VCOM College Catalog and Student Handbook

Residency Match Success ............................................................................................... 111 Parallel (Dual) Degree Opportunities................................................................................ 112 ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE Academic Assistance..................................................................................................... 114 Counseling Services ..................................................................................................... 115 VCOM Internal Counseling Services................................................................................. 115 External Counseling Services .......................................................................................... 115 Academic Advising....................................................................................................... 117 Peer Tutoring............................................................................................................. 118 Assistance for Matriculated Students with Disabilities ............................................................ 118 ACADEMIC GRADING AND PROMOTION General Academic Policies ............................................................................................. 125 Educational Conflicts of Interest and Recusal....................................................................... 126 Grading and GPAs for OMS 1 and OMS 2 .......................................................................... 127 Satisfactory Academic Progress........................................................................................ 127 Course Remediation..................................................................................................... 128 Repeated Course(s)...................................................................................................... 129 Audited Course(s) ....................................................................................................... 129 Grading and GPAs for OMS 3 and OMS 4 .......................................................................... 131 Clinical Grading for OMS 3............................................................................................ 131 Clinical Grading for OMS 4............................................................................................ 133 Satisfactory Academic Progress........................................................................................ 133 End of Rotation Exam Remediation and/or Failure............................................................... 134 Clinical Rotation Competency Evaluation Failure ................................................................. 135 Clinical Rotation Repeated Performance Issues .................................................................... 136 The Medical Student Performance Evaluation (The Dean’s Letter) ............................................ 136 Academic Probation ..................................................................................................... 136 Altered Degree Plan of Study.......................................................................................... 137 Failure to Make Academic Progress While on an Altered Degree Plan ........................................138 Promotion Board......................................................................................................... 138 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS: COMSAE PHASE 1, COMSAE PHASE 2, AND COMPE Comprehensive Testing: COMSAE Phase 1 ........................................................................ 147 Comprehensive Testing: COMSAE Phase 2 ........................................................................ 153 Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Performance Exam........................................................ 156

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