VCOM College Catalog and Student Handbook

COMLEX Level 1. As successful passage of COMLEX Level 1 is a requirement for graduation, those students who do not pass within four attempts will be dismissed by the Campus Dean.  Failed to follow the required remediation plan for a failure of COMSAE Phase 1 or COMLEX Level 1. The Campus Dean will place the student on temporary administrative withdrawal or refer the student to the Promotion Board for consideration for dismissal. o COMLEX Level 2:  Failed the 2 nd attempt of COMSAE Phase 2. The Campus Dean will review and approve the remediation plan (with or without changes) established by the Director for Student and Institutional Academic Success, the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, and the Associate Dean for OMS 4 and GME.  Failure to sit for COMLEX Level 2 CE by October 1 of the OMS 4 year (or date defined in an ADPOS). The Campus Dean will place the student on temporary administrative withdrawal with a timeline to pass the exam.  Failed to pass COMLEX Level 2 CE at the time of graduation and is not in a college approved immersion program or fellowship. The Campus Dean will place the student on temporary administrative withdrawal or dismiss the student.  Failed the 3 rd attempt of COMLEX Level 2. The Campus Dean will review and approve the remediation plan (with or without changes) established by the Director for Student and Institutional Academic Success and the Associate Dean for OMS 4 and GME.  Failed the 4 th attempt of COMLEX Level 1. Students are limited by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) and VCOM to a total of four attempts on COMLEX Level 2. As successful passage of COMLEX Level 2 is a requirement for graduation, those students who do not pass within four attempts will be dismissed by the Campus Dean.  Failed to follow the required remediation plan for COMSAE Phase 2 or COMLEX Level 2. The Campus Dean will place the student on temporary withdrawal with a timeline to pass the exam. Promotion Board Membership Members of the Promotion Board, both voting and non-voting, are appointed by the Campus Dean. Quorum is 70% of the membership of the Promotion Board. As this is not considered a legal hearing, and is instead an academic proceeding, attorneys or other representatives outside of VCOM are not allowed. A voting member of the Promotion Board must recuse themselves from the presentation, deliberation, and vote about a student with whom they have a conflict of interest, which includes health professionals providing health services to students through a provider-patient relationship, by notifying the committee chair. Prior to the student's presentation at the Promotion Board, if the student identifies a conflict of interest with any member of the committee, that committee member must recuse themselves from the presentation, deliberation, and vote about the student. If a voting member of the Promotion Board is also a Course Director for a failed course or a Chair for the failed rotation, that member may participate in discussion but is excluded from voting upon a student who failed their course or rotation. Promotion Board Procedures 1. At the conclusion of the academic block/rotation the appropriate Associate Dean, appropriate for the year of the student, may convene the Promotion Board:

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