VCOM College Catalog and Student Handbook

Residency Match Success ............................................................................................... 109 Parallel (Dual) Degree Opportunities................................................................................ 110 ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE Academic Assistance..................................................................................................... 112 Counseling Services ..................................................................................................... 113 VCOM Internal Counseling Services................................................................................. 113 External Counseling Services .......................................................................................... 113 Academic Advising....................................................................................................... 115 Peer Tutoring............................................................................................................. 116 Assistance for Matriculated Students with Disabilities ............................................................ 116 ACADEMIC GRADING AND PROMOTION General Academic Policies ............................................................................................. 123 Educational Conflicts of Interest and Recusal....................................................................... 124 Grading and GPAs for OMS 1 and OMS 2 .......................................................................... 125 Satisfactory Academic Progress ..................................................................................... 125 Course Remediation .................................................................................................. 126 Repeated Course(s) ................................................................................................... 127 Audited Course(s) ..................................................................................................... 127 Grading and GPAs for OMS 3 and OMS 4 .......................................................................... 129 Clinical Grading for OMS 3 ......................................................................................... 129 Clinical Grading for OMS 4 ......................................................................................... 130 Satisfactory Academic Progress ..................................................................................... 131 End of Rotation Exam Remediation and/or Failure ............................................................ 132 Module Course Failure ............................................................................................... 133 Clinical Rotation Competency Evaluation Failure............................................................... 133 Clinical Rotation Repeated Performance Issues ................................................................. 134 The Medical Student Performance Evaluation (The Dean’s Letter) ............................................ 134 Academic Probation ..................................................................................................... 135 Altered Degree Plan of Study.......................................................................................... 136 Failure to Make Academic Progress While on an Altered Degree Plan ........................................136 Promotion Board......................................................................................................... 136 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS: COMSAE PHASE 1, COMSAE PHASE 2, AND COMPE Comprehensive Testing: COMSAE Phase 1 ........................................................................ 145 Comprehensive Testing: COMSAE Phase 2 ........................................................................ 151 Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Performance Exam........................................................ 154

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