VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #S018

Students who are delayed and who are following an Altered Degree Plan of Study are required to meet with the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and CIFSS to determine the appropriate date of their exam and be approved to take the exam.

12.3.1

COMPE: First Attempt

A. Students who pass the COMPE on the first attempt will receive a “P” (Pass) grade for the COMPE. B. Students who do not pass the COMPE on the first attempt will receive an “IP” (In Progress) grade for the COMPE. • To resolve the “IP” grade, students are required to complete a remediation plan as determined by the Associate Dean for Simulation and the Associate Dean for OMS 4 and GME. • Students must complete the remediation plan in order to resolve the “IP” grade to be eligible for graduation.

12.3.2

COMPE: Second Attempt

A. Students who pass the COMPE on the second attempt will receive a “P” (Pass) grade for the COMPE.

B. Students who do not pass the COMPE on the second attempt will receive an “F” (Fail) grade for the course and will be brought before the Promotion Board.

13. NATIONAL BOARD EXAMS: COMLEX LEVEL 1 AND COMLEX LEVEL 2 CE The AOA Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) standards require a College of Osteopathic Medicine to set, as a part of graduation requirements, the successful passage of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners’ (NBOME) Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examinations (COMLEX Level 1 and COMLEX Level 2 CE). Therefore, VCOM has set the passage of COMLEX Level 1 and COMLEX Level 2 CE as requirements for graduation and has set forth the schedules and timelines for passing these exams as below. 13.1 COMLEX Level 1 VCOM students are required to pass the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners’ (NBOME) COMLEX Level 1 following completion of the OMS 2 year. Students are approved to sit for COMLEX Level 1 after successfully passing all requirements of the OMS 2 year, which includes passing COMSAE Phase 1.

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

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