VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #S018

• 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 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 (by score or by remediation) and meeting the minimum score requirements in TrueLearn. Each year students are informed of the timeframe in which they are approved to sit for COMLEX Level 1 by the Associate Dean for Medical Education and CIFSS. Students are recommended to schedule COMLEX Level 1 from mid-June to late July following the OMS 2 year. Students should schedule their exam as soon as released to secure a testing date and location within the approved testing window. If a student schedules the exam outside of the approved testing window, the student’s test date may be rescinded by the Campus Dean.

Students must sit for COMLEX Level 1 to be eligible for promotion to the OMS 3 year.

Students must pass COMLEX Level 1 by the first day of their second semester of the OMS 3 year in order to be promoted to the second semester of the OMS 3 year. Those students on an Altered Degree Plan of Study (ADPOS) will have a different date for the beginning of their second semester due to delayed start and completion of their first semester. These students must speak to Clinical Affairs and CIFSS for the individualized date of the first day of their second semester.

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

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