VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #S018

performs the skill appropriately (i.e. unacceptable, below expectation, meets expectation, above expectation, exceptional). These ratings are compiled and result in a clinical rotation grade that uses the Honors, High Pass, Pass, Fail system; these grades are not calculated in the GPA. • The Module course for each core rotation evaluates the student’s acquisition of discipline specific knowledge through didactic activities, logging patient encounters and procedures, and the associated subject-specific end-of-rotation examination. The Module course is assigned a traditional letter grade (A, B+, B, C+, C, and F) comprised of the end-of rotation examination grade, completion of other didactic assignments, and completion of logging of patient encounters and procedures and is calculated into the GPA. The OMS 3 Foundations of Clinical Medicine course and the Clinical Integration of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine course are graded as pass/fail. OMS 3 students receive these course grades at the end of each semester through VLMS. The OMS 3 Research and Scholarly Activity course culminates in a case report or research project report. The report is assigned a traditional letter grade (A, B+, B, C+, C, and F) and is calculated into the GPA. OMS 3 students receive the course grade at the end of the academic year through VLMS. The grade for each OMS 4 selective or elective rotation is derived from the clinical rotation competency evaluation, which evaluates each student’s clinical skills and application of medical knowledge in the clinical setting through the clinical rotation competency evaluation, and is based on performance as assessed by the supervising preceptor. Student competency-based rating forms are used by preceptors to assess clinical skills and the application of medical knowledge in the clinical setting. Student competency is judged on clinical skill performance. Each skill is rated as to how often the student performs the skill appropriately (i.e. unacceptable, below expectation, meets expectation, above expectation, exceptional). These ratings are compiled and result in a clinical rotation grade that uses the Honors, High Pass, Pass, Fail system; these grades are not calculated in the GPA.

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

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