services................................................................................. 116 External Counseling Services .......................................................................................... 116 Academic Advising....................................................................................................... 118 Peer Tutoring............................................................................................................. 118 Assistance for Matriculated Students with Disabilities ............................................................ 119 ACADEMIC GRADING AND PROMOTION General Academic Policies ............................................................................................. 126 Educational Conflicts of Interest and Recusal....................................................................... 127 Grading and GPAs for OMS 1 and OMS 2 .......................................................................... 128 Satisfactory Academic Progress........................................................................................ 128 Course Remediation..................................................................................................... 129 Repeated Course(s)...................................................................................................... 130 Audited Course(s) ....................................................................................................... 130 Grading and GPAs for OMS 3 and OMS 4 .......................................................................... 132 Clinical Grading for OMS 3............................................................................................ 132 Clinical Grading for OMS 4............................................................................................ 134 Satisfactory Academic Progress........................................................................................ 134 End of Rotation Exam Remediation and/or Failure............................................................... 135 Clinical Rotation Competency Evaluation Failure ................................................................. 136 Clinical Rotation Repeated Performance Issues .................................................................... 137 The Medical Student Performance Evaluation (The Dean’s Letter) ............................................ 137 Academic Probation ..................................................................................................... 137 Altered Degree Plan of Study.......................................................................................... 138 Failure to Make Academic Progress While on an Altered Degree Plan ........................................139 Promotion Board......................................................................................................... 139 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS: COMSAE PHASE 1, COMSAE PHASE 2, AND COMPE Comprehensive Testing: COMSAE Phase 1 ........................................................................ 148 Comprehensive Testing: COMSAE Phase 2 ........................................................................ 155 Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Performance Exam........................................................ 158

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