VCOM College Catalog and Student Handbook

In addition to being placed on Academic Probation for a period of no less than 1 calendar year, recommendations made by the Promotion Board to the Campus Dean include, but are not limited to: • Course remediation; • Required academic assistance and peer tutoring; • Required academic counseling; • Completion of an additional rotation in the same specialty as the failed rotation (the additional rotation requires all components of the rotation to be repeated with a different preceptor); • Additional coursework or clinical work with testing prior to progression to the next block/rotation, semester, or the next academic year; • Performance requirements such as requiring a 70 percent or greater for all remaining courses within the year or requiring satisfactory performance on all remaining clinical rotations to be considered making academic progress; • Repeat of an entire academic year (this is only recommended where the Promotion Board strongly believes the student would be successful if the year were repeated); or • Other requirements as proposed by the Associate Dean or by CIFSS following failure of COMSAE or COMLEX; • Specify a timeline or manner in which any remediation or testing must occur; • Suspension of a student with requirements for reinstatement; • Suspension of a student from academic activity and delay decision pending further evaluation and treatment; • Require participation in academic assistance programs; • Limit extracurricular activities while on academic probation; • Dismissal (dismissal is generally recommended by the Promotion Board when the student demonstrates failure to make academic progress, especially if the failure is repeated or consistent or there is an overall low GPA, multiple F grades, or if the student has been previously required to perform at 70% or greater for all remaining courses and failure). It should be noted that a student who fails more than one clinical rotation in the OMS 3 year is generally dismissed. In the case of allowing the student with two failed clinical rotations to continue, a repeat of a significant amount of the core year may be required; • An Altered Degree Plan of Study that will delay promotion until satisfactory progress through a directed remediation program has occurred; and/or • Make other sanctions as deemed appropriate by the Promotion Board. While the Promotion Board may not consider undiagnosed impairments for grades already received, for those students who continue in the curriculum, the Promotion Board may require further assessment, including but not limited to: psychological evaluations, drug or alcohol screening/testing, or other evaluations. Such testing, if recommended, will be at the student's expense and may require written evaluation from the party of the referral to determine if the student is at risk or presents a risk to the institution, students, or patient care and the results will be provided to CIFSS and the Campus Dean. Request for Special Considerations and/or the Need for Special Accommodations Students may not request special consideration by the Promotion Board or by the Campus Dean on appeal for a current exam/course/rotation failure or prior exam/course/rotation failure for a condition that was diagnosed or brought to the college’s attention after the failures have occurred. Considerations may not be retro-active; therefore, considerations for a diagnosed condition will only be considered for future coursework and require the student to be found eligible for Section 504 accommodations through the VCOM Section 504 Committee. Students who are approved by the Promotion Board to continue in the curriculum and who believe that they are in need for special accommodations or those who are referred by the Promotion Board to seek accommodations should contact the Center for Institutional, Faculty, and Student Success to learn more about the Section 504 eligibility process.

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