VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #S019

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Policy Order No.: S019 Effective Date:

February 22, 2006

Revised Date:

August 1, 2022

Signature on File

___________________________________ Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, D.O. President ________________________________________________________________________ VCOM Student Promotion Board Policy and Procedures ________________________________________________________________________ 1. PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................. 2 2. DUTIES OF THE PROMOTION BOARD ........................................................................................ 2 2.1 Academic Year Promotions and Graduation ................................................................ 2 2.1.1 The OMS 1 and OMS 2 Promotion Process............................................................ 2 2.1.2 The OMS 3 Promotion Process ............................................................................... 2 2.1.3 The OMS 4 Promotion Process and Recommendation for Graduation .................. 3 2.2 Assessment of Academic Progress ............................................................................... 3 2.2.1 Reasons to Call a Promotion Board Meeting For OMS1 and OMS 2 Students .... 3 2.2.2 Reasons to Call a Promotion Board Meeting for OMS 3 and OMS 4 Students .... 4 2.2.3 Reasons to Call a Promotion Board Meeting for COMSAE, COMPE, and COMLEX .............................................................................................................. 5 2.3 Special Meetings of the Promotion Board .................................................................... 5 2.4 Administrative Resolutions Not Requiring Referral to the Promotion Board.............. 5 3. PROMOTION BOARD MEMBERSHIP .......................................................................................... 6 4. PROMOTION BOARD PROCEDURES .......................................................................................... 6 5. PROMOTION BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................. 7 5.1 Recommendations by the Promotion Board for OMS 1 and OMS 2 Students Who Have Been Referred for F Course Grade(s).................................................................. 8 5.2 Recommendations for OMS 1 and OMS 2 Students Who Have Been Referred for Repeated F Grades of Required Components of a Course(s) ....................................... 8 5.3 Recommendations for OMS 3 and OMS 4 Students Who Have Been Referred for F Clinical Grades.............................................................................................................. 9 5.4 Recommendations for OMS 1 – OMS 4 Students for a GPA of 2.79 or Less............ 11 5.5 Promotion Board Recommendations for COMSAE, COMPE, and COMLEX Failure ..................................................................................................................................... 11 5.6 Additional Recommendations..................................................................................... 11 6. PROMOTION BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS NOTIFICATION AND APPEALS PROCESS ............. 12 7. REQUEST FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS AND / OR THE NEED FOR SPECIAL

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