VCOM College Catalog and Student Handbook

Residency Match Success ............................................................................................... 110 Parallel (Dual) Degree Opportunities................................................................................ 111 ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE Academic Assistance..................................................................................................... 113 Counseling Services ..................................................................................................... 114 VCOM Internal Counseling Services................................................................................. 114 External Counseling Services .......................................................................................... 114 Academic Advising....................................................................................................... 116 Peer Tutoring............................................................................................................. 117 Assistance for Matriculated Students with Disabilities ............................................................ 117 ACADEMIC GRADING AND PROMOTION General Academic Policies ............................................................................................. 124 Educational Conflicts of Interest and Recusal....................................................................... 125 Grading and GPAs for OMS 1 and OMS 2 .......................................................................... 126 Satisfactory Academic Progress........................................................................................ 126 Course Remediation..................................................................................................... 127 Repeated Course(s)...................................................................................................... 128 Audited Course(s) ....................................................................................................... 128 Grading and GPAs for OMS 3 and OMS 4 .......................................................................... 130 Clinical Grading for OMS 3............................................................................................ 130 Clinical Grading for OMS 4............................................................................................ 132 Satisfactory Academic Progress........................................................................................ 132 End of Rotation Exam Remediation and/or Failure............................................................... 133 Clinical Rotation Competency Evaluation Failure ................................................................. 134 Clinical Rotation Repeated Performance Issues .................................................................... 135 The Medical Student Performance Evaluation (The Dean’s Letter) ............................................ 135 Academic Probation ..................................................................................................... 135 Altered Degree Plan of Study.......................................................................................... 136 Failure to Make Academic Progress While on an Altered Degree Plan ........................................137 Promotion Board......................................................................................................... 137 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS: COMSAE PHASE 1, COMSAE PHASE 2, AND COMPE Comprehensive Testing: COMSAE Phase 1 ........................................................................ 146 Comprehensive Testing: COMSAE Phase 2 ........................................................................ 152 Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Performance Exam........................................................ 155

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