VCOM College Catalog and Student Handbook

Below is a list of possible recommendations that the Promotion Board may make based on the case brought before them. However, not all recommendations apply to all cases brought before the Promotion Board. Factors such as previous Promotion Board appearances, current or previous academic probation, multiple failures in a block, GPA, and/or any other relevant factors influence the decisions the Promotion Board may make. In addition to being placed on Academic Probation for a period of no less than 1 calendar year, recommendations that may be made by the Promotion Board to the Campus Dean include, but are not limited to: • Course/component remediation; • Repeat of a clinical rotation in the same specialty as the failed clinical rotation (the repeated rotation requires all components of the rotation to be repeated with a different preceptor); • Repeat of an academic year; • Dismissal; • Required participation in academic counseling: • Required attendance at peer tutoring and/or faculty review sessions; • Require the student to meet with the Course Director, course faculty, or Clinical Discipline Chair; • Required mental health counseling; • Additional coursework or additional rotations with assessment prior to progression to the next block/rotation, semester, or the next academic year; • Performance requirements such as requiring a 70 percent or greater for all remaining courses within the year or requiring satisfactory performance on all remaining clinical rotations to be considered making academic progress; • Specification of a timeline or manner in which any remediation or testing must occur; • Referral to the Honor Code Council or Professional and Ethical Standards Board (PESB); • Referral to the Individual Assessment Team and/or requirement for further evaluation; • Limitation of extracurricular activities (i.e. student orgs, committees, volunteer experiences, etc.); • While the Promotion Board may not consider undiagnosed impairments for grades already received, for those students who continue in the curriculum, the Promotion Board may require further assessment, including but not limited to psychological evaluations, drug or alcohol screening/testing, or other evaluations. Such testing, if recommended, will be at the student's expense and may require a written evaluation from the party of the referral to determine if the student is at risk or presents a risk to the institution, students, or patient care and the results will be provided to CIFSS and the Campus Dean; and/or • Make other recommendations to the Campus Dean as deemed appropriate by the Promotion Board. Request for Special Considerations and/or the Need for Accommodations Students may not request special consideration for a current exam/course/rotation failure or prior exam/course/rotation failure for a condition that was diagnosed or brought to the college’s attention after the failures have occurred. Considerations may not be retro-active; therefore, considerations for a diagnosed condition will only be considered for future coursework and require the student to be found eligible for Section 504 accommodations through the VCOM Section 504 Committee. Students who are approved by the Campus Dean or Provost to continue in the curriculum and who believe that they are in need of Section 504 accommodations or those who are referred by the Promotion Board to seek accommodations should contact the Center for Institutional, Faculty, and Student Success to learn more about the Section 504 eligibility process. Promotion Board Recommendation Notification and Appeals Processes The Chair of the Promotion Board will submit the Promotion Board’s recommendations, in-writing and in-person, to the Campus Dean within three working days of the Promotion Board. The Chair of the Promotion Board will

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