VCOM College Catalog and Student Handbook

(Incomplete) grade for the National Board Prep Course and the Comprehensive Review Course and will not be eligible for promotion to the OMS 3 year. These students will be temporarily withdrawn until they receive a passing COMLEX Level 1 score. Once the student is temporarily withdrawn, they must sit for COMLEX Level 1 within 60 days or be dismissed by the Campus Dean. These students will not be eligible for re-enrollment or further financial aid until they pass COMLEX Level 1.  Upon receiving a passing score on COMLEX Level 1, the student will receive a “P” (Pass) grade for the Comprehensive Review Course (provided they have met all other course requirements) and will be promoted to the OMS 3 year. o Students not enrolled in VCOM’s National Board Prep course and who are following an independent study plan at the time of their third COMSAE attempt and who pass their third COMSAE attempt, must sit for COMLEX Level 1 by the first day of the regularly scheduled OMS 3 year. Those who have not sat for COMLEX Level 1 by the first day of the OMS 3 year, will receive an “INC” (Incomplete) grade for the course and will not be eligible for promotion to the OMS 3 year. These students will be temporarily withdrawn until they receive a passing COMLEX Level 1 score. Once the student is temporarily withdrawn, they must sit for COMLEX Level 1 within 60 days or be dismissed by the Campus Dean. These students will not be eligible for re enrollment or further financial aid until they pass COMLEX Level 1.  Upon receiving a passing score for COMLEX Level 1, the student will receive a “P” (Pass) grade for the Comprehensive Review Course (provided they have met all other course requirements) and will be promoted to the OMS 3 year. • Students who score less than 460 on COMSAE Phase 1 on the third attempt will receive an “F” (Fail) grade for the Comprehensive Review Course and will be brought before the Promotion Board. The Promotion Board will review the remediation plan as set forth by CIFSS and the Associate Dean for Pre Clinical Medical Education and may make additional recommendations as to the remediation process for the Comprehensive Review Course. To resolve the “F” grade and be released to sit for COMLEX Level 1, the student is required to do the following: o Meet with CIFSS and the Associate Dean for Pre-Clinical Medical Education to extend and/or modify their current prescribed remediation plan. The plan includes a tentative date the student is to sit for COMLEX Level 1. o Students who score less than 460 on the third attempt have two options for remediation:  Option 1: Attend a VCOM approved external immersion program.

 External immersion programs are generally held for a period of 4 – 6 weeks. Students typically need an additional 2 – 4 weeks of independent study following the immersion program before they feel ready to sit for the exam.  Students who choose to attend a VCOM approved external immersion program are enrolled in VCOM’s National Board Preparation course either on the first day of the start of the course or on the first day of the regularly scheduled OMS 3 year (whichever comes first). Students may not be enrolled in the course for longer than 60 days.  Students must follow and complete the prescribed remediation plan as designed in order to be allowed to sit for COMLEX Level 1. This includes requiring the student to submit to CIFSS updates regarding study plan progress and question bank performance as outlined in the course syllabus. VCOM will evaluate students’ completion of the prescribed remediation plan when evaluating students’ readiness to sit for COMLEX Level 1 and approving the students’ testing date.  Students enrolled in VCOM’s National Board Preparation course must sit for COMLEX Level 1 within 60 days of the first day of the course.

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