VCOM College Catalog and Student Handbook

c. Clinical skills d. Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine e. Medical knowledge f. Professional and ethical behaviors

2. The Module course for each core rotation evaluates the student’s acquisition of discipline-specific knowledge through didactic activities, logging patient encounters and procedures, and the associated subject-specific end-of-rotation examination. Students are expected to complete all of the assigned materials in order to complete the entire curriculum assigned for the course. An end-of-rotation exam is administered to each student at the end of each core rotation to assess the student’s basic content and medical knowledge acquired during the rotation. The Module course is assigned a traditional letter grade (A, B+, B, C+, C, and F) comprised of the end-of rotation examination grade, completion of other didactic assignments, and completion of logging of patient encounters and procedures and is calculated into the GPA. Although each of the components of this course contribute to the overall grade, students must obtain a minimum score of 70% on the end-of-rotation examination to demonstrate adequate mastery of core content and to pass this course. Students who pass the clinical rotation competency evaluation, but who earn less than 70% on the end-of-rotation examination, regardless of completion or their grade on the other components, must sit for a second attempt of the end-of-rotation examination within 28 days of notification of failure of the end-of-rotation examination. OMS 3 students receive the end-of-rotation examination grade and module course grade at the end of each rotation through VLMS. The OMS 3 Foundations of Clinical Medicine course and the Clinical Integration of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine course are graded as pass/fail. OMS 3 students receive these course grades at the end of each semester through VLMS. The OMS 3 Research and Scholarly Activity course culminates in a case report or research project report. The report is assigned a traditional letter grade (A, B+, B, C+, C, and F) and is calculated into the GPA. OMS 3 students receive the course grade at the end of the academic year through VLMS. Clinical Grading for OMS 4 The grade for each OMS 4 selective or elective rotation is derived from the clinical rotation competency evaluation, which evaluates each student’s clinical skills and application of medical knowledge in the clinical setting through the clinical rotation competency evaluation, and is based on performance as assessed by the supervising preceptor. Each student must successfully pass the clinical rotation competency evaluation. Student competency-based rating forms are used by preceptors to assess clinical skills and the application of medical knowledge in the clinical setting. Student competency is judged on clinical skill performance. Each skill is rated as to how often the student performs the skill appropriately (i.e. unacceptable, below expectation, meets expectation, above expectation, exceptional). These ratings are compiled and result in a clinical rotation grade that uses the Honors, High Pass, Pass, Fail system; these grades are not calculated in the GPA. OMS 4 students receive the clinical rotation competency grade at the end of each rotation though VLMS. Performance during each rotation is evaluated by the primary clinical faculty member supervising the student. VCOM utilizes a competency-based evaluation form aligned with the osteopathic core competencies. These competencies include:

a. Communication b. Problem solving c. Clinical skills

130